NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricardo Martinez, a lawyer with broad experience
in a wide range of cross-border finance transactions, has moved his
practice to the rapidly expanding Haynes and Boone, LLP New York
office as a firm partner.
In the last five years, Martinez has represented parties in more
than $2 billion in financings in
Latin America alone. He has also
worked extensively with major Chinese and Japanese banks investing
in Latin American enterprises and entities.
"Rick possesses a vast knowledge of both project and trade
finance that will wonderfully complement our existing talent," said
New York Partner Gil Porter, co-chair of the firm's Projects
Practice Group. "He has closed transactions involving every major
Latin American and Asian country during his career, adding to our
existing trade and project finance experience in over 85
countries. We look forward to tapping his cross-border
expertise on behalf of clients."
Added Scott Night, head of the
Haynes and Boone Finance Section: "Our activity in Latin America is on the rise, and we are
increasingly focused on representations involving Asian investments
inbound to that region. Given Rick's contacts and experience in
that arena, we couldn't ask for a better professional fit with our
goals and ambitions."
Martinez has represented both lenders and borrowers in
cross-border finance transactions across a broad spectrum of
contexts, including project finance, acquisition finance, general
working capital facilities as well as trade finance by means of
letters of credit, pre-export credit facilities and the purchase
and sale of trade receivables.
The majority of those transactions involved leveraged borrowers
who benefited from some form of credit support, whether in the form
of a guarantee, letter of credit, a security interest in pledged
property or additional sponsor or parent company
support.
Martinez is fluent in Spanish, having lived and worked in
Costa Rica for its former
president. He is also a former senior vice president and counsel at
Citibank. Mr. Martinez was recently ranked as a Foreign Expert
for Projects by Chambers USA (2012, 2013), noting his "substantial
experience handling major infrastructure and energy projects [in
Latin America]."
He received his B.A. from Harvard
University in 1994 and his J.D. from Columbia Law School in
1998.
The vibrant Haynes and Boone New York office recently completed
expansion to a third floor at 30 Rockefeller Plaza - a move that
provides the firm with an additional 38,193 square feet of space at
the iconic New York address. The
firm now occupies a total of 113,000 square feet – the entire 24th,
25th and 26th floors, making Haynes and Boone the largest law firm
housed at 30 Rock.
The expansion follows a period of remarkable growth for the firm
in New York. What began in 2004
with a single New York-based
lawyer is now an operation with nearly 100 who service clients
across a wide range of practice areas.
About Haynes and Boone
Haynes and Boone, LLP is an
international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New
York, California,
Washington, D.C., Shanghai and Mexico
City, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With more
than 500 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest
law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal and has
been named winner of the Thomas L. Sager Diversity Award by the
Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
CONTACT: Douglas R. Bedell
Haynes and Boone, LLP
214.651.5815 (office)
214.704.3058 (cell)
doug.bedell@haynesboone.com
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