Alejandro de Ramon-Laca

Alejandro de Ramon-Laca is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s London office and focuses on finance and capital markets matters. Alejandro concentrates his practice on U.S. securities law matters, advising private equity sponsors, companies and underwriters on a variety of bond offerings, private placements and equity offerings in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. Alejandro has also represented sponsors and investment grade corporate clients on public and registered offerings, various special situations including restructurings and equity transactions including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings, as well as other corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

Alejandro’s corporate transactions involve the representation of clients on a wide range of transactions, including representing both issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities across sectors and industries. He has advised on several influential matters involving some of the largest companies such as FS Luxembourg, LATAM Airlines, TelevisaUnivision and BBVA, among many others.

Alejandro’s recent work highlights include:

• BBVA Mexico in the offering of $600 million of its 5.250% Senior Notes under its $10 billion Medium-Term Note Program
• Grupo Axo in the formation of a joint-venture with The TJX Companies, Inc. in Mexico
• Republic of Guatemala in the issuance and sale of $565 million of its 7.050% Notes. The proceeds of the Notes will be used for general budget purposes, including to refinance the Republic’s public indebtedness
• Initial purchasers, led by Goldman Sachs, in the offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 8% Senior Secured Notes by Univision Communications Inc.
• Underwriters in the public offering of Ps. 17 billion aggregate principal amount of 9.5% Senior Notes by América Móvil
• FIBRA Prologis on its primary follow-on offerings of Real Estate Trust Certificates (“CBFIs”)
• International Placement Agents in the initial public offering of Seacrest Petroleo Bermuda Limited and concurrent private placement of its shares
• Placement Agents in an equity rights offering by LATAM to subscribe for up to $800 million of new common shares
• IRSA in its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding $360 million Notes for new Senior Notes and cash consideration. 66.38% of the Existing Notes were tendered and accepted in the exchange offer and $171 million of New Notes were issued
• The underwriters in the IPO of dLocal on the NASDAQ

Alejandro received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 2011 and his B.A and LL.B. from Universidad Pontificia Comillas in 2006.