Ricardo Martinez

Representative experience

Advised IDB Invest on a US$65.5m loan to Arzyz Metales to finance the construction, equipment, and operation of an aluminum recycling plant in Cienega de Flores, Mexico.

Advised Rabobank on the financing of Kings & Convicts Brewing's acquisition of Ballast Point Brewing Co. and its portfolio of craft beers, breweries, and brewpubs throughout the United States.

Represented IDB Invest in a US$100m loan to finance Gas Natural de Lima y Callao SA's expansion of its distribution network to over 180,000 new, mostly economically disadvantaged users in Peru.

Advised DFC on a US$100m loan to Crédito Real to support small and medium enterprises in Mexico, with a focus on reaching businesses owned or led by women. 

Advised DFC on a US$20m senior debt financing commitment to help create a US$65m financing vehicle to provide energy access to approximately 1.2 million people in rural Kenya.

Represented a major provider of metal packaging for use in consumer goods, aerospace, and other technologies, in the successful closing of a US$110m receivables purchase program.

Advised Banco Santander on a US$110m master receivables factoring agreement with Vitro SAB de CV and certain subsidiaries.

Represented Bank of China's New York Branch in a US$1bn pre-export financing facility, and its amendment and restructuring, for a Brazilian conglomerate.

Represented Société Générale Factoring in its purchase of up to US$1bn in trade receivables from U.S., Canadian, and Mexican subsidiaries of a French automotive parts manufacturer.

Represented OPIC in a US$50m secured term loan facility to a Cayman Islands fund providing trade financing for small and medium-sized commodity exporters in Latin America.

Represented a Dutch international financial institution in its €110m senior secured term loan facility involving a major Latin American multi-brand restaurant operator.

Represented ING Bank NV in a US$100m loan to Argos USA LLC, a subsidiary of a multinational cement and concrete producer in Colombia, the U.S., Central America, and the Caribbean.

Represented a major Asian bank in connection with its participation in a US$1.1bn credit facility in favor of Bunge Limited Finance Corp. and its commercial paper program.

Represented OPIC, IDB, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and Export Development Canada in the US$591m construction and project financing of an international airport in Quito, Ecuador.*