Octavio Olivo Villa joined the firm in 1992 and has been a Partner since 1998. He specializes in Banking and Finance, Competition and Antitrust, Energy and Infrastructure Projects, Aviation and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Octavio Olivo has more than 20 years of experience representing Mexican airlines and other providers of air transportation services, in virtually all aspects of aviation finance including restructurings, insolvency and default situations. He has represented manufacturers, financiers and lessors in connection with the sale, financing and leasing of commercial and corporate aircraft and helicopters.
Octavio also has vast experience in energy projects, representing clients in connection with the financing of power plants, pipelines, oil rigs, off-shore support vessels and other items of equipment. In the competition and antitrust area, he actively participates in merger clearances before the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), in merger, acquisitions and joint-venture transactions.
He worked as a Foreign Association at Clearly, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, in New York.
Represented Walton Street Capital and GBI Inmuebles in the sale of an offices building located in Insurgentes Sur 1079, to a group of private investors.
Assisted FINSA and its partner Walton Street Capital, a private equity fund with a presence in Mexico, to execute with FIBRA Uno, the first and largest Real Estate Investment Trust in Mexico, a definitive agreement to finalize the largest industrial real estate transaction in Latin America for USD$841 million. We were also responsible for the merger notification that led to the unconditional clearance of the acquisition by FUNO of Finsa and Walton Street Capital's Titan Portfolio.
Represented Bank of Communications Financial Leasing in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the lease and other documentation in respect of two (2) Airbus A320 to Volaris.
Represented Export Development Canada in connection with the negotiation, drafting and implementation of the necessary agreements and additional documentation for the financing of three ATR72-600 aircraft on lease with Transportes Aeromar.
Represented a natural person in connection with antitrust investigations carried out by the Mexican Competition Authority in the market for Mexican government bonds.
Represented Banco Ve por Más in connection with a loan granted in favor of Bosnor for an amount of USD$8 million and (ii) the creation of a Mexican-law governed Management and Payment Source Trust.
Represented AerCap in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the lease and other documentation in respect of four Airbus A320 to Interjet.
Represented Aircastle in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of a sale and lease back transaction in respect of four Airbus A320 with Interjet.
Represented Airbus in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of pre delivery payment financing in respect of eight Airbus A320 with VivaAerobus and four Airbus A320 with Volaris.
Represented Avolon in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the lease and other documentation in respect of two Airbus A320 to VivaAerobus.
Represented an energy investment firm in obtaining clearance from COFECE to acquire a 132 MW power project to meet the capacity and energy requirements of an automobile manufacturing in facility in North Mexico.
Represented Bank of Communications Financial Leasing in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the lease and other documentation in respect of four Airbus A320 to Volaris.
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