José Ignacio Rivero Andere

José Ignacio is GC’s co-managing partner. He has over 15 years of experience providing legal and business advice to domestic and foreign clients, representing individuals and companies from a wide range of sectors in multi-million local and cross-border transactions. He serves in the board of directors of several companies.

• Counsel to Rappi, Latin America’s first unicorn, in its US$400 million joint venture with Banorte, incorporating a new entity that will seek to become the largest digital bank in Mexico. He also counsels Tarjetas del Futuro (entity resulting from the joint venture) in the financing of its credit origination with Banorte for up to US$600 million
• Counsel to IFM, an Australian global funds manager, in its US$2.6 billion global acquisition of OHL’s infrastructure concessions division, as well as in the mandatory acquisition tender offers launched in the Mexican Stock Exchange as a result of the acquisition, for 100% of the public shares of OHL’s Mexican subsidiary. This transaction was bestowed with the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” award by Latin Finance
• Counsel to Metalsa, one of the leading suppliers of structural components for the automotive light vehicle and commercial vehicle markets, in its sustainability linked US$300 million 144A/Reg.S. offering of notes
• Counsel to the shareholders of Resuelve tu Deuda, a Mexican financial restructuring and credit repair business, and such entity, in the acquisition of the stakes thereof by institutional investors Vulcan, the multi-billion dollar investment arm of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, Paul Allen; Freedom, a financial entity focused on consumer finance; and DILA Capital, a private equity fund with focus in the entrepreneurship sector; as well as with the negotiation and implementation of its debt with Alloy Merchant Partners, a cross-border financial company with operations in Mexico and the United States. Also advises Resuelve tu Deuda in its financing operations.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Private equity
• Project finance

• Automotive
• Banking
• Financial services
• Investment management
• Tourism

• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Colegio de Abogados (ANADE – Mexican Association of Business Lawyers)

• LL.M., School of Law of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Business Administration, Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States 
• J.D. (law degree equivalent), Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Mexico