Crédito Real, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, E.R. Completes Cash Tender Offer for Senior Notes and Related Consent Solicitation

July 20, 2016

New York, NY – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Crédito Real, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, E.R., one of the largest specialty finance companies in Mexico and with growing U.S. presence, in connection with a liability management transaction involving a cash tender offer for any and all of its US$425.0 million of 7.500% Senior Notes due 2019 (“2019 notes”) issued in 2014, and related and consent solicitation to amend the provisions of the 2019 notes. The dealer managers involved were Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.

Concurrently with this tender offer and consent solicitation, Paul Hastings also represented Crédito Real in connection with its international bond offering involving the issuance of US$625.0 million of 7.250% Senior Notes due 2023 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S, which closed on July 20, 2016.

Paul Hastings attorneys have also represented Crédito Real, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, E.R. in numerous capital markets and other transactions, including the company’s initial public offering in 2012.

Latin America practice partners Mike Fitzgerald and Joy Gallup led the Paul Hastings team, which also included partner Cathleen McLaughlin, of counsel Pedro Reyes, associate Alex Herman and foreign associate Gerardo Guajardo-Andrade.

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