Julio Martinez Rivas represents clients in lending transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged finance.
 
Julio draws on extensive experience across complex deal structures to advise private credit funds, direct lenders, investment banks and commercial banks across the full spectrum of loan products and markets, including:

  • Recurring revenue-based financings
  • Asset-based financings
  • Investment grade lending
  • Cross-border and domestic acquisitions
  • Bridge loans
  • Subordinated and second lien financings
  • Hybrid capital solutions

He regularly helps clients navigate cross-border transactions encompassing multijurisdictional challenges. Julio’s practice involves both the syndicated and the direct lending markets.

A recognized leader at the firm, Julio serves on Latham’s Recruiting Committee, and he is actively involved in the firm’s inclusion and training initiatives.

Julio’s recent experience includes representing:

  • The lenders in the multi-source, multi-currency financing of a major water sanitation project in Brazil
  • The private credit providers in Nautic Partners’ sale of portfolio company HES Facilities Management to GI Partners
  • The financing sources in IFF’s agreement to sell its food ingredients business, valued at US$4.3 billion, to CVC Capital Partners
  • JPMorgan and other lead arrangers in the approximately US$3.25 million broadly syndicated term loan facility provided in support of Sycamore Partner’s acquisition of the international segment of Walgreen’s Boots Alliance
  • JPMorgan in the pro rata debt facilities in support of Vestis, a spin-off of Aramark’s uniform and workplace supplies business
  • Wells Fargo in the:
    • US$800 million broadly syndicated term loan facility for Vestis
    • US$700 million asset-based facility provided by a syndicate of banks in support of Blackstone’s acquisition of Copeland (formerly known as Emerson Climate Technologies)
  • Antares and other lead arrangers in the debt financing deal supporting General Atlantic's acquisition of Frazier & Deeter, a public accounting firm specializing in attest services
  • Lead arrangers in the debt financing arrangement in support of the acquisition of a software provider for hospitals, blood centers, and forensic labs 

Bar Qualification

  • Mexico (Abogado)
  • New York

Education

  • LLM, Columbia Law School, New York, 2017
  • Law Degree, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico, 2014

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish