Mikel Irurita
Biography
Overview
Mikel has focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, secured financing, banking and securities advice, as well as general corporate matters. He represents buyers, sellers, boards of directors and financial advisors in connection with complex transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, minority investments, project financings and financing transactions, among others.
Mikel Irurita joined White & Case's Miami office as a visiting associate in 2019 after obtaining an LLM degree from Columbia University in New York. During his stay at the Miami office, Mikel was involved primarily in project finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions for clients and assets in Latin America.
In 2017, Mikel acted as a legal secondee for BlackRock México, as part of the team that advised BlackRock in their acquisition of Citi Banamex's asset management business in Mexico.
Experience
Significant recent experience includes the representation of:
X-Elio, a conglomerate specialized in the development and sale of energy projects, in its sale of five photovoltaic parks to China Tree Gorges, for an amount of US$500 million dollars.
Sempra Energy in the Mexican aspects of its public tender offer to acquire the shares of IEnova listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange.
R.G. Engineering and Poseidon Energia Renovable in the development of its 48MW wind energy project "Los Guzmancito" in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Vopak in its acquisition of a minority stake in the capital stock of Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao (SPEC), located in Cartagena, Colombia, the only liquefied gas import facilities in Colombia.
Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, S.A.B. de C.V. in its acquisition of the "Mahekal Beach Resort" hotel located in Playa del Carmen, for an amount of US$56 million dollars.
Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, S.A.B. de C.V. in its sale of the "Hilton Guadalajara" hotel to Barceló for an amount of US$59 million dollars.
Duwest, Inc., a conglomerate located in Central America, in its acquisition of 100% of the shares representing the capital stock of a Mexican company specialized in the fabrication, formulation, import, export, sale and distribution of chemical products and fertilizers, for an amount of US$64 million dollars.
Con Alimentos, S.A. de C.V. in its acquisition of Metco, S.A. de C.V., a leading Mexican Company in the sweetener market in Mexico, for an amount of US$53 million dollars.
