Bio:

Javier Palacios is a Mexican attorney specialized in insolvency disputes and commercial litigation. He has been practicing law for approximately 20 years and his practice has focused primarily on disputes arising from or related to situations of insolvency. Throughout his career, he has represented companies and individuals, as creditors, debtors or parties in interest, in several insolvency proceedings in Mexico and related commercial disputes. His clients have included Mexican and foreign individuals and corporations.

In 2009, he received his law degree (J.D. equivalent) from Universidad Iberoamericana, School of Law. Since that time, he has practiced law as a civil and commercial litigator, specializing in Mexican commercial law and bankruptcy law.

Prior to establishing his own firm in 2020, he worked from 2010 to 2020 at the firm López Melih y Estrada, S.C. – as a partner beginning January 2018 – where he was part of the firm’s bankruptcy practice group, and where he worked on numerous civil and commercial cases, bankruptcies and reorganizations of Mexican companies.

Since February 2020, he is a founding partner of the law firm Palacios Cervantes Abogados, S.C., where he continues to specialize in Mexican commercial law and bankruptcy law.

He is a member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C.) affiliated with the commissions on bankruptcy law and civil and commercial litigation.

He participated in Latin Lawyer’s Annual Restructuring Summits in New York City in 2017 and 2018.

He was admitted as expert on Mexican Insolvency Law by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in 2021.

He is a member of the Iberoamerican Institute of Insolvency Law IIDC (Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal).

Some of the bankruptcy cases that he directly managed were shortlisted for Restructuring Deal of the Year, including the 2017 Americas Awards by the International Finance Law Review. He was recognized as the winner of Cross Border Turnaround of the Year (mid-market) category, at 16th Annual Restructuring & Distressed Investing Forum Turnaround Atlas Awards ceremony, held on September 10, 2024, in the Metropolitan Club of New York, NYC organized by Global M&A Network. He was also awarded the Cross Border Divestiture of the Year accolade in the Cross Border Deals of the Year category, at 15th Annual International M&A Awards ceremony, held on September 24, 2024, in New York City, organized by The M&A Advisor.

Some of those bankruptcy cases that he directly managed, include the following:

-Banco BBM (Creditor to Desarrolladora HOMEX).

-Banco BTG Pactual (Creditor to Desarrolladora HOMEX).

-URBI Desarrollos Urbanos and 15 subsidiaries. (On behalf of the company and subsidiaries US$3,000,000,000 Debt Restructuring).

-Grupo K-2 (On behalf of the company).

-On behalf of the Conciliator at Corporación Geo and 15 subsidiaries.

-Elara Comunicaciones (On behalf of the Company).

-Grupo Odem -Scappino- (On behalf of the Company).

-Perforadora Oro Negro (Expert Witness, Chapter 15).

-Phoenix Tower (Creditor to Altan Redes).

-Cisco Systems (Creditor to TEMSA).

-PartyCity (On behalf of the company).

-CapitalTech (On behalf of the company).

-Monte Xanic (Creditor to La Europea)

-Trinity Rail (Creditor to AHMSA)

-Bravo Montacargas (Creditor to AHMSA)