Carmela Hernandez works in the Firm’s Global banking & Finance Practice Group in Chicago. She routinely advises clients on legal issues arising in their Latin American/US cross-border issues with an emphasis on projects and international tax planning. M. Hernandez is co-author to “Aspects of the Tax Systems in the Andean Countries that Concern Foreign Investors” – a paper presented at a regional seminar organized by the General Secretariat of the Andean Community and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Practice Focus

Ms. Hernandez advises multinational companies on transactional and tax work with primary focus on Latin America and in-bound US investment. Her clients include companies in the transportation, infrastructure, energy and manufacturing industries.

Representative Legal Matters

• Counseled sponsors and their project company in Argentina on the purchase of ARS $331 million in multilateral bank indebtedness.
• Advised a railway operator in Panama on its PAB B/.100 million offering of 7% senior secured notes.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Colegio de Abogados de Lima
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association

Admission

Illinois~United States (2003)
Lima, Peru (1989)

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law  (J.D.) (2002)
Fac. de Droit (Paris XIII)  (Diploma D'Etudes Approfondies) (1991)
Pontificia Universidad Católica  (M.C.L. Honors) (1989)
Pontificia University Catolica  (Bachelor's Degree Law) (1989)