As of January 1, 2012, Andrés Nieto has been named Partner of Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. He will act as co-head of the Finance Practice Group of the Firm and continue with his general corporate, M&A, and arbitration practice.
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. is pleased to announce the promotion of Andrés Nieto to partner. He is currently co-head of the Financial Law Practice and also does significant work in the areas of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, project finance, leveraged finance, debt restructuring, mining and arbitration.
Andrés Nieto graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho (cum laude), and completed a LL.M. Degree at Columbia Law School in New York. He worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York City.
He has been the lead professor in the courses: Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Private Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana.