Rosemarie McLaren

Rosemarie discovered her passion for finance law from the onset of her career. Clients enjoy working with her because of her sharp focus, responsive nature and strong negotiating skills. She loves a challenge, and truly enjoys finding the way around complex structures.

Her work is focused on local and cross border, bilateral and syndicated loans. She has specialized over the years in commercial real estate, financing to municipal and state governments, construction loans and general corporate financing. She is sought after by companies that act as borrowers or guarantors in the lending market, as well as by financial entities of different profiles, including banks and financial institutions.

She is originally from Costa Rica but feels completely at home in Mexico.

Education

• Rosemarie is a Fulbright Scholar and a Northwestern University Scholar. She holds an LLM with honours from Northwestern Pritzker University School of Law (2008), a law degree from the University of Costa Rica (2003) and a law degree from the Mexican Ministry of Public Education, through the validation of the degree by the CENEVAL exams (2008).

Academic Activities

• She is a great speaker. During her school years, she devoted a lot of time to moot courts. She participated in the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. in 1998 and 1999.

Memberships

• Rosemarie is based in Galicia´s Monterrey office

Awards and Recognitions

• She is recognized by The Legal 500 2023 Latin American Guide and Latin Lawyer as an expert lawyer in the Banking and Finance practice.