JESE D. JIMENEZ

Office: +1-212-859-5087
Cell ++1-202-914-7487
E-mail: jjimenez@wilsonwilliams.com

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Concentration/Practice Areas

Finance (with focus on international business)

Corporate Law (early stage companies)

Employment

Wilson Williams LLC, New York, NY, international counsel, September 2021 – present

DLA Piper LLP (US), Washington, DC, law clerk, 2020 – 2021

Consortium Legal – Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, associate attorney, 2016 – 2019

Bar Admissions

Honduran Bar (September 2016)

New York State Bar (October 2022)

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, M.L., 2020

Received Certificate in Securities and Financial Law

Member of Foreign Lawyers at Georgetown

Universidad Technológica Centroamericana (UNITEC), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, B.L., 2016

Received Certificate in Corporate Law

Member of Laureate’s World Youth Leadership Group

Rating and Honors

Graduated with Distinction, Dean’s List from Georgetown University Law Center (2020)

Elected as President of the Law Student Council (2015) at UNITEC

Languages

Spanish (native), English (fluent), Italian (basic), Portuguese (basic)

Significant Representations and Experience

Corporate Finance

Advised the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”) on a first-loss capital loan to the IIX Women’s Catalyst Fund to catalyze bond issuances financing gender-lens investing to support climate actionand gender equality.

Advised DFC in a US$200M on-lending project to private companies in Mexico and Colombia helping credit invisible borrowers secure services such as healthcare, education, and housing.

Advised DFC in a US$130M financing for the development, construction, and operation of a 300-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Rajasthan, India.

Advised IDB Invest in the US$23M financing of medium-term loans to private companies in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru for the renewal and expansion of vehicle rental fleet.

Advised IDB Invest in a US$30M digital on-lending platform focused on secured loans in Brazil.

Corporate Advice

Advised Meridiam Infrastructure North America Inc. on fiber-to-the-home projects in Indiana, including drafting of offtake (ISP) agreements, concession agreements, services agreements and EPC contracts

Advised Lithium Werks on its acquisition by Reliance Industries

Advised a Central American insurance company through its incorporation process before the Honduran Central Bank

Advised a Honduran private bank through its incorporation process before the Honduran Central Bank

Advised various Honduran portfolio companies, including mining businesses, automobile retail businesses and agribusiness projects, in connection with corporate and labor compliance

Provided opinion letters under Honduran law on behalf of a major automobile retailer corporation in its US$3M business financing

Advised various triple-impact early-stage companies under Honduran law, including fashion upcycling companies, companies developing non-cash payment systems, and artistic services companies devoted to supporting the local arts