Tadeo Martinez

Tadeo Martinez is a financial services attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Martinez focuses his practice on structured and corporate finance, financial products design, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private debt and venture capital funds, development financial institutions (DFIs), resource mobilization, impact investing, restructuring, workouts and contract enforcement.

With more than 25 years of experience in transactional law and dispute resolution, Mr. Martinez has advised lenders and investors in more than 200 cross-border transactions, including debt, quasi-equity and equity products. In addition, he has in-depth knowledge and experience with the design and implementation of complex resource mobilization initiatives and financial products design. Mr. Martinez has also represented clients before local authorities and regulators regarding the introduction of new financial products into local markets and in connection with the privileges and immunities of international organizations.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Martinez served more than 18 years at the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the largest development financial institution focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, working as senior counsel for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (IDB Lab), and as lead counsel for the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest), the private sector arm of the IDB Group. Based in Washington, D.C., Mr. Martinez provided legal advice on private sector operations, including loans, grants, guarantees, equity and quasi-equity investments, and the mobilization of third-party resources.