Rosa M. Ertze
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 471 1878
Fax: +1 212 202 7664
Email: rmertze@duanemorris.com

Rosa M. Ertze practices in the area of corporate law and international business transactions, advising domestic, multinational and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions, private equity restructurings, general corporate matters, cross-border direct foreign investment, joint ventures, financings and securitizations. Ms. Ertze works extensively with domestic and Latin-American companies doing inbound and outbound investments and business in Mexico and other Latin American countries. She has experience in transactions involving stock and asset sales in the U.S. and in Mexico.

Ms. Ertze is a 2007 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., International Legal Studies) and a 2005 graduate of Universidad Iberoamericana (J.D. equivalent). She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Law
• International Law

Representative Matters

• Represented SJR Group LLC, a digital marketing and strategy company, in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a subsidiary of WPP plc, the world's largest communications services group.
• Represented an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer in documenting the transfer of an industrial complex to subsidiaries for $60 million.
• Represented an affiliate of Sleepy's LLC in its winning bid to acquire 100% of the membership interests in Mattress Discounters Group, LLC, an 80-store mattress chain in Virginia, for $11.9 million.
• Represented Hill International in raising $75 million in gross proceeds ($71.5 million net) in a four-year, second lien term loan pursuant to a credit agreement entered into with funds managed by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. The company also amended its $100 million senior credit facility with a consortium of banks led by Bank of America, N.A.
• Represented a healthcare company in a sale to a private equity fund.
• Represented Prescient Medical, Inc., a medical technology company, as borrower in connection with a bridge offering by Cambridge Holding Ltd. (OTCBB: CDGD) of convertible promissory notes and warrants to accredited investors.
• Represented Precyse Technologies, Inc., a developer of wireless asset networks, as issuer of $9.5 million in Series B convertible preferred stock and warrants to institutional and accredited investors, as well as previous equity and debt financings.
• Represented Antique and Vintage Woods, LLC in its acquisition of assets from Antique and Vintage Woods of America, LLC.
• Assisted a major U.S. bank in a (i) private equity investment of $12.5 million in a Jamaican company with subsidiaries in Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and other countries in the Central America and the Caribbean, and (ii) a Subordinated Loan Agreement to provide such Jamaican company and its subsidiaries with a term loan facility of up to $49 million.
• Assisted a major U.S. bank in a private equity investment of approximately $20 million in a Mexican company.
• Assisted an international company in the financing and acquisition of 1,072 telecommunication towers in Brazil and 200 towers in Guatemala.
• Advised a large U.S. mining company in the sale and acquisition of mining plots in Mexico.
• Assisted a major U.S. manufacturing company in its corporate restructuring of its subsidiaries in Mexico.
• Represented Four Springs Capital Trust in the formation of a REIT and its offering of up to $100 million Series A Preferred Shares.

Professional Activities

• New York State Bar Association
  - International Law Section
• American Bar Association
  - Business Law Section
  - Young Lawyers Division

Admissions

• New York
• Mexico

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., International Legal Studies, with distinction, 2007
• Universidad Iberoamericana, A.C., Licenciada en Derecho (J.D. equivalent), 2005

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2008-present
• Sidley Austin LLP
  - Associate, 2007-2008
• Gonzalez Calvillo, S.C.
  - Associate, 2005-2006
  - Law Clerk, 2003-2005
• Lopez Velarde, Heftye y Soria, S.C.
  - Law Clerk, 2001-2002

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Key Bill of Amendments to the Mexican Federal Labor Law and Its Potential Impacts on Employers in Mexico," Duane Morris Alert, November 8, 2012; republished by Law360, December 6, 2012
• Co-author, "Privacy Notice to Be Given by Mexican Entities and Individuals Under the Federal Protection Law of Personal Data," Duane Morris Alert, June 28, 2011
• Author, "Doing Business in Mexico," New York State Bar Association's International Section Annual Meeting, January 26, 2011
• Co-author, "Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Ruling on Term-Lengths for Directors Serving on Staggered Boards ," Duane Morris Alert, December 15, 2010
• Co-author, "FINRA Issues Regulatory Guidance for Broker-Dealers’ Investigations in Private Placements," Duane Morris Alert, April 28, 2010
• Co-author, "Words Matter: Financial Advisors Need to Be Careful Using Form Engagement Letters," Duane Morris Alert, November 6, 2009

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, "You Have a Problem Where?—Selecting and Managing International Counsel," New York State Bar Association's International Section Annual Meeting, New York City, January 26, 2011