Randall Lindsey practices corporate and transactional law with an emphasis on international business transactions, including project finance and development, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic business arrangements, as well as the planning, structuring and implementation of a variety of international transactions. Randall has worked on matters involving Europe and Asia, and has unique and extensive experience in Mexico and the rest of Latin America.

Randall has advised clients involved in banking and financial services, real estate, construction, energy and oil & gas, agriculture, textiles, sports and entertainment, food and beverage, and shipping and transportation services. Randall has recently represented a variety of developers and investors in the negotiation and documentation of complex resort and residential developments in Mexico´s growing tourist destinations. This work has ranged from entitlement and regularization of properties, to the negotiation, acquisition and finance of the purchase of going concerns via a variety of legal structures including Mexico´s guaranty and administrative trusts.

Randall is a graduate of Yale University, and of the law faculties of Arizona State University and Mexico’s Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Prior to founding Torres Lindsey, Randall practiced as a member of the international section of two multi-national law firms, both ranked in the AmLaw 100.

Randall is one of a select group of American attorneys also licensed to practice law in the Republic of Mexico.

Practice Areas & Industries
Banking & Finance
Corporate & Partnership Law
Energy & Natural Resources
International Business Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Real Estate

Professional & Community Involvement
General Counsel, Mexico Real Estate Coalition
Pro Bono Legal Advisor, Aid Sudan Foundation
Yale University Alumni Schools Committee
Executive Board Member, International Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona
Member, International Mortgage Lender’s Association

Memberships
Arizona-Mexico Commission
Barra Mexicana-Colegio de Abogados
U.S.-Mexico Bar Association

Education
LED, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, 1997.
J.D., Arizona State University College of Law, 1994.
B.A., Yale University, 1990.

Publications & Lectures
Panelist, “Real Estate in Mexico: Buying Real Estate in Mexico Getting Started,” a presentation for the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business, May 30, 2008.

Moderator, “Recent Developments in Mexico Real Estate Development and Finance: Sonora and Beyond,” A Presentation to the International Section of the State Bar of Arizona, March 20, 2007.

Moderator, “The Growing Use of International Lawyers in Arizona,” A Presentation for the State of Arizona Annual Bar Conference, June 16, 2006.

Co-Author, “Moving Offshore Production to Market,” A Presentation for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Short Course on Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing & Development, April 11, 2003.

Co-Author, “Pemex’s Proposed MSC - Multiple Services Contract,” Project Finance International, March 2003.

Co-Author, “Pemex’s Proposed Multiple Service Contract - A Significant Reform of Mexico’s Oil and Gas Sector?”, Latin America Law and Business Report, March 31, 2003.

Guest Lecturer, “Mexico-U.S. Comparative Contract Law,” Mexican Law Seminar with Prof. Dale Furnish, Arizona State University School of Law, 1999.

Author, “Limited Liability in Mexico: Formation and Governance of Mexican Limited Liability Entities”, Fall 1999 .

Author, “Selected Aspects of Mexican Law Regarding the Transfer of Interests in Real Property,” A Presentation to the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants, December 1998.

Author, “Selected Aspects of Mexican Corporate and Commercial Law,” A Presentation to the Phoenix International Tax Discussion Group, September 1997.

Admissions
Republic of Mexico
State of Arizona, USA
State of Texas, USA

Languages
English
Spanish