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Jaime Villa

Jaime Villa

Of Counsel

Jaime Villa

Of Counsel

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Jaime Villa is an Attorney and Counselor at Law, admitted in Mexico in 1993. Mr. Villa received his J.D. Degree, from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. He attended graduate studies in Economics and Corporate Law in 1994 at the Universidad Panamericana, and also several courses both in Mexico and abroad in Banking Law, Financial Crimes, Money Laundering Prevention, Securities Law, Corporate Finance, Future, Options & Derivatives Transactions.

Experience

Mr. Villa was in-house counsel for the Central Bank of Mexico for authorizations and consultations. Within the Central Bank, Mr. Villa participated in several authorizations procedures regarding banking and securities transactions by all kind of financial intermediaries and attending diverse requests from intermediaries and the public regarding financial legislation.
Mr. Villa worked for several financial institutions in Mexico such as (i) Dynaworld Bank & Trust, Representative Office in Mexico (bank incorporated in the Cayman Islands); (ii) Confia, S.A. (Mexican bank), and (iii) Citibank México, S.A. Mr. Villa participated in all legal aspects of said institutions, such as credit, deposit and trust agreements, relations with federal authorities, participating in the preparation of all sort of agreements to be used in their day-to-day operations. He also coordinated outside counsel for litigation procedures and general corporate matters.
Mr. Villa was then invited to work with federal agencies within the Mexican Government such as the National Commission for the Defense and Protection of Financial Clients (“Condusef”) and the National Banking and Securities Commission (“CNBV”). In such agencies Mr. Villa´s experience includes:

At Condusef drafting the Organic Internal Law of the Commission, the Internal Regulations of such Commission and all the relationships with other federal authorities.
Providing legal counsel to various areas of CNBV in the surveillance and regulation of banking and securities intermediaries as well as serving as the official in charge for the imposition of administrative sanctions and fines in connection with failures to fulfill the financial legislation, or violations of the laws that regulate the activities, entities and persons subject to the surveillance of the Commission. Also, responsible of the cooperation with the prosecutors in criminal offenses procedures in the Mexican financial system.

Activities and Affiliations

Memberships

Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Autofin, S.A.
President of the Control and Communications Committee of Banco Autofin, S.A.
President of the Audit Committee of Banco Autofin, S.A.
Member of the Board of Directors of Bioskinco, S.A. de C.V.
Member of the Audit Committee of Sociedad Financiera Campesina, Sofom (Soficam).
Compliance Officer of CSCK P Sofom.