The principals of Muñoz
Investment Group have been successful in bringing about a wide variety of
business successes including the following:
Facilitating a Divestment of Global
Business Units
Edward
Muñoz led the team that
successfully structured
and negotiated a $3 billion corporate spin-off that involved more than five distinct joint ventures
spanning seven different countries (including Canada, Mexico, Germany,
Turkey,
China, Brazil and the U.S.) and three publicly traded companies. The seller
received the “highest value” from the new joint venture buyer put together by
Muñoz.
"Ed Muñoz has credibility in the global
chemical/plastics sector" - C. Sonder, Chairman of CELANESE AG
Raising
Capital
Hard-to-fund
projects often come to us for creative ways to tap into investment funds or
financing from international financial institutions. George Muñoz has
personally been involved in structuring and securing millions of dollars of
capital and financing for emerging market projects, including housing
projects.
"Thanks to the Muñoz Group, we were
able to secure funding for our Russia project" - Gordon B. Lankton,
Chairman, Nypro Inc.
"We liked the strategy developed by Muñoz Group for
raising infrastructure capital" - G. Israel, VP of Strategic
Planning for CARNIVAL CRUISE CORPORATION
Asia Transactions
Helping a
plastics company become more “global”, Edward Muñoz negotiated the
purchase of a Korean plastics business and performed the due diligence which
led to closing a complex business deal within the budget and time allocated.
Hispanic Business Opportunity From
Corporate Spin-off
A business that may not be doing well under one corporate structure may
prosper under another. That was the thinking that drove the strategy to spin off a break-even business unit of a major corporation, put it in the
hands of Hispanic owners, and market the business as a minority enterprise.
Everyone won. Jobs were retained and wealth was created for an emerging
Hispanic community.
We
access and work closely with the U.S. Hispanic Community.
"We
look to George Muñoz for guidance on the Hispanic Market" - Al Bru,
President, FRITO-LAY, INC.
Strategic Alliances
Sometimes, the most
flexible and cost-effective global expansion is achieved by forming strategic
alliances. Such an alliance was what Edward Muñoz
successfully put
together among Japanese, German and American partners
to compete more vigorously in the global chemical industry.
Private Equity Funds for the Emerging
Markets
As developing countries
started opening up their markets to foreign investors, George Muñoz
successfully developed and implemented strategies for establishing private
equity funds that could tap into the privatization of infrastructure projects
in these countries.
Trouble Shooting When
Foreign Investment Gets in Trouble
One of our greatest strengths is our close ties and ability to work with
governments around the world. These relationships allow Muñoz
Investment Banking Group to play an advocacy role on
behalf of clients without them having to resort to the court system. When a
large tourist project in Mexico went bankrupt, for example, a group of investors from the
United States, Mexico and Canada retained George Muñoz to extract the Mexican real estate investment
from legal and political entanglements. Without having to resort to
Mexico's courts, George Muñoz developed a winning strategy and led negotiations that resulted in the investor group recouping their investment.
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