Francisco Flores
Partner
Co-Chair, Esoteric Finance Practice
Admitted to practice only in California
Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Esoteric Finance Practice, Francisco advises clients on corporate finance and structured transactions, as well as various cross-border transactions in Latin America.
Francisco focuses his practice on negotiating, structuring and documenting corporate transactions and related financing arrangements. He has represented publicly traded and privately held companies in borrowing and lending transactions, entertainment financing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, public and private debt and equity offerings, SEC compliance, tender offers, venture capital transactions and general corporate matters.
In the structured transactions arena, Francisco has represented issuers and underwriters in acquisitions, sales and securitizations in various asset classes, including automobiles leases, commercial mortgages, home equity loans, residential mortgages, life settlements, premium finance loans, lottery receivables, peer-to-peer loans, pharmaceutical receivables, structured settlements, student loans and solar energy receivables.
In addition, he has experience in cross-border transactions in Latin America, including asset acquisition, cross-border borrowing and lending, debt restructuring, foreign direct investment, formation and operation of foreign subsidiaries and real estate transactions.
- The Lawdragon “100 Lawyers You Need to Know in South America” list for Structured & Esoteric Finance and Fintech (2025)
- Lawdragon, Shortlisted for 500 Leading Dealmakers in America (2025)
- Latin Lawyer, Recognized for his work in Banking & Finance (2024)
- Shortlisted for 2023 IFLR Americas Deal of the Year awards (Xepelin Warehouse Securitization)
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Recognized for International Firms - Banking & Finance (2022–2024)
- The Legal 500 US, Recognized for Structured Finance: Securitization—USA (2018–2024)
- The IFLR1000, Notable Practitioner in the U.S., New York, and California for M&A and Energy (2019–2024)
- Who’s Who Legal, Recommended as a “Global Leader” for Fintech (2022)
- 2017 Esoteric ABS Law Firm of the Year by GlobalCapital
- 2016 Best Green/Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Deal of the Year by GlobalCapital’s SRI/Green Bond Awards
- Highly ranked in the Latinvex Top Law Firms 2019
- Shortlisted by IJGlobal for “Latin American International Legal Adviser of the Year”
- The Legal 500 Latin America (2018)
- Bonds & Loans Latin America 2018 Power Finance Deal of the Year by GFC Media Group
- Shortlisted for 2018 IFLR Americas Deal of the Year awards (Loans: El Cortí wind farm financing)
- Who Represents Latin America’s Biggest Companies 2017? by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow (LCLD)
- Trustee, Mexican American Bar Foundation
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Member, ACG Los Angeles DEI Committee
Credentials
Education
Francisco received a B.S. in 1995 and a M.B.A. in 1997 from Azusa Pacific University, and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 2000.
Admissions
- California
Languages
- Spanish
Related Insights & News
Publications
- Quoted in “PACE market shifts and evolves to grapple with policy headwinds” by Jennifer Kang, GlobalCapital, February 25, 2019.
- Flores, F., Lemus, G. and Pérez, G., “The Improved Framework for Investment in Mexican Fintech Companies,” Legaltech News, September 28, 2018.
- Flores, F., Bloom, J., Erana, F. and Curiel, C., “Emerging Issues in the Mexican Power Sector,” InsideCounsel, November 10, 2016.
- Erana, F., Flores, F., Ornelas, M. and Sigler, D., “Mexican energy reform: Emerging issues in the midstream and downstream sectors,” InsideCounsel, November 3, 2015.
- Erana, F., Flores, F., Ornelas, M. and Sigler, D., “Mexican energy reform: Emerging issues in the upstream sector,” InsideCounsel, July 31, 2015.
- Flores, F., Erana, F. and Ortiz, F., “Private Equity Opportunities in the Mexican Energy Sector,” Transaction Advisors, December 23, 2014.
- Godkin, L., Cyrson, M., and Flores, F., “Information and Entrepreneurship: Insights from Wielkopolska, Poland; Zacatecas, Mexico; and Houston, Texas,” presented at the 19th Annual International Conference of the Strategic Management Society, October 3-6, 1999, Berlin, Germany.
- Godkin, L., and Flores, F., “Training Needs of Entrepreneurs in Mexico,” Proceedings of the 1998 National Conference of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, February 10-14, 1998, Houston, Texas; and presented at the National Meeting of the Small Business Institute Directors’ Association, February 10-13 1999, San Francisco, California.
- Nels, M., Flores, F., Bezjian, I., and Parks, T., “The Emergence of Strategic Marketing - A Definition,” Journal of International Management, England, Vol. 15 No. 3 (September 1998).
Speaking Engagements
- Panelist, "The Realities of International Expansion," LendIt Fintech LatAm, December 2021
- Moderator, "The LatAm Infrastructure & Energy Outlook: What is the overall perspective on key sectors across Latin America for projects and financing going forward?", IJLATAM 2021, September 2021
- R-PACE Securitizations, PACENation Summit 2019, Austin, Texas, April 4, 2019.
- Commercial & Residential PACE: Market Update, SFIG Vegas 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 24, 2019.
- Alumni Panel for Pre-Law Students, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, March 19, 2018.
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