We are pleased to announce the following lawyers as new partners of our firm:
Héctor Cárdenas Ortega
Héctor joined the firm in 2010. He has vast experience in mergers and acquisitions, advising buyers (both financial and strategic), sellers and financial advisors in sale processes of businesses and assets in a variety of sectors (food and beverage, educational services, technology, and automotive, entertainment and financial services, among others), including acquisitions through tender offers, leveraged acquisitions and reorganizations, with special emphasis on advising private equity funds in their structuring, as well as in acquisitions and divestments of businesses and assets.
As to his real estate experience, Héctor is particularly active in transactions involving the structuring of private equity real estate funds, as well as in the acquisition and sale of real estate properties and developments, working for both investors and developers.
Héctor worked as a Foreign Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York, NY (2015-2016).
Santiago Carrillo Cattori
Santiago joined the firm in 2011. He actively participates in complex transactions involving financings, acquisitions and developments across all real estate asset classes, including industrial and hotel assets, representing domestic and foreign financial institutions, private equity firms and developers. He also advises domestic and international lenders in structuring credit facilities for Mexican public and private companies, particularly in structured lending transactions.
Santiago worked as a Foreign Associate in the Banking & Finance practice area at Mayer Brown, in Chicago, IL.
Adriana Padilla Rivas
Adriana joined the firm in 2015. She has more than 14 years of experience and has participated in several commercial and investment arbitrations, both as counsel and arbitrator, under the rules of several institutions such as ICC, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, ICSID, CANACO, CAM and others. She has extensive experience in dispute resolution in many fields such as M&A, infrastructure, energy, port, construction, retail and corporate, subject either to Mexican, international or foreign law. She also has extensive experience in litigation related to arbitration, including judicial proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of awards and interim measures in arbitration.
In addition, she has participated in multiple financial restructurings and insolvency proceedings, advising both companies and creditors, and also acted as counsel to the receiver.
Adriana worked as a Foreign Associate in Cleary Gottlieb, in New York, NY (2014-2015).
Juan José Paullada Eguirao
Juan José joined the firm in 2017. He has more than 14 years of experience advising multinationals from the energy, real estate, private equity, banking and financial sectors in tax controversy and tax advisory matters. He specializes in representing clients throughout controversy processes before tax and other governmental authorities, regulators and the Taxpayers’ Defense office, to reduce or eliminate contingencies derived from tax audits and other administrative inspections. He has particular experience in advising multinationals on cross-border transactions, confronting complex international tax issues in the application of double taxation treaties.
Juan José was a member of Ernst & Young’s international Tax Advisory practice in New York (2014-2016) and Houston (2016-2017).
Rodrigo Conesa Labastida
We would also like to announce that our partner Rodrigo Conesa Labastida, who has been part of Ritch Mueller for more than 20 years with an outstanding career as leader of the Real Estate practice area, has decided to step down as partner of the firm and dedicate part of his time to the development of personal projects. Rodrigo will continue to participate in the firm as Of Counsel.