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Holland & Knight is a global full-service law firm with 30 offices and approximately 1,600 lawyers worldwide. Holland & Knight and Thompson & Knight completed a merger in August 2021 to create the combined firm with the name Holland & Knight. The firm has two offices in Mexico City – in Palmas and Reforma. The firm has expertise in FIBRA placements having advised on Mexico’s first and biggest. The firm also has a more general real estate focus. In M&A and projects the firm advises on deals in highly regulated industries including insurance and energy.
Cuatrecasas is a business law firm founded in 1917 in Barcelona, Spain. It now has offices in 13 countries. The firm has over 30 lawyers in Mexico at its Mexico City location. The firm advises banks on refinancing in the tourism industry and has expertise in energy and infrastructure. The firm also advised their client on specific contractual and regulatory matters to structure the sale of 13 power plants.
DLA Piper Mexico, a global law firm with a presence in over 40 countries, offers legal solutions to businesses worldwide. Their Mexico City office provides expert counsel to US, Mexican, and international clients operating in Mexico and across Latin America. The team at DLA Piper seamlessly integrates local expertise with the resources of their global platform, allowing them to offer comprehensive legal services to national and multinational companies throughout the region.
Highlights
DLA Piper’s Mexico-based projects team plays a prominent role in the Mexican projects market, particularly within the energy and infrastructure sectors. As lead counsel, they handle cross-border and region-wide project financings and restructurings from their Mexico City office. Clients rely on the team for comprehensive support throughout their key projects, spanning project development negotiations to high-level financing—displaying the strength of their domestic and cross-border project services.
The firm skillfully handled intricate matters for their clients, introducing innovative deal structures and showcasing their abilities across multiple jurisdictions
Key Clients
Key clients over the review period have included some of the leading energy and infrastructure companies and leading financial institutions operating in Mexico, such as Bancomext, Banobras, Banco Sabadell and Santander.
GLZ Abogados is a 20-partner strong firm located in Mexico City. The firm has 49 lawyers and four of counsel frequently advising clients on cross-border matters. The firm’s cross-border work is supported by its distinct involvement in the global network called HLB International.
Kavanagh Gorozpe advises on M&A, Corporate, Financial, Regulatory work. The firm provides comprehensive legal support to clients both domestically and internationally, navigating the complexities of the Mexican market. Recently, the firm assisted their client in developing the contractual framework related to the construction of residential complexes, addressing complex legal aspects, innovative contract arrangements, property rights, land use regulations, zoning laws, and financing agreements.
CDAbogados is a leading law firm located in Mexico City. Corporate M&A and real estate are primary areas of practice for the firm. It advises clients on all sides of domestic and international acquisitions, joint ventures and mergers. Furthermore, the firm has relevant capital markets expertise, typically servicing clients in corporate restructurings, tender offers and privatizations.
Berdeja Abogados is a corporate firm in Mexico with an office in Mexico City. The banking practice often facilitates the formation of Mexican offices representing foreign banks, specifically on matters related to their asset portfolios. It also advises financial institutions including banks and insurance companies on novel financial products. The firm also advises clients in matters related to acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, private equity and restructurings.
Greenberg Traurig was founded in South Florida in 1967 and now has over 2,750 attorneys at 47 locations on three continents. Their office is located in Mexico City where the firm represents both lenders and borrowers in the private and public sectors in secured and unsecured financing. In capital markets the firm represents issuers and underwriters on domestic and cross-border securities offerings. The firm’s projects team has strong expertise in infrastructure, often acting as lead counsel in large infrastructure deals.
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Von Wobeser & Sierra is a full-service firm founded in 1986 in Mexico City. The firm advises debtors, lenders, and guarantors on a range of credit and financing transactions. It represents both Mexican and international clients. In M&A, the firm represents large international corporations in acquisitions and advises private equity fund managers working alongside US and other international firms.
Highlights
Von Wobeser y Sierra demonstrated its strength in cross-border commercial and financial structuring in 2024 through standout work for The Coca-Cola Company and China Construction Bank Corporation. The firm advised Coca-Cola on the structuring and negotiation of a groundbreaking digital activity agreement with Arca Continental, enabling the expansion of the Yomp! B2B platform across Latin America. The deal required innovative regulatory and transactional design. The firm also represented China Construction Bank in a multi-year trading finance framework agreement with ZTE Mexico, crafting a tailored structure for recurring cross-border transactions. These matters highlight Von Wobeser’s versatility in complex, multinational engagements.
Key clients
Key clients include American Financial Group, China Construction Bank Corporation, Electrical Components International, Enerflex, Seguros Atlas, The Coca-Cola Company, Viacore Inc.
Sanchez Devanny/Garrigues
Sanchez Devanny/Garrigues is an international firm with 13 offices in South America, North America, Europe and Asia. The firm has worked with Latin American firms through alliances for decades, but has recently opened its own offices in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Brazil. The Mexico office is in Mexico City.
Highlights
In 2024, Garrigues significantly expanded its presence in Mexico through a strategic merger with Sánchez DeVanny, reinforcing its capabilities in capital markets and cross-border finance. The firm advised Ford and Toyota on separate issuances of debt certificates listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange, guiding both through regulatory approvals and transaction structuring. Garrigues also represented the International Finance Corporation in a capital injection into Grupo Farmanova Intermed to support its regional logistics expansion. These mandates underscore the firm’s growing influence in Latin America and its ability to deliver sophisticated counsel to global clients across diverse sectors.
Key clients
Key clients include Bancomext, Banorte, Ford, IDB, IFC, Macquarie, Scotiabank, Suez International and Toyota.
Ritch Mueller y Nicolau
Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau is a premier Mexican law firm founded in 1975 with a strong transactional focus, originally advising international banks. Today, it is a multidisciplinary powerhouse serving domestic and global clients across sectors. From its Mexico City office, the firm offers top-tier counsel in banking, capital markets, M&A, energy, tax, real estate, dispute resolution, and more. Its team, educated at leading institutions in Mexico and abroad, brings deep expertise and international perspective to complex legal matters. Ritch Mueller is widely recognized for its sophisticated, client-focused approach across a broad spectrum of financial and regulatory practices.
Highlights
Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau solidified its position as a market leader in 2024 through its counsel on some of the year’s most transformative transactions. The firm advised Mexico Infrastructure Partners on the IFLR Loan Deal of the Year winning acquisition of Iberdrola’s power assets, including the structuring of the acquisition trust and equity vehicle through a public CKD offering subscribed by the Mexican National Infrastructure Fund. It also represented Arroyo Energy Group in the sale of Pemcorp to a Fibra E, including merger control clearance. The firm advised the Central American Bank for Economic Integration on the reopening of medium-term notes and acted for HSBC México and BBVA México in key financings. Ritch Mueller also supported Fibra Monterrey in a refinancing and guided WeWork México through a complex out-of-court restructuring, preserving operational continuity. These mandates underscore the firm’s depth in energy, capital markets, and financial restructuring.
Key Clients
Key clients include Arroyo Energy Group, Banco Santander, Bank of America, Banorte, Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (CABEI), BBVA México, Credit Agricole, Fibra Monterrey, HSBC México, Mexico Infrastructure Partners, WeWork México
Testimonials
Banking and finance
“They have the most expertise in the market, combined with swift responses and availability as well as a business mindset.”
M&A
“They are extremely business-orientated and quick to respond. Their legal knowledge combined with their client management style makes them unique.”
“Their lawyers have extensive expertise in the field and always seek to match the client's ideas."
Garrigues is an international firm with 13 offices in South America, North America, Europe and Asia. The firm has worked with Latin American firms through alliances for decades, but has recently opened its own offices in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Brazil. The Mexico office is in Mexico City.
Highlights
Though the firm’s M&A practice had an exceptional international presence advising buyers on several cross-border acquisitions in a myriad of industries over the research period, one of the most noteworthy acquisitions it played a role in was led by the banking and finance team. The firm advised on some of the most complex acquisition financing of the year including Aligned Data Centers acquisition financing for the acquisition of ODATA which was shortlisted for Loan Deal of the Year.
The firm was also active on the seller side, advising Suez International in its acquisition by Veolia.
Key clients
Key clients include HP, Suez International, Deutsche Bank, BNB Paribas, IFC, Natixis and Better Collective.
Founded in 2008, O’Gorman & Hagerman is an agrarian and real estate law firm with four offices throughout Mexico.
Founded in 1980, Cannizzo Ortiz y Asociados is a corporate law firm, based in Mexico City. The firm is active in banking and finance, corporate and M&A and in project development. It advises clients on transactional matters as well as providing regulatory advice. The firm regularly handles complicated regulatory issues and negotiations for their clients.
Dentons López Velarde is a corporate law firm based in Mexico City. It’s part of the international law firm Dentons with offices in 47 locations across the globe. The firm is focused on advising clients on transaction and regulatory matters in banking and finance.
Established in 2011, Ibarra, del Paso y Gallego is a corporate law firm, based in Mexico City. The firm prides itself on maintaining core values at the heart of their practice such as ethics, client loyalty, and a business-oriented approach guided by sound legal principles. The firm is active in banking and finance, corporate and M&A and project development. Among its specialties is real estate finance and development. During the research period, the firm advised their client on the strategic restructuring of one of its Real Estate Investment Vehicles.
Founded in 2008, YG Consultores is a boutique corporate law firm based in Mexico City.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is focused on banking and finance and financial services regulatory.
Established in 2009, Acedo Santamarina is a corporate law firm, based in Cuajimalpa, It has a team of 16 lawyers and is active in corporate and M&A. In M&A, the firm advises on carve-out acquisitions, total corporate acquisitions and divestitures, representing large companies on the buyer and seller sides. The firm regularly works on cross-border matters in the energy, telecom, media and technology sectors. It also advises joint venture partners and merger parties publicly listed on international exchanges.
Established in 2006, Canales Abogados is a seasoned corporate law firm based in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo Leon. It has a team of 11 lawyers capable in several practice areas, each carrying distinct industry expertise.
DLA Piper in Latin America’s Team offers full-service business legal counsel to domestic and multinational companies with interests in and operations throughout the region. Our integrated approach to serving clients combines local knowledge with the resources of the DLA Piper global platform. With over 400 lawyers practicing throughout Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico, in addition to our US-based cross-border attorneys, our teams frequently work with our professionals throughout the LatAm region, Iberian Peninsula, and around the globe.
A number of our lawyers were born or raised and educated in the region and are fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese. Many have also practiced law in both the US and Latin America and are intimately familiar with civil law systems and with the cultural and legal nuances required to successfully do business in the region. Our strategic relationships on the ground throughout Latin America enhance our understanding of the region and enable us to provide our clients practical, meaningful legal advice. DLA Piper’s global platform of 90+ offices in more than 40 countries enables us to serve all of our clients’ legal needs, whether they are based in Latin America or wish to do business there.
The United States, specifically New York and Florida, has deep economic and cultural ties to Latin America. After many decades of being at the center of the most complex cross-border matters related to Latin America, New York law is firmly established as the most widely accepted applicable/governing law on cross-border transactions related to Latin America.
Our US based team of Latin America practitioners regularly acts as lead counsel on a wide range of cross-border matters in Latin America, ranging from complex capital markets, finance and M&A matters to public private partnerships and market entry and establishment issues. For more information, visit Latin America | DLA Piper.
Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C. (“bgbg”) is a leading full-service law firm in Mexico with offices in Mexico City, Querétaro, and Madrid. The firm advises domestic and international clients across diverse sectors, offering legal services in financial law, fintech, banking, compliance, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, corporate law, insurance, real estate, labor, M&A, venture capital, privacy, litigation, arbitration, and more. Clients include corporations, financial institutions, fintechs, SOFOMES, insurance companies, investment funds, and regulatory entities.
Basham, Ringe y Correa is one of the leading full-service law firms in Latin America. Established in Mexico 1912, Basham draws a century of experience assisting its clients in conducting business throughout Mexico and abroad. The Firm’s clients include prominent international corporations, many of them on the Fortune 500 List, financial institutions, and individuals. The Firm’s large group of lawyers and support staff are committed to maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards. Constantly exposed to the international legal system, many of Basham, Ringe y Correa’s lawyers and other professionals have completed graduate studies at foreign universities and have worked in companies and/or law firms abroad. Basham’s preventive and strategic advice on all types of law allows the Firm to offer its clients effective, complete, and timely solutions to their concerns. The Firm’s in-depth knowledge and insight into the international as well as the domestic market, including economic trends and current affairs, give the Firm a solid base and perspective to offer fully integrated and tailored solutions to every client. Every client expects objective and efficient solutions which can be trusted and relied upon. Basham’s lawyers are experienced and recognized leaders in their fields. The Firm has regulatory and practical expertise in all areas of modern practice and advices clients on investment, joint ventures, domestic and international tax planning, estate planning and asset protection, in-bond manufacturing (maquiladoras), tax, consultancy and litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and contracts, antitrust, banking and finance, securities, bankruptcy, trusts, insurance, business organizations, international trade, USMCA and WTO matters, anti-dumping duties, intellectual property, administrative law, public bidding, privatizations, government regulations, immigration, labor, social security, consumer protection, environmental law, life sciences & pharmaceutical, energy, telecommunications, air, land and maritime transportation, tourism, civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, criminal law, estate planning, real estate and agrarian matters, among others.
Basila Abogados, S.C. is a boutique law firm specializing in high quality legal advice in financial and transactional matters, providing clients with the insight to identify opportunities and deliver innovative solutions for the development of new businesses. Our expertise in financial and securities law, capital markets, private equity, structured finance, and both public and private placements gives our clients a competitive edge in navigating complex legal challenges.
Established with the mission to ward and enhance our clients position in the Mexican market, the firm also features a litigation team with over 25 years of experience. We are adept at handling complex litigation of all scales across financial and securities law, commercial bankruptcy, administrative-constitutional law, and civil-commercial disputes.
With an unmatched culture that fosters collaboration and excellence, Galicia has cultivated an environment where expert teams and professionals come together to solve complex legal challenges.
Our unique market offering sets us apart, blending the precision of renowned transactional and regulatory expertise with the strategic acumen required for high-stakes litigation. Galicia is recognized as an undisputed leader in the Mexican and Latin American legal ecosystems.
Leading in the Mexican market for its International & Cross-Border Capabilities, Galicia is a firm with broad international reach through its alliances and Best Friends network in Europe, LatAm, US and Asia.
Galicia is ranked as top leading firm in Mexico and Latin America by renowned international publications such as Chambers and Partners, Global Capital, Latin Lawyer, The Legal 500, LatinFinance, IJGlobal, IFLR1000, ITR / World Tax, Global Competition Review, Global Arbitration Review, Leaders League, and others.
With 90 years of history, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez is a leading full-service Law Firm with an unwavering commitment to excellence. We have an established reputation for delivering creative, specialized and responsive legal advice on the most complex and innovative matters in Mexico for the most sophisticated and demanding clients.
Our practice is based on the philosophy of providing legal advice designed to anticipate and avoid legal issues whenever possible, as well as to respond effectively when necessary.
Our goal is to be the Law Firm of choice for clients with the most demanding transactions and projects, and, in such endeavor, become a strategic service provider to them, by offering the type of legal advice that gives clients certainty and peace of mind.
Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar is a leading corporate and finance law firm with more than 30 years of experience. The firm is focused on creating added value quality services for the benefit of its clients. Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar is recognized as a firm that provides innovative solutions to complex issues.
Pérez-Llorca is an international law firm that operates in Spain, Portugal and Mexico and provides high-end advice on major market transactions and disputes.
The firm carries out multi-jurisdictional work in Europe, the Americas and Asia and offers comprehensive advice on Spanish, Portuguese, Mexican and European law with offices in Barcelona, Brussels, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Monterrey, New York and Singapore, where almost 500 lawyers and more than 800 professionals work together.
For over 40 years, the firm’s highly motivated lawyers and staff have been working towards a common goal: to contribute to the business success of our clients by providing the results they need in the most efficient way. To this end, we offer first-rate legal services whilst always adhering to ethical and professional codes of practice.
Since the firm was founded, we have experienced continued growth in terms of both lawyers and practice areas. This is down to our commitment to innovation, our constant adaptation to the needs of our clients and the close attention we pay to market trends.
At Pérez-Llorca we accompany our clients wherever they are based, wherever they have operations or wherever they need us. We have close connections with the leading firms in every jurisdiction in order to offer our clients the best and most specialised advice in each country.
The majority of our work is cross-border and often involves several jurisdictions. As an independent law firm, we approach multijurisdictional work by providing turnkey solutions together with other leading independent firms from Europe, the Americas and Asia.
We make it our mission to always seek out and find the best possible results for our clients for every case, adapting our service to their needs and collaborating with the most distinguished local firms. Our profound understanding of the legal market in each country allows us to offer our clients complete solutions.
Jáuregui y Del Valle (JDV) was founded in 1975 as a Mexican full-service law firm specialized in domestic and international business transactions. It brings together dedicated professionals with a solid international expertise, highly recognized for their innovative approach in providing solutions with the highest technical and ethical standards, alongside a deep understanding of their clients’ business needs. Our mission is to preserve a distinctive unique approach and to remain a leading practitioner of law; key elements that triggered their participation in highly reputable transactions.
JDV advises domestic and foreign clients on a wide range of joint ventures, investments and economic activities within manufacturing trade and services. The firm has a history of implementing state-of-the-art transactions, being a market leader in advising highly regulated entities and in structuring foreign equity investments. We are well known in covering various types of financings, privatizations of government-owned companies and public services, in advising and assisting clients on all steps of qualifications for public bid processes and negotiations of procurement, alongside services, infrastructure and agreements with government entities. The firm has advised foreign governmental entities throughout its history.
Sánchez Devanny is a Mexican legal consulting firm with international expertise, specialized in providing holistic and innovative solutions to resolve our clients’ needs, understanding their industries from the inside out. We practice law with social responsibility, exercising the legal practice with transparency, ethics, and inclusion.
We have lasting relationships with our clients that go beyond a simple contract for temporary services. We currently serve clients that have given us their trust since the foundation of this firm in 1996, clients that trust the talent and experience of our lawyers. Our team unites experience and creativity in the creation of solutions for our clients, because when you know how to do things right, it’s easier to innovate successfully.
Who we are
Our identity hallmark is being the most effective and committed partner for our client's projects.
As legal experts in Mexico, we understand our client's circumstances from a local and global perspective.
We develop strategic solutions that translate into successful results for our clients.
We have alliances with independent firms in more than 60 countries with a strong portfolio of national and international clients.
Get to know us
Experience. For 75 years, we have achieved recognition in the legal sector and the business and corporate field of Mexico.
Talent. Our team of highly-qualified partners and associates closely collaborate to achieve our client's goals.
Innovation. New intelligence and technology tools with a customer-centric mindset enable us to design tailored strategies for each client's project and needs.
Commitment. At the center of our projects, we place environmental, social, and corporate responsibility.
Our team
We are a talented team of experts committed to different practice areas throughout Mexico. Our efforts focus on human quality, social conscience, responsibility, justice, tolerance, and respect.
We are supported by:
- 75 years of experience
- 40 practice areas
- 26 partners
- 6 counsels
- 70 lawyers
- 39 law clerks
Multidisciplinary Focus
Through a strategic network of contacts, we provide legal advice to national and international clients in different practice areas in their trajectories both inside and outside Mexico.
Our sensitivity allows us to identify the working style and philosophies of investors and professionals worldwide, shaping efforts to customize successful solutions.
Insertion into the global economy has led us to develop strong alliances with independent firms in more than 60 countries. These alliances are distinguished by the high-quality standards of their members, who are experts in their business community and have a thorough knowledge of local authorities, practices, and laws.
Our clients
We represent and advise a diverse group of individuals, corporations, companies, banks, financial institutions, and governmental and non-profit organizations with domestic and international interests. Our business partners include Fortune 500 companies.
Our experience is focused on advising multinational companies that work in a coordinated and efficient manner with their Mexican subsidiaries and their headquarters or regional offices. In such a way, they can have a strategic vision focused on Mexico without losing sight of the client's global or international interests.
Value of our solutions
- Business partner relationship
- Extensive knowledge and analysis of the legal market
- Diversified team of advisors
- Constructive synergies to reduce legal risks
- Tailored and practical advice
- Timely and cost-efficient response
- Constant evolution of our service
Established in Mexico City in 1994 by a team of highly-qualified lawyers focused on offering professional, sophisticated and quality legal services to satisfy its clients’ business needs. Today, as a leading firm in the Mexican market, its level of expertise is well-recognised in most of its practice areas and its lawyers have been recognised by the most prestigious publications worldwide.
Deeply committed to quality and responsiveness, the firm has consolidated its status as one of the preeminent Mexican full-service law firms. As the firm has gradually grown, it has attracted professionals with significant experience in the public, industrial and financial sectors creating a team with the highest level of professional experience. Most of the firm's lawyers and other professionals have completed graduate studies at foreign universities and have worked at US or UK law firms, which has allowed the firm to have a broader perspective on international legal systems and clients’ needs. The firm is part of TAXAND, a global network of more than 550 tax partners, over 2500 professionals and present in nearly 50 countries. It is also a founding member of AFFINITAS, an alliance of Iberoamerican law firms that includes Barros & Errázuriz Abogados in Chile, Gomez-Pinzon Abogados in Colombia and Miranda & Amado in Peru.
We are a market leader law Firm in mergers & acquisitions, banking & finance, fintech, securities and capital markets, structured finance, telecom, tax, insurance and reinsurance, project finance, real estate, energy and infrastructure, restructurings and workouts, government procurement, antitrust and compliance.
With twenty partners, three of counsels and more than forty associates, we are one of the largest groups of corporate finance experts in the Mexican market. This group has worked together for over 35 years and is known for providing high-quality, sophisticated legal advice.
We have participated in many of Mexico's most significant and challenging M&A and finance transactions, including capital markets and private equity transactions, leveraged buyouts, syndicated loans, PPPs, project financings, leasings and transactions in the insurance sector. We also advise clients on regulatory and government procurement matters. We represent leading local and international corporations, financial institutions, Mexican and foreign governments, and their agencies.
We are also the only Mexican law firm with an office in London and enjoy excellent working relationships with law firms in all major cities worldwide.
Von Wobeser y Sierra is a Mexican law firm founded in 1986 that offers a wide range of legal services (full-practice) through seventeen practice areas, six industry groups and one German desk. Our founders started the firm to challenge the statu quo and serve the needs of clients with a practical, agile and creative mindset, which they thought was missing in the Mexican market. This purpose has inspired us for over 38 years.
We develop long-term relationships with clients, through a collaborative and problem-solving approach. Many of our clients are leaders in their industries and are part of the Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 lists, as well as of the Dow Jones, S&P 500, FTSE, DAX, Nikkei or IPC indices.
We have a strong and diverse team of world-class talent of more than 150 lawyers (including 22 partners, 6 of counsel and 10 counsel), plus administrative staff. Our lawyers have a strong academic and professional preparation. Many of them have pursued graduate degrees in the most prestigious universities of the United States and Europe, and have visiting lawyer experience in globally renowned law firms.
Everything we do is supported by our core values: integrity, excellence, commitment, agility and diversity. They define our culture and who we are as a firm.
In recent years, our firm has grown strategically, in a steady and sustainable fashion, at a pace that is hardly matched by any other leading-tier Mexican law firm. We are proud of what we have built, and we are excited about our future.
The firm has earned international recognition from the most prestigious rankings and legal directories: Chambers and Partners Global, Chambers and Partners Latin America, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Global Arbitration Review 100 (GAR 100), Global Competition Review 100 (GCR 100), Global Investigations Review 100 (GIR 100), Global Restructuring Review 100 (GRR 100), Lexology Index (previously WWL), Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) and IFLR1000, among others.
Ritch Mueller is a top tier multidisciplinary transactional firm committed to offering high value-added legal advice to national and international clients with respect to their operations in Mexico.
Our firm has played a significant role in the structuring, development and financing of private businesses and public sector projects in Mexico. Our work encompasses transactions within a broad array of sectors, including financial, industrial, infrastructure, energy, health, retail and services.
Our firm has a staff of more than 100 professionals who seek to add value to our clients by means of an efficient and in-depth service, combined with high levels of expertise and experience.
We are a leading Mexican law firm recognized for advising on complex, high‑profile financial transactions. We combine a long‑term strategic vision with an uncompromising commitment to professional excellence and ethical standards. Our client‑focused approach is grounded in integrity, collaboration, and the pursuit of shared success.
Our financial practice is led by highly experienced lawyers with deep expertise in debt and structured finance transactions. With a thorough understanding of the Mexican financial market, our team delivers practical, commercially focused advice that enhances deal execution and supports our clients’ strategic objectives.
Global Law firm Mayer Brown’s Mexico City office advises clients investing both locally and internationally
We regularly advise on innovative deals—domestic and worldwide—involving M&A, acquisition finance and leveraged finance, FinTech, asset and project finance, securitization/ structured finance and derivatives, chain supply finance, trade finance, project finance, bank lending, cross-border lending, regulatory finance and capital markets.
INDUSTRIES
We are one of the few firms in Mexico that has provided counsel in matters across multiple industries. In addition to our work in the traditional energy industry, we have advised clients in the renewable energy, alcohol (spirits), infrastructure (e.g., toll roads), e-commerce, chemicals, automotive, pharma and transportation (aviation and shipping) industries, among others.
We have a long track record of successfully working with international companies entering Mexico. Guiding a client through its acquisitions outside of its home market takes not just transactional legal knowledge but also deep commercial instincts. Having both, we provide insight and solutions that other firms may struggle to present.
A GLOBAL PLATFORM
Our lawyers based in Mexico work closely with colleagues from Mayer Brown offices around the world, such as those in New York, Chicago, Charlotte, Houston, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Beijing—a global platform built to serve our clients, whose businesses and matters are increasingly multi-jurisdictional in nature.
SMPS Legal is a multidisciplinary firm that provides cutting-edge legal services aligned with the needs of today’s leading corporations in the Latin American Region. Our headquarter offices is in Mexico, with representative offices in Colombia, Canada, and USA. Our team bring together first-class lawyers with international expertise and commitment to providing integral and in-depth legal advice. This allows us to exceed client expectations by implementing comprehensive, innovative and effective legal and business solutions. In 2022, the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary.
For over 25 years, our partners have been successfully representing domestic and foreign clients in a broad spectrum of practice areas and industries, such as real estate and infrastructure developments; hospitality and tourism, pharmaceutical; automotive and manufacturing; retail; private equity and funds; TMT; aviation; energy and natural resources, transportation and logistics.
