Winners 2025

Banking and Finance

Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
Galicia

Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Jean Paul Farah, Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner
Rosemarie Mclaren, Galicia

Bankruptcy and Restructuring

Bankruptcy and Restructuring Firm of the Year
Sainz Abogados

Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer of the Year
Everardo Espino, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring Next Generation Partner
Elias Mendoza, Guerra, Hidalgo y Mendoza (GHM)

Capital Markets

Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Guillermo Uribe Lara, Holland & Knight

Capital Markets Next Generation Partner
Bernardo Reyes Retana K, Pérez-Llorca

Competition and Antitrust

Competition and Antitrust Firm of the Year
Hogan Lovells

Competition and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
Fernando Carreño, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC

Competition and Antitrust Next Generation Partner
Román González, White & Case S.C.

Compliance

Compliance Firm of the Year
Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C.

Compliance Lawyer of the Year
Hugo López Coll, Sainz Abogados

Compliance Next Generation Partner
Raymundo Soberanis, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC

Corporate and M&A (mid-market)

Corporate and M&A (mid-market) Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

Corporate and M&A (mid-market) Lawyer of the Year
Azucena Marín Díaz, Cuesta Campos

Corporate and M&A (mid-market) Next Generation Partner
Octavio Hernández Negretti, Sainz Abogados

Corporate and M&A (high-end)

Corporate and M&A (high-end) Firm of the Year
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

Corporate and M&A (high-end) Lawyer of the Year
Hans P. Goebel C., Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC

Corporate and M&A (high-end) Next Generation Partner
Ignacio Armida, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Firm of the Year
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Rafael Llano, White & Case S.C.

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Next Generation Partner
Adriana Padilla Rivas, Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Dispute Resolution: Litigation Firm of the Year
Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes, S.C.

Dispute Resolution: Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Javier Curiel, Martínez, Algaba, de Haro y Curiel (now: Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez)

Dispute Resolution: Litigation Next Generation Partner
Carlos Brehm, Santamarina & Steta

Energy and Natural Resources

Energy and Natural Resources Firm of the Year
Galicia

Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year
Manuel Cervantes, MCM Abogados

Energy and Natural Resources Next Generation Partner
Guadalupe Esparza, Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster

Environment

Environment Firm of the Year
Galicia

Environment Lawyer of the Year
Gustavo Carvajal, Carvajal Machado Abogados

Environment Next Generation Partner
Carlos Del Razo, ECIJA

Insurance

Insurance Firm of the Year
Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, S.C.

Insurance Lawyer of the Year
Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly, Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC

Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Uhthoff, Gómez Vega & Uhthoff, S.C.

Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Esteban Gorches, Müggenburg, Gorches y Peñalosa, S.C. (MGPS)

Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner
Patricia Kaim, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC

International Trade and Customs

International Trade and Customs Firm of the Year
Vázquez Tercero & Zepeda

International Trade and Customs Lawyer of the Year
Sergio Barajas, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

International Trade and Customs Next Generation Partner
Fernanda Garza, SMPS Legal

Labour and Employment

Labour and Employment Firm of the Year
De la Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C.

Labour and Employment Lawyer of the Year
Alfredo Kupfer-Dominguez, Sánchez Devanny (now: Garrigues México)

Labour and Employment Next Generation Partner
Carlos Ferrán Martínez, Ferran Martinez Abogados

Life Sciences

Life Sciences Firm of the Year
Galicia

Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year
Guillermo Solórzano,Solórzano Linaldi

Life Sciences Next Generation Partner
Lisandro Herrera, Galicia

Projects and Infrastructure

Projects and Infrastructure Firm of the Year
Galicia

Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
Enrique Lorente Ludlow, CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow

Projects and Infrastructure Next Generation Partner
Roberto Ríos, DLA Piper Mexico

Real Estate

Real Estate Firm of the Year
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
Antonio Diez de Bonilla, Greenberg Traurig, S.C.

Real Estate Next Generation Partner
Diego Gómez-Haro, Sánchez Devanny (now: Garrigues México)

Tax

Tax Firm of the Year
Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

Tax Lawyer of the Year
Gerardo Nieto,  Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

Tax Next Generation Partner
Edson Uribe Galicia Abogados

TMT

TMT Firm of the Year
Acedo, Santamarina, S.C.

TMT Lawyer of the Year
Carlos Bello,  Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C.

TMT Next Generation Partner
Jorge Kargl,  Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.


Marketing Team of the Year

Galicia

DE&I Law Firm Initiative

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow

ESG In-house Team of the Year

Compass Group México

Rising Star Associate of the Year

Marta Loubet, Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

Next Generation Partner of the Year

Rosemarie Mclaren, Galicia

Boutique Firm of the Year

Del Castillo y Castro Abogados

Up-and-coming Young Firm of the Year

Assembla

In-house Lawyer of the Year

Armando Torres, PepsiCo International Mexico

Lawyer of the Year

Jean Michel Enríquez, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

Senior Partner of the Year

Claus von Wobeser, Von Wobeser y Sierra

In-house Team of the Year

Banorte

Mexico Firm of the Year

Galicia

Banking and Finance Deal of the Year

The $285m private securitisation transaction entered into by sponsor Coppel, in favour of Grupo Financiero Acitinver, with a syndicate of a 12 financial institutions.
Galicia
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C.
Mayer Brown LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

M&A Deal of the Year

Flō Networks $246m acquisition of 100% of American Tower’s Mexico Fiber business, ATC Holding Fibra México (known commercially as redIT).
Creel, García-Cuellar, Aiza y Enríquez
Ruíz Moreno y Asociados
Paul Hastings LLP
DLA Piper Mexico, S.C.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
White & Case, S.C.