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.