Mr Eduardo Pizarro > SMPS Legal > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Eduardo Pizarro
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Real Estate, Financing, Energy & Natural Resources, Labor & Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Eduardo Pizarro is a partner of SMPS Legal, a multidisciplinary and international law firm committed to adding value through the services provided, and to serve clients in different jurisdictions in a comprehensive manner.
Eduardo’s practice includes legal advice and business planning for local and multinational companies. His corporate practice has particular emphasis on the creation and structuring of corporations, spin- offs, mergers and acquisitions, as well as all types of transactions and investments with Mexican and foreign capital.
Eduardo has over 25 years of experience representing clients in a wide variety of projects such as real estate transactions and investments, public and private mergers, creation and structuring, financings, joint ventures and strategic alliances, labor and social law, including individual and collective labor counseling. He also has experience in the coordination of civil and commercial litigation.
Eduardo’s main motivation is to be able to serve, help and be useful to his clients, helping them grow, and accompanying them in all their business processes. Eduardo provides a strategic approach in the development of his clients’ businesses, making a difference by providing solutions that impact the daily operations as well as the long-term clients’ objectives.
Languages
English and Spanish
Memberships
Eduardo is a member of the Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México, A.C. and the Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Colegio de Abogados, A.C. He is also a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce and the Mexico-Colombia Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City. He is the Special Projects Officer of the North American Regional Forum (“NARF”) of the International Bar Association (“IBA”).
Education
Eduardo obtained his J.D. from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), with honors, in 1997.
Personal
Eduardo Pizarro is a mentor at the Endeavor association, serving as a judge in the selection process, and a coach for entrepreneurs. He also offers pro-bono activities at Yibi, a civil association that helps Mixteco children.
Leisure
Eduardo regularly writes articles on his areas of expertise. He covered important labor and business topics in two key publications by LexLatin. In “Relaciones Colectivas de trabajo: ¿Qué implica el descuento obligatorio de cuotas sindicales”, he analyzed the legal and labor implications of mandatory union dues’ deduction. In “Nearshoring: ¿qué hace a México más atractivo frente a otros países?”, he explored factors that make Mexico appealing for foreign business and investment.
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Banking and finance
SMPS Legal
‘s banking and finance practice evidences capabilities in structuring of secured financings and securitisations, along with the incorporation of private capital funds, and is routinely instructed by creditors and debtors alike, including banks, private equity companies and non-bank financial institutions. The team, lauded for its ‘extensive experience in the specific technical issues needed to negotiate large financings’, is directed by Iván Pérez Correa, who specialises in banking and finance, capital markets, and M&A. Key partner Eduardo Pizarro handles real estate transactions and investments, the purchase and sale of shares and assets, and the creation and structuring of companies.
Mexico > Corporate and M&A
Lauded as ‘important business partners for any negotiation and implementation of M&A issues’, the lawyers at SMPS Legal handle the acquisition of interests in Mexican companies, the development of foreign capital structures, and advise on compliance with regulations applicable to all types of investments. The group – which is regularly instructed by investment funds, strategic investors, portfolio managers, real estate companies, and domestic and international banks – is co-directed by Eduardo Pizarro, María Teresa Paillés, María Esther Rey, Iván Pérez Correa, Daniel del Rio and Andres Pizarro Suárez. Pizarro handles the creation and structuring of corporations, spin-offs, and M&A; Paillés and Esther Rey are highly specialised in corporate and real estate mandates. Pérez Correa has focused his practice on private equity transactions, while del Río and Pizarro Suárez both handle a variety of foreign investment, real estate and M&A work. The key associate-level contacts are Nadiezhda Vázquez (banking and finance, corporate, and real estate) and Andrés González (capital markets transactions, corporate and M&A). Since publication, Paillés and Rey have left the firm – effective as of January 2025.