Latin America 2014
General counsel | Kaluz
Javier García García
General counsel | Kaluz
General counsel | Grupo Kaluz
After a successful spell as legal manager Javier García García was promoted to the position of general counsel of Grupo Kaluz, a venture capital and private equity company, directly reporting...
General counsel | Mexichem
Formerly general counsel of Grupo Kaluz, Javier García García is a highly experienced and knowledgeable legal counsel and a well-regarded motivator of the business people around him. During his time...
An unusual figure insofar as that he has held both legal and non-legal positions, Javier García García ‘runs the legal department of one of the largest and most sophisticated holding companies in the Mexican market’: Kaluz, which includes global chemicals-player Mexichem in its portfolio. ‘Very well regarded in the legal community’, he is ‘a leading in house figure for dealing with challenging and sophisticated transactions and issues’; most recently a $1.5bn joint venture between Mexichem and Oxy for an ethylene cracker in Ingleside, Texas, in late 2013. ‘What I love most about my position’ he notes, ‘is the constant challenge of the multiple projects in which I have participated’.
