Earning over US$8bn in 2016, Grupo México is Mexico’s fourth largest company and its largest mining corporation. Corporate legal director Mauricio Ibañez joined the company in 2012 to head the legal function of the entire Group, a prestigious position considering the size and profile of the organisation. In 2015 he gained significant industry recognition for overseeing, successfully coordinating and settling the largest ever civil and criminal environmental investigation and remediation undertaken by Mexico’s Ministry of the Environment.

More recently he helped the Group raise nearly US$1bn in 2017 through the IPO of its rail unit which helped fund its purchase of Florida East Coast Railway for US$2.1bn – another large project Ibañez was involved in. At the time of writing he is assisting Grupo México evaluate a possible IPO for its main subsidiary, Americas Mining Corporation. Prior to Grupo México he was the founding and managing partner of Ibañez Schriever & Hoffmann for eight years. He has also enjoyed successful spells at distinguished law firms such as Jáuregui, Navarrete, Nader & Rojas, Rowe & Maw; White & Case, and Baker & McKenzie.