About

Liverpool is a household name in Mexico and has operated the largest chain of department stores in the country for many years. It employs over 15,000 individuals and has total sales of around $5.75bn as of 2016, making it one of the top-earning companies worldwide. The Liverpool legal team is headed by Norberto Aranzábal, chief legal officer, member of the company’s board, deputy secretary, and secretary of the operations committee. This provides the Liverpool legal team with direct input into large-scale business decisions made by the company, giving it a tangible impact on strategic direction. The company as a whole also benefits from the timely application of risk management initiatives that the legal team is able to bring. Liverpool is organised around three main areas: commercial, real estate and other, reflecting its business model of both owning and operating department stores. The commercial team deals with the retail aspect, while the real estate function deals with the management and leasing of space within their buildings. This provides a varied set of objectives for the Liverpool legal team to support, each with different aims and objectives, which indicates the variety and depth of skill present in the team’s ranks.