Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

Not just ‘a good day-to-day corporate practice’, but also ’a skillful and knowledgeable practice that understands the current challenges of international transactional operations’, Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.‘ 50-strong corporate team -spread across offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Cd. Juárez, Monterrey and Tijuana- constitutes a unique offering, both as a local “one-stop shop” and with its ability to draw on the firm’s truly global network. The practice regularly handles a broad range of M&A, joint ventures, public offerings, restructurings and strategic alliances for clients of all sizes and sectors, both local and foreign, including both public and private companies, start-ups, investment banks, venture capital operations and growth equity firms. Overall head of the M&A and transactional practice in Mexico, Gaspar Gutiérrez Centeno leads the department from the Mexico City (CDMX) office and is particularly active in transactions across the projects and real estate sectors. Indeed, the bulk of the team is in CDMX, with former managing partner Reynaldo Vizcarra-Mendez, and younger partners Carlo Pérez-Arizti (M&A, VC, foreign investment, and corporate and contractual law), Lorenzo Ruiz de Velasco (corporate and cross-border financial transactions, M&A projects, negotiations, divestitures and capital markets’ matters), and Stephanie Arias-Marruffo – who was promoted to the partnership in July 2023 – all working out of the capital. Elsewhere, in Cd Juárez, principal partner Jorge L Ruiz and Adriana Martínez-Alderete are warmly endorsed as ’trusted advisors’ who are ‘always readily available and have always provided legally sound advice, tailored to our requirements’. At associate level, seniors Jesus Perez-Palazuelos (M&A, corporate, contractual and foreign investment law), and Alejandra Heredia-Martinez (general corporate law, foreign investment and corporate reorganisations), and associate Javier Zenteno are all noted.