Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

A member of both Lex Mundi and the World Service Group, longstanding full-service market player Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. fields a sizeable team of over 50 lawyers from across its offices in Guanajuato, Querétaro, Mexico City and Monterrey. The practice handles a broad range of matters - including cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and restructuring & reorganisations; leveraged buyouts, buybacks and equity transactions; along with auctions, spin-off's, divestitures, and tender and exchange offers - and has a particularly strong presence in the manufacturing and services sectors. Senior figure and manging partner Juan José López de Silanes focuses on local and cross border transactions (including company formation, partnership agreements, M&A, reorganisations, investments, acquisitions and public bidding processes). Additional key practice partners include Jesus Colunga (corporate and M&A); Amilcar Garcia (joint-ventures, M&A, reorganisations and investments - particular in relation to the real estate sector); and Pedro Said Nader (banking, finance and corporate transactions); all of whom are in Mexico City; along with Carlos Velázquez de León, in Monterrey, who heads up the corporate practice; and Luis Luján, in Querétaro, who primarily handles general corporate matters, M&A, cross-border contracts and liquidations. Miguel Angel Peralta (banking & finance; capital markets), Juan Carlos Serra (energy, mining and infrastructure) and Amílcar Peredo (competition and antitrust) are all also regularly involved in M&A matters; as are younger partners Gerson Vaca and Rodrigo Gardner in Mexico City and Monterrey, respectively. Key associates include Moisés Gómez Flores (who heads up the Guanajuato office), Pablo Nosti and Fernando Morayta, all of whom have over a decade's experience.