Fielding a team over 35-strong -including eight partners who dedicate the majority of their time in the sector- Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC demonstrates genuine strength in both transactional and corporate mandates. The group is retained by major international corporates and notable private equity fund managers, among them AB InBev, BMW, Uber and Mitsubishi. Indeed the firm is both full service and oriented towards relationships with its clients (as opposed just a transactional footing), and organised in terms of industry groups: with consumer goods, automotive and manufacturing, energy and natural resources, financial services and real estate all being areas of particular expertise, and the life sciences and pharmaceutical sector being a sector of significant growth. Senior partner Luis Burgueño (‘very knowledgeable regarding the corporate area’) focuses his practice on cross-border M&A, joint ventures and corporate governance matters; he co-leads the practice in conjunction with Pablo Jiménez, who also offers strong transactional capabilities and corporate governance support, along with stakeholder matters and reputational management with an ESG focus. The healthily deep bench also houses antitrust practice head Fernando Carreño; Pablo Saez, who shines on transactional matters with a real estate component; Alberto Córdoba, who majors on M&A, joint ventures and financing transactions; and Alejandro Orellana, who is active on venture capital and private equity transactions. Counsels Gloria Martínez and Javier Betancourt, and senior associate Manuel Martínez, all provide across-the-board support regarding corporate and transactional matter. In an additional and significant first, the firm has also launched its a tailor-made, large language model (LLM), AI-driven chatbot (“VonBot”), which -while designed for internal use- underlines its commitment to technology and is likely to notably enhance its service offering and delivery. Since publication, Betancourt has been raised to the partnership - effective as of January 2024.
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Partner Luis Burgueño is engaged in the following practice areas: Banking & Finance, Commercial Contracts, Corporate, Corporate Governance, Corporate Structured & Project Finance, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Foreign Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Oil & Gas, Private Equity, Securities & Capital Markets, Telecommunications, Media & Technology.
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Pablo is the Head Partner of the Real Estate Practice and is also a Partner in the Corporate/M&A Practice of Von Wobeser y Sierra. He has more than 13 years of experience advising multinational clients including several on the Fortune 500 list. Pablo has been directly involved in several of the most groundbreaking corporate matters and transactions that have taken place in Mexico in the past couple of years. He is an expert in advising multinational clients that are expanding their business operations in Mexico throughout the various phases of their business cycle (from establishing a company, to expanding business operations via new subsidiaries or factories and the daily management of a company). Furthermore, he has thorough experience regarding complicated mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures that have a solid real estate component and has been involved in substantial projects that represent an important investment for the country. He has aided clients in identifying the correct location and land for their investment as well as all the legal advise required to follow through on business ventures in order for them to come to fruition.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Luis Burgueño, Pablo Jiménez