The ‘highly-trained’ team at Greenberg Traurig, S.C. is lauded by clients for its ’skills, talent and creativity’, and actively participates in M&A transactions involving companies in the energy, infrastructure, real estate, telecoms, pharmaceutical and financial services segments. The group frequently assists with the structuring, negotiation and completion of domestic and cross-border sale-of-control transactions, business combinations and recapitalisation transactions. Two partners share leadership of the practice: Miguel Yturbe and Arturo Pérez Estrada. Yturbe specialises in banking and finance, capital markets, and general corporate matters, as well as M&A transactions across Mexico and Latin America; Pérez Estrada handles M&A, private equity, venture capital and fintech mandates, as well as general corporate matters. Additional key contacts include Victor Manuel Frías (M&A, corporate governance, compliance); José Raz Guzmán (banking and finance, M&A, capital markets); Luis Cortés Panameño (project finance, M&A, joint ventures, and cross-border financings); Gabriel Lozano (private equity and venture capital transactions, commercial loans, and securities offerings); José Antonio Butrón (project finance, capital markets, structured finance); Gabriela Palomino (who assists companies, sponsors, investors, private equity funds and CKDs with M&A transactions); and David Argueta (capital markets and financing transactions). The key names to note at associate level are Rocío Olea, Víctor F CallarisaAna Acosta SilvaLuis A Torres, and Adriana García-Cuellar. Antonio Robles Hüe left the firm in April 2024.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team has a wide availability, technical capacity and lateral thinking that focuses not only on the technical points, but also has a pragmatic, business approach that considers the goals of its clients in the short, medium and long terms.'

  • ‘Miguel Yturbe is one of the most agile lawyers on the market, with a response capacity that is far above any other lawyer we have worked with. His analytical capacity is very lateral with a perspective that not only has a very solid technical basis, but also a very pragmatic business perspective and high focus on the specific needs of his clients. We consistently find that he and his team exceed our expectations in many disciplines and in very complex situations. Victor Callarisa is emerging as one of the best lawyers of his generation, often resolving and mediating between conflicts that arise in different negotiations.'

  • ‘They are the best lawyers in Mexico, in skills, talent and creativity.’

  • ‘Miguel Yturbe's ethics and morals cannot be found anywhere else; combined with his talent, he is unique.'

  • ‘Their lawyers are highly trained and know well how to carry out operations efficiently.'

  • ‘Their partners know very well the areas in which they provide their services.'

  • ‘Arturo Pérez and Ana Acosta - the service is excellent, they are always available and willing to help, they never tire of looking for appropriate legal and contractual forms to obtain the desired goal.'

Key clients

  • Long-Range Capital
  • MiddleGround Capital
  • Holiday Inn Club Vacations
  • Proeza Ventures
  • Black Diamond Capital Management
  • FinSalud
  • Phoenix Towers
  • Gramercy Funds Management

Work highlights

  • Assisted LongRange Capital as buyer in connection with a legal due diligence in the US and Mexico and advice on the structuring on the transaction and negotiation of the transaction documents.
  • Assisted MiddleGround Capital, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions, with the acquisition of 100% of Castle Metals Group.
  • Assisted Holiday Inn Club Vacations Incorporated with the acquisition of four Mexican resorts.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Miguel Yturbe, Arturo Pérez Estrada