Galicia Abogados S.C.

The ‘outstanding’ corporate team at Galicia Abogados S.C. boasts an impressive track record in the corporate and M&A space. Domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and strategic investments, joint ventures, buyouts, divestments, and spin-offs are notable strengths. Infrastructure, real estate, energy, financial services, retail, hospitality and telecoms are particular sectors of expertise. Recent headline matters include advising KPS Capital Partners on the $767.4m acquisition of a majority interest in a newly incorporated entity which will hold the primary products division of Tate & Lyle (among other assets); and representing loyalty program operator PLM Premier in the $558m sale by Aimia of its 48.9% equity stake to Aeromexico. The group is co-directed by José Visoso, whose practice centres on M&A, financings and real estate mandates; and Ignacio Pesqueira, who is primarily dedicated to advising private equity funds and companies with capital raising and other corporate finance matters; the pair are also the firm’s co-managing partners. The corporate bench also includes name partner and veteran corporate practitioner Manuel Galicia; Christian Lippert, who in addition to handling M&A, has particular antitrust and compliance expertise; Héctor Kuri, who has niche experience advising on mining transactions; Ramiro Sandoval, in turn noted for his work on real estate mandates; and the ’first class‘ Ricardo García, who has a notable focus on tech and e-commerce transactions. The group was further strengthened with the notable lateral hire of former Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. corporate practice c0-head Carlos Obregón Rojo in August 2022. At associate level, a strong bench of transactional and corporate all-rounders includes seniors Roxana Schäfer, ’emerging talent‘ María Fernanda Luna, Mariana Islas, Florent Patoret and Ximena Armengol. In an additional innovative step, the firm has also recruited Enrique Argüello – formerly in-house at Telefónica – as the firm’s own general counsel, effective as of November 2022. Since publication, Patoret has been raised to the parntership - effective as of December 2023.