Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C. continues to develop its offering in litigation, drawing contentious instructions from some of its stellar clients across its broad corporate and financial client base, including ICA, Televisa, Banco Santander and Scotiabank. The firm’s work in contentious restructuring and bankruptcy matters is also  of note; while its litigators additionally collaborate closely with the transactional areas of the firm to mitigate clients’ risks, as well as handling administrative proceedings involving antitrust, securities and environmental matters. A further recent strength has been in the country’s busy market for energy litigation against the government and affiliated state entities. Everardo Espino co-leads the department and is held in high esteem by peers across civil, commercial, insolvency and administrative litigation. Fellow practice co-head Luis Pablo Ramírez, a more junior partner, excels in administrative litigation. An associate at the firm since 2013, Patricio Rivas is a key member of both the competition and litigation teams.

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Key clients

  • Pemex
  • Conoisa & ICA
  • MDA24
  • Banorte
  • MDA 47
  • Advance Real Estate 2
  • Banco Santander
  • Broxel Pay
  • Connus International
  • ICA Tenedora
  • Aleatica
  • OPI
  • Conmex
  • IENOVA
  • Sago Electronics
  • TV Azteca
  • Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal
  • Buffalo Energy Mexico Holdings
  • Ecoplexus
  • OMA

Work highlights

  • Representing Pemex, Pemex Exploración y Producción (PEP) and Perforación y Servicios (PPS) in the commercial lawsuit initiated by Perforadora Oro Negro for the alleged wrongful termination of four jack up rig lease agreements entered by PPS and Perforadora Oro Negro.
  • Acting for Connus International in a commercial trial against INETUM España, which defaulted on its obligation of acquiring products from Connus for up to $8m.
  • Representing Sago Electronics as defendant in an executive commercial trial submitted by Naxa Electronics regarding the execution of a $6m plus interest promissory note.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Everardo Espino, Luis Pablo Ramírez