Latin America - Mexico

Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

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One client of Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. credits its practice head Francisco Peniche’s ‘great experience and leadership’ with making its labour and employment group ’an incredible team’. The department is a key component of the firm’s full-service offering and advises on all relevant issues that result from the transactional work handled by its market-leading corporate and M&A practice. The department houses specialists in union matters, harassment and discrimination, and social security, raising it above being a simple support team. Peniche is an experienced advisor to multinational companies and covers matters ranging from employment compliance, restructurings and hiring structures, to collective bargaining agreements and investigations. Julio Álvarez has a focus on the labour aspects of M&A, reorganisations, and both employee and executive compensation. The partners are ably supported by senior associates María Fernanda Pariente, who specialises in conflict resolution, and Rodrigo Espíritu Santo, an experienced counsel to finance and oil-and-gas clients. At the firm’s Monterrey office, senior associate Alicia Abúndez heads the sub-group dedicated to social security matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘In general, the team seems very good to me and, above all, empathetic with the issues that happen in the company, always providing support; I do not see that they have any shortcomings compared to other offices.’

  • ‘Rodrigo Espíritu Santo seems very professional to me, always giving an answer, even when the situation gets complicated. Julio Álvarez, always very objective, taking care of the interests of his clients. Francisco Peniche, without a doubt his great experience and leadership of the team makes Creel an incredible team.’

  • ‘They have good depth of people and knowledge, are responsive, client-focused and intelligent, and able to handle complex legal matters.’

Key clients

  • Citigroup
  • Steel Dynamics
  • Sizzling Platter
  • Groupe Latécoère
  • Reckitt Benckiser Group
  • Mead Johnson & Company
  • Siemens
  • Mondelēz International
  • L'Oréal
  • Alveg
  • Nord Anglia Education
  • Herman Miller
  • PayPal Holdings
  • Prologis Property Mexico
  • Grupo Valoran

Work highlights

  • Advising Citigroup on the analysis and structuring of the sale of its consumer banking business in Mexico.
  • Acted for Sizzling Platter on its union strategy in Mexico, including designing and implementing the process to comply with changes to labour law and international treaties regarding freedom of association.
  • Advised Mondelēz on a multi-union conflict that affected its manufacturing site in Puebla.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Francisco Peniche