Luis Gerardo García Santos Coy > Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Luis Gerardo García Santos Coy

+52 55 4748 0610 luis.garcia@creel.mx

Work Department

Antitrust and Competition

Position

Partner & Member of the Firm´s Board of Directors

Career

Mr. García specializes in antitrust and competition law, actively participating in all types of cases before the competition authorities, from complex pre-merger filings, to investigations, administrative procedures, constitutional (Amparo) proceedings, as well as leniency applications. Mr. García also regularly advises multinationals and private equity investors on acquisitions and investments in Mexico across multiple industries, including digital platforms. Mr. García has participated in some of the most relevant and sophisticated cases before the antitrust authorities.  Most notably, recently Mr. García advised AT&T in the acquisitions of DirecTV, Nextel Mexico and Time Warner, Delta Airlines in its joint cooperation agreement with and investment in Grupo Aeromexico, and Nokia in the acquisition of sole control over Alcatel-Lucent, among many others.

Mr. García has been ranked or cited as Band 1, Tier 1 or equivalent in antitrust and competition by many publications, including: Chambers & Partners, Global Competition Review, The Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal. He has also been consistently recognized as LACCA approved by the Latin America Corporate Counsel Association.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Mr. García is a member of the Mexican Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Education

He received his law degree (JD) from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City in 1993.