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José Ramón Ayala

Work Department

Corporate, M&A, Joint Ventures, Government Procurement, Privacy and Data Protection.

Position

Partner

Career

José Ramón is a corporate lawyer with more than 22 years of professional experience. He is the founder and partner in charge of the Querétaro office, one of the country’s leading industrial and financial centers. His practice areas include M&A, public tenders and project finance. Also, he is a member of the ESG Practice Group.

He has advised public and private companies in various types of transactions, including purchases and sales of companies and real estate, structuring of operations, granting of financing and guarantees, and participation in public tenders called by Mexican and foreign governments.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

Member of the Board of the Employers’ Commission of the Mexican Republic COPARMEX, Querétaro Chapter.

International Bar Association (IBA).

National Association of Business Lawyers (ANADE).

Key Contact Partner at World Law Group.

Education

JD

2000, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.

LL.M.

2006, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., USA.

Diploma in Purpose and Profit: Creating Shared Value

2021, Harvard Business School, USA.

Personal

PUBLICATIONS

Co-author of the “Mexico” chapter of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, published by Law Business Research (2008 and 2010).