Carlos Chávez > Galicia Abogados S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Galicia Abogados S.C.’s ‘top-notch’ practice is a key component of its overall offering to major companies undertaking deals at the very top of the corporate market in Mexico. The group includes not only dedicated professionals in the competition and antitrust field but also experts in a variety of the country’s major industries, giving the team a robust offering when it comes to navigating the respective regulatory challenges in different sectors, as well as counsel experienced in dealing with the competition authority. The practice is led by co-managing partner of the firm Christian Lippert, one of the best known experts in this area in Mexico. Fellow practice co-head Carlos Chávez is also a recognised antitrust expert in the market; he advises a number of major companies on day-to-day compliance, and has an especially strong client base in the telecoms sector. The practice also houses one of the market’s next generation partners in Juan Carlos Burgos; in recent years he has regularly come up against the competition authority in some of its most significant sectoral-investigations. Counsel Gerardo Rodríguez supports on complex merger control applications, while senior associate Maite Celorio strengthens the practice group’s regulatory offering.

Galicia Abogados S.C. offers clients ‘clear, timely and precise’ guidance on both day-to-day compliance matters (such as the design of corporate compliance policies), and transactional compliance services. As part of the firm’s regulatory practice group, the team cooperates closely with other partners whose expertise spans an array of sectors, namely banking, telecoms, pharmaceutical and transportation. The practice is headed up by an experienced trio: Carlos Chávez specialises in advising railroad, energy, and telecoms corporations on compliance matters; Christian Lippert has a background in M&A and compliance investigations; and Juan Carlos Burgos handles the design and implementation of internal compliance policies for local and multinational corporations. Counsel Gerardo Rodríguez focuses on competition and antitrust matters; while associate Marianela Romero supports on the design of internal compliance and training programmes. Associate Maite Celorio M is another name to note in the competition compliance space.

The multi-practice TMT offering at Galicia Abogados S.C. counts leading multinationals across the three sub-sectors as clients, and the team assists with major M&A, sector-specific regulatory issues, competition law, and restructuring, among other matters. On the technology side, Ricardo García and Alejandro de la Borbolla are the key contacts, coordinating the broad range of advice required in that area, with Arturo Perdomo being the name to note for fintech work. For telecoms, Carlos Chávez is the department head, coming under the banner of the firm’s broader regulatory practice; he also handles media sector matters, working with the corporate and M&A team as required. Humberto Pérez-Rocha advises on M&A, banking and insurance matters in relation to the telecoms and technology sectors, while senior associate Irma Ross leads the firm’s IP & data privacy offering.