Winners 2026
Banking and Finance
Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Jiménez , Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Pedro Velasco , Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Bankruptcy and Restructuring Next Generation Partner of the Year
Zulima González , Pérez Correa González
Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer of the Year
Jesús Ángel Guerra Mendez, Guerra, Hidalgo y Mendoza (GHM)
Bankruptcy and Restructuring Firm of the Year
Del Castillo y Castro Abogados
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Next Generation Partner of the Year
Bernardo Reyes Retana K. , Pérez-Llorca
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Guillermo Pérez Santiago, Galicia Abogados S.C.
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Galicia Abogados S.C.
Competition and Antitrust
Competition and Antitrust Next Generation Partner of the Year
Román González , White & Case S.C.
Competition and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
Cristina Massa, Sainz Abogados
Competition and Antitrust Firm of the Year
Greenberg Traurig, S.C.
Compliance
Compliance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Brian Minutti, Legal Disruption
Compliance Lawyer of the Year
Leonel Pereznieto, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Compliance Firm of the Year
Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Next Generation Partner of the Year
Rodrigo Gardner, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Lawyer of the Year
Carlos Velazquez De León, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.
Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Firm of the Year
DLA Piper Mexico
Corporate and M&A: High-end
Corporate and M&A: High-end Next Generation Partner of the Year
Diego Barrera, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Corporate and M&A: High-end Lawyer of the Year
Henri Capin Gally, White & Case S.C.
Corporate and M&A: High-end Firm of the Year
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Next Generation Partner of the Year
Daniel García-Barragán, García Barragán Abogados
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Elsa Ortega , Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Firm of the Year
Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Next Generation Partner of the Year
Héctor Anaya Mondragón, Gritwood Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Carlos Malpica, Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes, S.C.
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Firm of the Year
Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes, S.C.
Energy and Natural Resources
Energy and Natural Resources Next Generation Partner of the Year
Jorge Cabeza, MCM Abogados
Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year
César Fernández, Norton Rose Fulbright
Energy and Natural Resources Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.
Environment
Environment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Escoto, Galicia Abogados S.C.
Environment Lawyer of the Year
Adrián del Paso, DLA Piper Mexico
Environment Firm of the Year
Pontones & Ledesma
Insurance
Insurance Lawyer of the Year
Jose Luis Colin Vega, Colin Vega Fletes Abogados
Insurance Firm of the Year
Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year
José Antonio Arochi, Arochi & Lindner, SC
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Laura Collada, Dumont
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.
International Trade and Customs
International Trade and Customs Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Véjar, White & Case S.C.
International Trade and Customs Lawyer of the Year
Adrián Vázquez, Vázquez Tercero & Zepeda
International Trade and Customs Firm of the Year
EC Rubio
Labour and Employment
Labour and Employment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Mary Carmen Fuertes, Hogan Lovells
Labour and Employment Lawyer of the Year
Juan Carlos de la Vega, Santamarina y Steta
Labour and Employment Firm of the Year
Marván, González Graf y González Larrazolo, S.C. (MGGL)
Life Sciences
Life Sciences Next Generation Partner of the Year
Cecilia Stahlhut, Hogan Lovells
Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year
Christian Lopez-Silva, SaúdeLaw
Life Sciences Firm of the Year
Hogan Lovells
Projects and Infrastructure
Projects and Infrastructure Next Generation Partner of the Year
Marcia Santomé Sánchez, CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow
Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
Alejandro Rojas, Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC
Projects and Infrastructure Firm of the Year
Galicia Abogados S.C.
Real Estate
Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year
Diego Gómez-Haro Katznelson, Garrigues
Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
Alejandro Trujillo, TA Trujillo Abogados
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.
Tax
Tax Next Generation Partner of the Year
Ángel Escalante, Escalante & Asociados
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Nora Morales Rodríguez, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.
Tax Firm of the Year
Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
TMT
TMT Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Vela-Treviño, Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.
TMT Lawyer of the Year
Andrés Acedo, Acedo, Santamarina, S.C
TMT Firm of the Year
Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C.
Marketing Team of the Year
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza & Enríquez
DE&I Law Firm of the Year
Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
ESG In-House Team of the Year
ENGIE México
In-House Rising Star of the Year
Monserrat Villegas Vallejo, MacQuarie
Banking and Finance Deal of the Year
$2.5bn financing granted by a syndicate of 13 financial institutions to Energía Mayakan for the expansion to the existing Mayakan pipeline system.
Nader, Hayaux & Goebel
Milbank LLP
Baker Mckenzie Abogados, S.C.
Covington & Burling
M&A Deal of the Year
Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA)’s MXN $437m sale of two of its business lines to Mill Point Capital LLC.
Galicia Abogados, S.C.
Tozzini Freire
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Schulte Roth Zabel, LLP
Beccar Varela
PBP Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Aguilar Castillo Love
Mattos Filho
D’Empaire Reyna Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Ferrere Abogados
Rising Star Associate of the Year
Ana Maria Alpizar, Nader Hayaux & Goebel
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Orci, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.
Boutique Firm of the Year
Uhthoff, Gómez Vega & Uhthoff, SC
Up-and-Coming Young Firm
Tena Abogados
In-House Lawyer of the Year
Karina Ojeda Valle, Capital Indigo
Lawyer of the Year
Jean Paul Farah, Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.
Senior Partner of the Year
Manuel Galicia, Galicia Abogados S.C.
In-House Team of the Year
Grupo Aeroméxico
Mexico Firm of the Year
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.
Leading Central American law firm (in relation to Mexico)
BLP Abogados
Firm of the Year (based outside Mexico City)
Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster
International Firms (operating in to Mexico)
Milbank LLP