{"id":265700,"date":"2026-04-27T10:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=265700"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:12:42","slug":"event-report-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/mexico-awards-2026\/event-report-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 16th April saw the celebration of the fourth edition of the Legal 500 Mexico Awards, celebrating the excellence and achievements of the country\u2019s foremost legal firms and practitioners. Held once again at the Hyatt Regency in Polanco (a neighbourhood increasingly emerging as the new hub of Mexico City\u2019s legal market) the event brought together key private practice firms and practitioners from across the country for an evening of celebration, conversation and recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the night included:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Creel, Garc\u00eda-Cu\u00e9llar, Aiza y Enr\u00edquez, S.C. winning Mexico Firm of the Year<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Galicia Abogados\u2019 Manuel Galicia winning Senior Partner of the Year<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Ritch Mueller\u2019s Jean Paul Farah winning Partner of the Year, and<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Millbank securing the award for the International Firm operating into Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Other recognitions included:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Uhthoff, G\u00f3mez Vega &amp; Uhthoff, SC recognised as Boutique Firm of the Year, and<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Tena Abogados walk away with the Award for Up-and-coming Young Firm of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ceremony also saw the establishment of two new categories, with<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Ramos Ripoll &amp; Schuster winning \u2018Firm of the Year (based outside Mexico City) and<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 BLP recognised as the Leading Central American firm (in relation to Mexico)<\/p>\n<p>With sponsorship from Harvey, vLex (part of Clio), Baker Mckenzie and Jones Day, among others, and grounded in our independent research and in-depth market insight, the Legal 500 Mexico Awards constitute the legal market\u2019s most prestigious and anticipated legal event, while our market coverage provides the most highly-regarded and impartial market analysis available.<\/p>\n<p>With our warm congratulations to all those recognised on this year\u2019s shortlist and to each winner on the night.<\/p>\n<p>View the full list of winners: https:<a href=\"\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/mexico-awards-2026\/winners-2026\/\">\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/mexico-awards-2026\/winners-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See photos from the evening: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/mexico-awards-2026\/on-the-night-2026\/\">https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/mexico-awards-2026\/on-the-night-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the more than 400 participants who joined us in Mexico City and helped make this fourth Legal 500 Mexico Awards such a memorable occasion. We look forward to the milestone of our fifth awards next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 16th April saw the celebration of the fourth edition of the Legal 500 Mexico Awards, celebrating the excellence and achievements of the country\u2019s foremost legal firms and practitioners. Held once again at the Hyatt Regency in Polanco (a neighbourhood increasingly emerging as the new hub of Mexico City\u2019s legal market) the event brought together &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/mexico-awards-2026\/event-report-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Event Report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64976,"featured_media":0,"parent":242532,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-265700","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265772,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265700\/revisions\/265772"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}