Juan Francisco Torres Landa > Hogan Lovells > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Noted for its ‘great experience and presence in the market’, the practice at Hogan Lovells regularly supports international real estate developers and companies in the automotive, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing segments with a range of real estate mandates. Core areas of expertise include real estate due diligence, the sale, leasing, and acquisition of real estate, the operation and management of real estate developments, construction and litigation. Three partners share leadership of the department: Juan Francisco Torres Landa specialises in corporate law, M&A, real estate, and project finance and is based at the Mexico City office, as is Ángel Domínguez De Pedro, who majors on corporate law, M&A, competition law and real estate. Up in Monterrey, Guillermo González Frankenberger completes the leadership trio and is lauded as a ‘very experienced lawyer with great capacity for analysis and practicality’; his practice takes in M&A, real estate and corporate governance matters. Counsel Fernando Medina Luna is noted for his contributions on corporate, real estate, and urban development mandates. Senior associate Ana Lucía Gutiérrez Fernández handles a range of real estate transactions.

Praised for its ‘attention to detail and knowledge of regulations in Mexico‘, the energy practice at Hogan Lovells is one of the strongest choices for regulatory matters, licensing and permits throughout the sector. In oil and gas, the team continues to represent major project owners and investors on upstream, midstream and downstream activities; Equinor and Qatar Petroleum International being among those to instruct the team recently. A number of international energy companies also look to the team for advice on conventional and renewable power projects, with practice co-heads Carlos Ramos Miranda, Juan Francisco Torres Landa and Miguel Ángel Mateo Simón all leading counsel regarding high-end power projects. On the regulatory side the broad practice extends to mining, wherein senior associate Perla Díaz Taracena is the name to note. Further key contacts at senior associate level include transactional lawyer Mauricio Fuchs Tarlovsky; and the dual-qualified (Mexico / Venezuela) Víctor Barrientos, who has extensive experience in the oil, gas and petrochemicals arenas.

The group at Hogan Lovells handles the full spectrum of corporate transactions and has additional expertise in foreign investment matters, due diligence review, contracts negotiation, restructurings and corporate reorganisations. The practice’s diverse client roster includes household names in the food, banking, aerospace and retail segments. A group of six partners share leadership; key names in Mexico City include Juan Francisco Torres Landa, who routinely assists corporate clients with their arrivals to the Mexican market; Federico De Noriega, who focuses on finance, M&A and data privacy mandates; and Carlos Ramos Miranda, who splits his time between Mexico City and Houston and whose broad practice takes in due diligence for M&A transactions, the securing of regulatory permits and internal investigations. At the Monterrey office, Guillermo González Frankenberger specialises in M&A, real estate, and corporate governance; Gina Decanini majors on corporate, financing, real estate and commercial matters. Counsel Andrea López De La Campa and senior associate Karla Rabasa are the key non-partner contacts for corporate and M&A work at the Mexico City office. Mario Jorge Yañez left the firm in October 2023.

The combination of Hogan Lovells‘ international network and its established presence in Mexico make it a fixture of the country’s international trade landscape, assisting with compliance, trade remedies, and customs law. In the latter discipline, Arturo Tiburcio is the lead contact to note, a litigator with broad tax and trade expertise. Senior partner Juan Francisco Torres Landa oversees antidumping, subsidies and other trade remedies, with Mauricio Llamas the name to note for foreign trade compliance. Senior associate Mario Lara and associate Antonio Cervantes assist the practice heads across the full range of matters. Jorge Yáñez left the firm in September 2023.