Mr Alfonso Cortez-Fernández > Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. > Monterrey, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Fielding key partners from three of its four Mexico offices, Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.‘s litigation team is a crucial component of the firm’s wider global contentious offering. The department is often engaged in multi-jurisdictional cases and has built a strong reputation in the energy, automotive, alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceutical and tourism sectors. Insolvency litigation and cases for debt recovery have also been areas of frequent activity, recently. Alfonso Cortez-Fernández is the chair of the litigation group in Mexico and maintains his broad contentious practice from the firm’s office Monterrey. In the capital, Alfonso Curiel-Valtierra is the lead litigation contact, with David Márquez-Lechuga the name to note in Guadalajara. Javier Jaime-González (civil commercial and agrarian litigation; constitutional amparos) and younger partner Javier Navarro-Treviño (complex litigation) are additional figures of note, located in the Monterrey office, both come with client recommendation.

A longstanding presence in the city, global firm Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. was an early arrival to the Monterrey market. Today, its local headcount stands at over twenty lawyers and the group constitutes a key component of the firm’s Mexican network, which comprises five offices across the country – Mexico City, Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Tijuana. The team’s capabilities encompass corporate and M&A, litigation and arbitration, labour and employment, international trade, real estate and tax, and the office has a particularly strong track record assisting manufacturers seeking to expand their operations in northeastern Mexico; it has also developed an impressive client roster to match. Recent standout matters include advising BIC on the acquisition and development of its manufacturing facilities in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila. On the labour front, team members recently handled negotiations with the National Railroad Union on behalf of Canadian Pacific Kansas City Mexico. Key contacts include national employment practice group lead Ricardo Castro Garza, who regularly handles strategic labour planning and employment-related litigation for maquila clients. José González Elizondo‘s practice takes in corporate, M&A, banking, and restructuring; Alfonso Cortez Fernández deals with arbitration and litigation, and has a particular focus on administrative litigation involving the energy segment. Juan Bernardo García chairs both the firm’s global real estate practice group and the Mexican national department; he focuses his practice on the development and structuring of retail, industrial, commercial and residential projects. Additional names to note include Alfonso García Lozano (labour and employment); tax partners Roxana Gómez Orta and Jorge Salazar Cebrian; Javier Jaime González (dispute resolution); Javier Navarro Treviño and Fernando Treviño Martínez (litigation and arbitration); and Rodrigo Montemayor Villarreal (corporate and commercial law, M&A and project finance). Noted associates include senior Gabriela Saucedo (real estate), and Alexandra Cavazos de la Rosa (corporate and M&A). International trade-focused partner Hugo López Miranda joined the office in August 2024. Since publication, Saucedo has been raised to the partnership – effective as of January 2025.