Mr Juan Bernardo García > Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. > Monterrey, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. is home to a well-regarded real estate group which operates from five strategic locations across the country – Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey, Tijuana and Mexico City – and is equipped to handle the full range of advisory and transactional mandates. Key areas of expertise include sales and acquisitions, purchase and lease agreements, financings and joint ventures, structuring and securitisations, as well as related due diligence. The group’s client roster regularly features notable foreign corporations such as H&M, Prada, and Hitachi. Three partners co-lead the department: Juan Bernardo García, who is based in Monterrey, chairs both the firm’s global real estate practice group and the local Mexican department; his practice is focused on transactions involving real estate development and construction. Managing partner José (Pepe) Larroque in the Tijuana office is well-versed in the structuring of cross-border real estate transactions for the acquisition, development and financing of real estate and infrastructure projects across Mexico and Latin America. While in Guadalajara, Fabián Monsalve leads the firm’s North America real estate practice and majors on matters of foreign investment, real estate, and M&A. Also in Guadalajara, Juan Carlos Guerra-Gascon is noted for his transactional real estate and projects practice. Key names to note at associate level include senior Gabriela Saucedo and Alexandra Cavazos de la Rosa (both in Monterrey), and Alejandra Muriel Vizcaino in Guadalajara. Since publication, Saucedo has been raised to the partnership – effective as of January 2025.

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.