Mr Hugo Cuesta > Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C. Offices
AV. EJERCITO NACIONAL 8943-B,
12TH FLOOR
Mexico
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Mr Hugo Cuesta
Work Department
Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, Compliance
Position
Partner and CEO at Cuesta Campos
Some of the representative matters undertaken by Mr. Cuesta are: (i) Represented Mexican developer on joint venture with Hyatt Hotel (ii) Advises Daimler International (Mercedes Benz) on merger with Nissan (iii) Represented Kapsch Trafficcom in the public bidding process with CAPUFE (iv) Corporate compliance for Nike de Mexico (v) Advice and representation of Flextronics on strategic projects, and counselling on the company’s compliance and acquisitions (vi) Counseled Subway in the relationship with franchisees (vii) Secure loans for Bank of America and a number of other US lenders using Mexican based assets (viii) Design and implementation of loan structures to Mexican subsidiaries for Wells Fargo (ix) Legal advise to Canon on financial and leasing services. (x) Restructure Seamar Diver’s Mexican operation (xi) Represent Fidelity on title insurance projects. (xii) Advise ZF Sachs on Mexican corporate structure.
Career
Hugo Cuesta joined Cuesta Campos in 1986. He has focused his practice in international business transactions. His extensive corporate background comprises foreign investment, M&A, banking and finance, and corporate law.
Since 1990, he has developed substantial expertise representing leading foreign entities doing business in Mexico as well as Mexican entities doing business abroad. Mr. Cuesta has acted as Lead Mexican Counsel in several international projects and business transactions, advising multinationals on their legal, corporate and finance structure in Mexico. Has also acted as Lead Mexican Counsel for the Mexican operations of top maquiladoras (assembly plants) since their start up.
Languages
Spanish, English and French
Memberships
He is former vice chair and board member of Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, and former vice chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. He is also member of the New York State Bar Association as part of the Latin-American counsel of the international section, and of the anti-corruption Committee of the IBA. Member of the ICC.
He also serves as member of the board of various multinationals (including Nike Mexico), the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce, and various foundations and non-profit organizations.
He teaches the class of Ethical standards in the legal profession at the prestigious Universidad Panamericana, Campus Guadalajara.
In 1998 Mr. Cuesta worked as a foreign attorney in the London office of Nabarro & Nathanson a major commercial law firm in London.
Education
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. Juris Doctorate, 1988.
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. LL.M. in Business Taxation and Transnational Practice, 1989
University of Salzburg (Austria)
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Rice University (Houston, TX)
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Corporate and M&A
Operating from offices in Mexico City, Guanajuato and Guadalajara, Meritas alliance member and veteran market presence Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C. has an extensive track record in M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and joint ventures, and has become a favoured corporate advisor to a number of leading multinationals as well as notable local companies. With corporate practice the central pillar of the firm, the team handles both the full range of associated transactional and financing operations as well as day-today advisory, company law and shareholder matters, and relevant administrative and regulatory work. The practice group -some 20+ lawyers strong- has a certain focus on the automotive, manufacturing, financial, real estate, and alcoholic-beverage industries, but has also -despite slow market conditions- enjoyed an uptick in agribusiness and IT mandates; it has also been particularly active as regards compliance and corporate governance matters. Results appear promising with the firm adding Pretium Packaging, Enoflex, Roboyo Group, Armira, CMB Fabricating, Supercap North America and Drains Made Simple, as new clients over the course of the last year. A deeply experienced practitioner, firm CEO Hugo Cuesta handles international transactions (both inbound and outbound), including corporate M&A, commercial matters and corporate governance; he co-leads the practice alongside Azucena Marin, who undertakes corporate restructuring, strategic acquisitions, joint ventures and asset-based lending, among other key transactions, and is also a specialist in competition and antitrust matters. The second line of practitioners includes senior principal associate Rafael Sánchez (who leads the firm’s corporate, contractual and tax practices); and fellow principal associate for corporate and transactional matters, Jesús Bueno; however, former senior Franscela Sapien left the firm in July 2023.
Mexico > Banking and finance
The practice at Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C. advises international financial institutions and corporations on asset-based lending matters, syndicated loans and secured credit transactions from its offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara and León. Team head Hugo Cuesta counsels multinationals on their legal and financial structures in Mexico and advises on public bidding processes with the Mexican government; alongside him, Azucena Marin advises companies in the automotive, manufacturing, financial, pharmaceutical and real estate sectors on asset-based lending and commercial agreements.