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Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar
PROL PASEO DE LA REFORMA 1015, TORRE B, PISO 8
COL DESARROLLO SANTA FE
CP 01376 MÉXICO, DF
Mexico
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Work Department

Corporate, Foreign Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Position

Founding Partner.

Career

Jesús Sánchez Ugarte has assisted foreign and Mexican companies in the acquisition of Mexican companies and the negotiation and implementation of joint ventures and associations.

He regularly works on antitrust matters. Also, he has been involved in several commercial arbitration proceedings as arbitrator and as party counsel.

Languages

Spanish and English.

Memberships

Tag Law

Education

Law degree (JD) from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.
LLM from Columbia University in New York.

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Corporate and M&A

Fielding ‘a robust, professional team’ that provides ‘close and adequate monitoring of projects and customer needs’, Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar‘s well-established 15-strong practice that advises on matters ranging from M&A, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and cross-border transactions, to general corporate matters – particularly in relation to the real estate, energy, manufacturing, banking and automotive sectors. Indeed, clients highlight the practice group’s ‘incredible knowledge of the corporate and stock market world’, and also note how the practice has proved adept at remaining abreast of the constant evolution of the M&A market so as to meet all client expectations. The practice is co-led by founding partner Daniel Kuri Breña, whose corporate practice is centred on joint ventures, M&A (particularly on behalf of funds), private equity and venture capital investments; Luis Octavio Núñez, who also handles M&A, private equity, venture capital and joint ventures – particularly in relation to the real estate and development, manufacturing and finance sector; and antitrust specialist Jesús Sánchez Ugarte (also a co-founding partner) who focuses on M&A and financings. Additional bench depth is provided by corporate and finance partner Álvaro Sarmiento Lapiedra; with younger partner Silvia Ema Roldan, who was raised to the partnership in July 2023, rounding out the partner level team. Key support is provided by senior associate Álvaro Alan Pérez; and intermediates Daniel García Hernández (who returned to the firm from an in-house position in mid-2022), and Elizabeth Tovar, who focuses on real estate-related matters.