Mrs Adriana Padilla Rivas > Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.
Av. Pedregal 24, 10th floor
Molino del Rey
11040, Mexico City
Mexico
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Work Department

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Restructurings and Insolvency

Position

Partner

Career

Adriana Padilla joined the firm in 2015 and has been a partner since 2022. She has more than 14 years of experience and has participated in several commercial and investment arbitrations, both as counsel and arbitrator, under the rules of several institutions such as ICC, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, ICSID, CANACO, CAM and others.

Adriana has extensive experience in dispute resolution in many fields such as M&A, infrastructure, energy, port, construction, retail and corporate, subject either to Mexican, international or foreign law. She also has extensive experience in litigation related to arbitration, including judicial proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of awards and interim measures in arbitration.

In addition, she has participated in multiple financial restructurings and insolvency proceedings, advising both companies and creditors, and also acted as counsel to the receiver.

Adriana worked as a foreign associate in Cleary Gottlieb in New York (2014-2015).

 

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

Master of Laws in International Dispute Resolution – Queen Mary University of London (2021 – To date)

Diploma on International Law and Legal Studies – The Center for American and International Law (2012)

Bachelor of Laws, cum laude – Universidad Iberoamericana (2009)

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Dispute resolution: arbitration

(Next Generation Partners)

Adriana Padilla RivasRitch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

Mexico > Bankruptcy and restructuring

The bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. is frequently instructed by clients in the real estate, telecoms, finance, aviation and mining sectors for its counsel on national and cross-border restructurings and insolvency matters. Noted for his skill in restructurings, Jean Paul Farah Chajín leads the practice alongside fellow co-head Pablo Perezalonso Eguía, who advises on the structuring and restructuring of secured and unsecured credit facilities for Mexican private and public sector borrowers. Advising both indebted companies and creditors, Adriana Padilla Rivas assists with restructurings and insolvency proceedings; and Luis Nicolau Gutiérrez has extensive experience counselling underwriters and issuers on debt and equity offerings.