Mr Gabriel del Valle Mendiola > Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

With a practice group 17-partners strong, Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. advises an impressive range of local and international banks and underwriters, issuers, private equity firms and multilaterals on all types of financing and collateral agreements. Clients value its ‘great experience in complex and sophisticated transactions’, and skill in ‘banking, finance and regulatory work in all their expressions’. An experienced pair leads the group with both garnering praise for being highly involved in cases: Jean Paul Farah Chajín, who advises on financings and refinancings; and Pablo Perezalonso Eguía, who works on international banking and securities transactions, and regulatory matters. Luis A Nicolau Gutiérrez and Gabriel del Valle Mendiola assist with banking, finance, capital markets and restructuring work; and Gabriel Robles advises financial institutions, public companies and private equity funds, with a special focus on capital markets. Senior associate Daniela Solis specialises in energy and infrastructure development and project finance, and associate Salvador Torres provides key support.

Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. houses an ‘interdisciplinary team with deep knowledge of the Mexican capital markets arena’ that represents issuers, international and local broker-dealers and investment banks in private and public offerings of debt and equity securities by Mexican issuers – primarily on the international markets. In the domestic arena, the group’s expertise encompasses equity, debt and structured securities offerings, including asset-backed securities, CKDs, CERPIs, FIBRAS-E (MLPs), real estate FIBRAs and bank capitalisation notes. The practice is co-led by well known figure Luis Nicolau, who is deeply experienced at assisting underwriters and issuers with debt and equity offerings; and Gabriel del Valle Mendiola, who handles private and public offerings of debt and equity securities. The partners maintain ‘excellent relations’ with clients; other key contacts include Gabriel Robles Beistegui, Pablo Perezalonso Eguía and Jean Paul Farah Chajín. Senior associate Ernesto Talamás is also noted. Partner Jose Berrueta Ochoa left the practice in June 2022.