Mr Héctor Cárdenas Ortega > 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

Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Héctor Cárdenas joined the firm in 2010 and was named partner in 2022. He has vast experience in mergers and acquisitions advising buyers (both financial and strategic), sellers and financial advisors in sale processes of businesses and assets in a variety of sectors (food and beverage, educational services, technology, automotive, entertainment and financial services, among others), including acquisitions through tender offers, leveraged acquisitions and reorganizations, with special emphasis on advising private equity funds, in the structuring, as well as in acquisitions and divestments of businesses and assets.

As to his real estate experience, Héctor is particularly active in transactions involving the structuring of private equity real estate funds, as well as in the acquisition and sale of real estate properties and developments, working for both investors and developers.
Héctor worked as a Foreign Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York, NY (2015-2016).

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

Member of the International Bar Association

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M) – Harvard Law School (2015), Cambridge, USA.

Law Degree – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2011), Mexico City, Mexico.

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Corporate and M&A

According to one client, the business-oriented’ team at Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. stands out for its availability, dedication, and understanding’. The focus of the practice group’s work lies in assisting domestic and international companies with M&A transactions, private equity fund management, divestments, negotiations, due diligence, and regulatory compliance. It is frequently instructed by corporate clients working in the infrastructure, energy, real estate, pharmaceutical, healthcare and financial services sectors, and a recent work highlight saw the group assist Chilean human capital asset platform Rankmi with its merger with Mexican technology consulting and software agency Volanto RH. Luis Nicolau steers the department and specialises in finance, corporate and capital markets mandates, for which he is frequently called upon by foreign and domestic private equity funds and international financial entities. Eduardo Triulzi (banking and finance, M&A); market mainstay Jean Paul Farah (capital markets, energy and infrastructure projects, restructurings, and M&A); Gabriel Robles (banking and finance, M&A, capital markets); Héctor Cárdenas Ortega (M&A and Real Estate); and Eric Silberstein (capital markets and M&A) are additional key department figures. Following the June 2023 departure of Daniel Kuri Breña R, Eduardo Aiza Vaudrecourt is the name to note at associate level.