Luis Cortés > Greenberg Traurig, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Miami-headquartered international firm Greenberg Traurig, S.C. fields a sizeable 30-strong corporate team from its Mexico office and has reaped the rewards of this offering in terms of a noticeable upturn in mandates and caseload. The practice works across a broad array of sectors – banking, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, real estate, education, telecoms, pharma, tech and retail, to name just a few, and also receives mandates from the private equity and venture capital segments. The group is highly is accustomed to handling at all stages (negotiation, structuring, completion) and in all types (M&As, joint ventures, recapitalisations) of corporate transactions, with recent highlights ranging from representing a Fibra-E on the MXN$7.7bn acquisition of a participation in certain toll roads to advising both Syngenta and Betterware on strategic acquisitions in their respective sectors in Mexico. The practice is co-led by Miguel Yturbe (M&A and general corporate matters) and Arturo Pérez Estrada (corporate matters, financial regulation, privacy and corporate finance law), with managing partner José Raz Guzmán (financial and M&A transactions); José Antonio Butrón (M&A, banking, project finance, capital markets, structured finance and securitisations); Victor Manuel Frías (M&A, takeovers and JVs; along with corporate governance, corporate compliance matters and internal investigations); and Gabriel Lozano (general corporate and securities matters, including international M&A, PE and VC investments, commercial loans and securities offerings) providing further senior-level support. The deep partner bench is further reflected in the availability of an up-and-coming group of younger partners including Luis Cortés (commercial and corporate law, compliance and financings); Antonio Robles Hüe  (energy, financial, commercial and corporate law); and Gabriela Palomino (project, energy and infrastructure-related transactional matters). The foregoing can also call on an array of experienced associates, notably: Víctor F Callarisa, Luis A Torres, Rocío Olea, Adriana García-Cuellar and Ana Acosta Silva. Since publication, Robles Hüe has left the firm to establish his own boutique – effective as of April 2024.