team size

27 in Mexico. 50 overall.

What are the most significant cases, projects, or transactions that you and your legal team have recently been involved in? [Please mark anything confidential clearly, and feel free to speak in general terms if you wish, we’re just trying to describe the sort of work your team has been engaged with over the past year]

Following a change in Alsea’s business strategy, we have spent the last twelve months engaged in a highly complex and demanding process involving the disincorporation and sale of non-core businesses across several countries and business units, with multiple transactions taking place simultaneously. We have sold four business units over the past twelve months, with a further three processes currently ongoing.

How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crisis to ensure the organisation’s resilience?

I seek to manage legal matters by balancing two critical aspects: (a) the level of risk involved and (b) their relevance to achieving a key business objective.

Based on your experiences in the past year, are there any trends in the legal or business world that you are keeping an eye on that you think other in-house lawyers should be mindful of?

Given the disruptive impact AI is having on all aspects of our lives, it is essential for in-house lawyers to remain mindful of developments in this area and to stay continuously involved and up to date with developments in LLMs and other AI-related technologies.

What is a cause, business or otherwise, that you are passionate about? Why is this?

I am passionate about everything related to AI, including new LLMs, enhancements to these technologies and AI agents. I believe – or rather, I am certain – that AI represents a major revolution in how things are done and will be done. Those who fail to adapt to it will be left behind.