Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster

Lauded for its ‘combination of technical expertise and exceptional availability to meet the needs of its clients’, Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster is a noted port of call for a broad range of business law mandates in Guadalajara (along with Mexico City and Monterrey, where it also maintains offices). The Guadalajara office is particularly renowned for its expertise across banking and finance, corporate and M&A, restructuring, labour and social security, project finance, real estate, arbitration and litigation. Within the corporate practice area, the group is adept at handling the setup of businesses, M&A transactions and corporate restructurings. The banking and finance practice deals with the structuring of cross-border loans and project finance transactions. The team is also noted for its strength in international trade, covering advice on import-export regulations, customs issues and trade agreements. The group’s key contacts are founding partners Diego Ramos, Alejandro Ripoll and Alejandro Schuster. Ramos specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration and banking and finance; Ripoll handles corporate and M&A, matters of foreign investment, infrastructure, public contracting and restructuring and insolvency; and Schuster focuses on civil, commercial and constitutional litigation. Additional partner-level contacts include corporate practice co-head Edmundo Elías (commercial and corporate law, customs and international trade, anti-corruption matters); Rodolfo Ramos (corporate, wealth management, real estate); Rubén Darío Gómez (commercial arbitration); and Emmanuel Ibarra (labour and social security). Also noted are of counsel Rafael Raya (IP, administrative law) and a deep bench of senior associates, comprising: Alan Francisco Barajas, José Eduardo González and Óscar Mauricio Angulo (dispute resolution); Daniel Torres Güémez (international trade and customs); Rafael Amador Espinosa (IP and privacy matters); Karla M. Peña (corporate, commercial, M&A and foreign investment); and Salvador Orozco (tax consulting).