Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.'s Guadalajara office forms an integral part of the international firm’s Mexican network, which is complemented by offices in Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez. The sizeable group routinely advises domestic and multinational clients on a broad range of legal matters, among them corporate law and M&A transactions, international trade, dispute resolution, labour and employment, IP, real estate and projects and infrastructure. Fabián Monsalve, founder of the Guadalajara office and local managing partner since 2018, is the group’s key contact – he specialises in real estate, construction, foreign investment, corporate and M&A and banking and finance. Also noted are David Márquez Lechuga, who heads up the office's dispute resolution practice and focuses on civil, commercial and administrative litigation; María José Casillas (advisory and contentious labour and employment matters, social security, business immigration); and Juan Carlos Guerra Gascon (real estate, mining, agrarian, infrastructure and project finance transactions). Roberto Macías (M&A, corporate reorganisations, contractual law and matters of foreign investment); Fabián Navares (commercial law, foreign trade and customs matters, tax and litigation); Verónica Rejón and Daniel Sánchez Elizondo (international trade and customs); and Daniel Villanueva (IP, data privacy, and cybersecurity matters) complete the group of partners. The key names to note at associate level are Emilio González Guzmán (dispute resolution, public law, real estate finance); Martha Mayorga and Karina Fajardo (labour and employment); Alejandra Muriel Vizcaino (banking and finance, real estate, projects and infrastructure); and Ramón Campos (tax).
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Practice head

Fabián Monsalve

Other key lawyers

David Márquez; María José Casillas; Juan Carlos Guerra; Roberto Macías; Fabián Navares; Verónica Rejón; Daniel Sánchez Elizondo; Daniel Villanueva; Emilio González Guzmán; Martha Mayorga; Karina Fajardo; Alejandra Muriel Vizcaíno; Ramón Campos