Garrigues

The practice at Garrigues was substantially bolstered by the office’s February 2025 merger with local firm Sánchez Devanny. The move leaves the resulting entity with offices situated in Mexico City, Monterrey and Querétaro. The Monterrey office originally opened its doors in 2001 and has consolidated a sterling reputation assisting clients in Northeastern Mexico across a broad range of practice areas, namely banking and finance, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, labour, international trade and customs, real estate, and tax and wealth management. Recent mandates of note have seen the team advise GU Plumbing on the acquisition of an industrial plant in of Saltillo, Coahuila; and assist Triple M Metal Inmuebles with its Mexican expansion project through the acquisition of industrial land. Office managing partner Ernesto Silvas Medina specialises in sale and purchase transactions, project finance, securities matters and corporate finance. Additional key contacts include Rafael Villamar Ramos, who focuses on real estate and infrastructure transactions, including the negotiation of leases, purchases, and construction contracts for commercial, residential, industrial and hospitality properties; Ricardo León Santacruz (tax optimisation and transfer pricing); Arturo Garza Mátar (tax advisory work, M&A transactions and corporate restructuring processes); and Roberto Serralde, who handles international trade, customs and tax litigation matters. The key names to note at principal associate level are Verónica Esquivel Patiño (civil and commercial litigation and arbitration); Alfredo Villarreal Hansmann (real estate and infrastructure transactions); Lourdes González Rosete (corporate, banking and finance and real estate); and Hugo Gutiérrez Flores (advisory and contentious labour and employment law).