Garrigues

The practice at Garrigues was substantially bolstered by the office’s merger with local firm Sanchez Devanny, which was announced in July 2024 and completed in February 2025. The move leaves the resulting entity with offices located in Mexico City, Monterrey and Querétaro. The group’s corporate capabilities encompass advising financial services, energy, real estate, tech, retail and telecoms companies on M&A transactions, joint ventures, commercial contracts and matters of foreign investment. Leadership of the practice is shared between Gerardo Lemus and Gabriela Pérez Sierra. Lemus specialises in M&A transactions, corporate law, commercial contracts, cross-border financings, real estate and competition law matters. Pérez Sierra, for her part, majors on M&A, project finance and advising foreign companies on the setup of their operations in Mexico. The key names to note at principal associate level include Rodrigo Durán de la Vega (banking and finance, corporate law and M&A transactions); Carlos Eduardo Gómez (M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity funds investments); and Gabriela Cosío (corporate law, contract management and dispute resolution processes for energy and infrastructure projects). Mario Juárez and Manuel Groenewold both left the firm in March 2025.