Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

M&A transactions, joint ventures, public offerings and corporate restructurings are core areas of expertise for the practice group at Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C., which is regularly instructed by public and private companies, investment banks, venture capital firms, emerging companies and growth equity firms, and operates from offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey and Tijuana. Practice lead Jorge Ruiz, who also directs the national transactional practice group, splits his time between Mexico City and Ciudad Juárez and handles corporate governance, M&A and mining mandates. Additional key contacts include Carlo Pérez Arizti and Erik Gutiérrez (corporate reorganisations, governance and M&A); Reynaldo Vizcarra (corporate governance, M&A, antitrust, compliance); Lorenzo Ruiz de Velasco (corporate law, banking and finance, capital markets); Monterrey-based Rodrigo Montemayor (corporate law, securities matters, energy); and Tijuana-based Carlos Larios (corporate and M&A, compliance). The names to note at associate level are senior Jesús Antonio Pérez, Cristina Palomo and Javier Zenteno. All lawyers are based in Mexico City, unless otherwise specified.