Servicios Legales Mineros

Based in Estado de México, 12-lawyer boutique firm Servicios Legales Mineros handles a wide range of mining matters, among them administrative procedures, appeals for review, the regularisation of mining concessions, the recovery of cancelled mining titles, and compliance with the regulations and standards enforced by the General Directorate of Mines. However, the firm is increasingly concentrating on sophisticated and complex mandates, as illustrated by its current involvement in a pioneering deep-sea phosphate mining project in Baja California. The practice also handles administrative proceedings, acquisitions and related due diligence, tender and bidding processes, contractual matters, environmental impact assessments, SEMARNAT permits, community relations issues and water law matters. The practice is co-led by Carlos Suárez de Miguel, an ex-Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. partner with over forty years of experience, including both in house (as legal head at a company with Mexican mining operations) and at the General Directorate of Mines. Co-leading alongside him is Santiago Suárez Sevilla, whose background encompasses IP and administrative litigation, and who has developed a strong focus on the mining sector over the last six years. Suárez Sevilla’s practice includes administrative proceedings before the General Directorate of Mines, judicial and administrative disputes, and environmental and water-related matters; he also has experience in the application of AI to the mining industry.