Servicios Legales Mineros

Based in Estado de Mexico, 12-strong boutique firm Servicios Legales Mineros, handles a broad array of mining matters – including administrative procedures, appeals for review, the regularisation of mining concessions and the recovery of cancelled mining titles, as well as compliance with the regulations and norms of the General Directorate of Mines – but is increasingly sharply-focused on sophisticated and complex matters. A case in point is its current mandate involving a ‘first-of-its-kind’ deep-sea phosphate mining project in Baja California. The team also undertakes both judicial and contentious administrative representation; acquisitions and associated due diligence; tender and bid processes, contracts, environmental impact assessments and SEMARNAT permits; community matters and water law. Formerly a Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. partner, Carlos Suarez de Miguel has over 40 years’ experience, including both in house (as legal head at a company with Mexican mining operations) and at the General Directorate of Mines. With a background in intellectual property and – particularly – administrative litigation, Santiago Suárez Sevilla has transitioned into the mining sector over the last five years; he is particularly focused on administrative procedures before the General Directorate of Mines, contentious representations (both judicial and administrative) and environmental and water-water related matters; he also has specialisation in the niche area of AI’s application to the mining industry.