Founded in 2008, O'Gorman & Hagerman has established a strong reputation as a leading firm in agrarian law and real estate matters, with offices strategically located across Mexico, including key bases in Mexico City, San Luis Potosí and Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The firm is particularly renowned for advising on rights of way for major infrastructure projects, namely highways, railways and pipelines, as well as uniting ejidatarios to negotiate land use for energy projects, data centres and other strategic developments. Additional core areas of expertise include audit processes, land acquisition and regularisation, contract drafting and dispute resolution. Prominent domestic and multinational corporations in the retail, energy, infrastructure and financial services sectors, along with government bodies, routinely look to the team for support. Key contacts include managing director Pablo Gutiérrez de la Peza Gutiérrez (agrarian law, real estate, major infrastructure projects); legal director Pablo Martínez Arizpe Gudiño; Julio César Medina Tovar and Andrés Armida Moreno Lacalle (advisory and contentious agrarian law and real estate matters); and Luis Hurtado González.
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Key clients

  • Grupo México
  • Constellation Brands
  • Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes
  • Grupo ICA
  • Mexicana de Técnicos en Autopistas
  • TC Energy
  • Linde-Praxair
  • Yaax Carbon
  • PCH Capital
  • Trafigura
  • Burns & McDonnell
  • Quatro

Work highlights

Assisted a client with identifying and securing the most suitable right of way for a power transmission line connecting three data centres.
Assisted Yaax Carbon with coordinating ejido assemblies for contracts enabling carbon projects on ejidal lands.
Assisted PCH Capital with auditing real estate guarantees and drafting detailed loan agreements to support high-value lending decisions.
Practice head

Pablo Gutiérrez de la Peza Gutiérrez; Pablo Martínez Arizpe Gudiño

Other key lawyers

Julio César Medina Tovar; Andrés Armida Moreno Lacalle; Luis Hurtado González