Having long been one of the strongest firms in the Mexican market when it comes to transactional tax matters, Galicia Abogados S.C. now fields a top-level offering for related tax consultancy. The practice group has also developed its strength on the contentious side in recent years and now regularly assists with tax disputes through litigation and alternative dispute resolution; Edson Uribe being the main contact on that front. Co-leader of the tax consultancy practice Gabriela Pellón regularly leads advice on the tax aspects of major restructurings, as well as co-leading on tax transactional matters in conjunction with fellow co-leader Federico Scheffler, who regularly collaborates with the M&A, energy, capital markets and financing teams. Eduardo Michán also helps oversee the tax consulting department and is additionally the go-to partner for transfer-pricing issues. On the litigation front, Denise Lester is forging a strong practice and - as co-leader of that sub-practice group - was joined in January 2024 by Paola Yaber, former magistrate at the Federal Court for Administrative and Tax Justice. The team’s most senior associate Fernando Luján is active across the full range of the firm’s tax matters and coordinates the associate teams therein. Alejandra Paniagua and Sebastián Ayza are key associate practitioners on the consultancy side, while for tax controversy, Fernando Gómez and Alejandro Madero are also up-and-coming names of note.
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‘Highly skilled team. Federico Scheffler leads the tax team and their ability to assess the topics in an integrated way (M&A, international tax, personal tax, etc.) is outstanding! The team delivers out-of-the-box solutions on time and they make the clients feel that their advice is strongly grounded and duly studied. I would trust them even if I was blindfolded. ’
‘Federico Scheffler leads the team in a very healthy way - you have the feeling that the work is part of a teams' work duly orchestrated by Federico. They have a 360º vision of the problems and study all the possible impacts before delivering the advice.’
‘Highly skilled team, with a very good understanding of the business-side of transactions and advice.’
‘Highly engaged and responsive.'
‘The hallmarks of this firm compared to other firms are the attention and quality of their analysis, in addition to their response time.'
‘Excellent lawyers with initiative and broad legal criterion. Practical in their recommendations and prompt in response.'
‘Extremely practical and quick to respond. Great technical capacity.'
'The Galicia team was incredible, always helping us when we had a problem, explaining the ways we could act and giving us recommendations on what to do, always showing us the risks and how they thought.'
Key clients
- Banco Nacional de México, Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex
- Samsung – SNB Technologies
- Cemex
- HSBC México, Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero HSBC
- Sony Pictures Distribution Mexico
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment de México y Sony Pictures Television de Mexico
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Actis GP
- Liquor Lions
- Bonatti
Work highlights
- Assisted Patria Investments with the divestment of ODATA’s Mexican subsidiaries.
- Advised Tata Consultancy Services México on the tax aspects of a corporate reorganisation undertaken to comply with new labour rules in Mexico.
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Leading partners
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Next generation partners
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Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Gabriela Pellon; Federico Scheffler; Eduardo Michán; Edson Uribe; Denise Lester; Paola Yaber