Manuel Galicia

Manuel Galicia’s practice focuses on domestic and international commercial transactions. He specializes in advising major corporations on finance, mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy.He has wide-ranging experience in operations focusing on credit facilities, private and public securities and debt offerings, co-investment, privatization, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring, among others. He has counselled local, state and federal governments, as well as other government entities, in a variety of commercial transactions. He is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies. Clients look to him particularly for strategic counsel and tactical input on a wide variety of legal matters.He was a legal consultant to the Coordinating Office of Foreign Trade Organizations during the negotiation of NAFTA and the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union (FTA EU-MX) and has served as an advisor to national and international organizations.He has international experience working as a foreign associate at Baker & Botts.Manuel is rated in the top tiers of the most highly recommended M&A and private equity lawyers in Mexico by the leading directories. He has been recognized as a Tier-1 Lawyer and recently as “Eminent Practitioner” in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and in Banking and Finance by Chambers & Partners; a Tier-1 Lawyer in Mergers and Acquisitions and in Banking and Finance by IFLR 1000; and a Tier-1 Lawyer in Corporate Law, Banking and Finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions by The Legal 500.He has a Master’s degree in Comparative and International Law from Southern Methodist University School of Law (Dallas, Texas, United States) and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.He is the founding partner of Galicia Abogados, S.C.