González Calvillo, SC

For almost four decades, González Calvillo has challenged the standards and rewritten the full-service firm model with a solution-oriented approach, evolving the practice of law in Mexico. Our firm is driven by the commitment to doing things differently, having a deep knowledge of the Mexican legal ecosystem, and our behaviour and interaction with today’s globalised business environment. That is how over 150 people between partners, counsel, associates, and other business professionals are responsible for making González Calvillo one of Mexico’s leading law firms. Our firm’s services are designed to help clients solve their most complex and challenging legal issues, finding the best solution for each case. By understanding clients’ business culture and strategy, González Calvillo establishes a close and strategic alliance that enables them to achieve more.

Diversity is key to the firm. We seek to promote balance and inclusiveness across our team and create a workplace that is filled with insightful and productive discussions whilst respect in our dealings with clients and colleagues. González Calvillo has put together a stellar group of lawyers — most of whom having studied in the United States and Europe and experienced working abroad as international associates for leading foreign law firms.

Our firm has the best minds in every area and encourages teams collaborative working and knowledge sharing to provide comprehensive legal solutions. It has been proven that González Calvillo’s multidisciplinary approach reveals great insights and creates fruitful conversations that lead to smart strategic thinking and bold decision-making. This is why our firm has a broad practice area offering that acts as one to deliver bespoke yet integrated solutions.

The firm’s client roster is well diversified, as we represent a blend of local and multinational corporations across regulated and non-regulated industries, such as domestic and international financial institutions, governmental entities, and individuals, including a substantial number of Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of legal matters.

Main areas of practice

Legal solutions are not practice area-specific. Our offering covers over 25 practice areas, sectors and industries that act as one to create transformational legal changes that enable clients to achieve their objectives. For each matter, González Calvillo creates tailored multidisciplinary teams of lawyers who work together to achieve that.

• advertising and marketing
• AML, anti-corruption and compliance
• antitrust
• arbitration and mediation
• banking and finance regulation
• capital and debt markets – securities
• civil and commercial litigation
• constitutional and administrative litigation
• consumer protection
• corporate
• corporate finance
• data protection
• energy, oil and gas and electricity
• Entertainment, sports and culture
• environment, agrarian and social impact
• ESG
• franchising and licensing
• government procurement and public bids
• information technology
• infrastructure and project finance
• intellectual property
• labour, social security and corporate compensation
• life sciences and healthcare
• mergers and acquisitions
• private equity and fund formation
• real estate
• tax
• tax litigation
• telecommunications and broadcasting.

Clients

The firm’s client roster is well diversified, as it represents a blend of local and multinational corporations across regulated and non-regulated industries, such as domestic and international financial institutions, governmental entities, and individuals, including a substantial number of Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of legal matters.

International capabilities

As the world has evolved, the firm’s client needs have evolved too, drifting into a globalised business environment. As a 100% Mexican law firm, Gonzalez Calvillo is proud to be able to fulfil this cross-border needs. The firm’s team has significant experience acting as lead counsel in cross-border transactions and coordinating work on behalf of its clients in other jurisdictions to provide comprehensive solutions.

Quick facts

Managing partners: Jorge Mondragón and José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Number of partners: 20
Number of counsel: 11
Number of lawyers: 70

Languages: Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and Catala