Market: Mexico

Two Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP offices and Ritch Mueller y Nicolau, SC in Mexico City have helped Mexican real estate company Vesta complete a US$445 million IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

26 July 2023

A Canadian silver mining company has launched a second International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) case against Mexico over a tax dispute, the latest in a flurry of claims brought against the state under the recently expired legacy provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

26 July 2023

Portuguese packaging group BA Glass has hired Galicia Abogados to buy a majority stake in Mexican counterpart Vidrio Formas.

26 July 2023

Mexican Highly Recommended firm Sánchez Devanny has refreshed its leadership, electing partner and real estate head Rafael Villamar-Ramos as its new overseeing managing partner and appointing a fresh set of local office heads to lead its Mexico City, Monterrey and Querétaro outposts.

25 July 2023

Labour partner Jorge Sales Boyoli has relaunched his own labour boutique, just two years after it was absorbed by Littler (Mexico).

25 July 2023

Featured in The Guide to Corporate Compliance - Fourth Edition

As awareness of private corruption rises, more countries are taking steps to aggressively combat it. Brazil has a proposed law criminalising private corruption pending in its Congress, while Chile, Colombia and Venezuela have implemented legislation targeting this with varying degrees of success.

25 July 2023

Featured in The Guide to Corporate Compliance - Fourth Edition

The different legal frameworks in many Latin American countries have experienced major reforms. It is therefore vital to implement an effective competition compliance programme that considers jurisdictional differences in order to meet the region’s rising standards.

25 July 2023

Featured in The Guide to Corporate Compliance - Fourth Edition

Fintech firms are subject to strict regulations, so compliance is essential to maintain customer, investor and regulator trust and to foster a stable and secure environment for the industry to thrive. However, they face unique challenges as they operate in a constantly evolving technological landscape.

25 July 2023

Featured in The Guide to Corporate Compliance - Fourth Edition

Compliance risk falls into three categories: pre-acquisition conduct by the target that may result in successor liability for the acquirer, conduct by the target that continues post-closing and conduct related to the transaction itself. Any company engaging in M&A should consider these issues as the level of potential risk and due diligence findings can have a cascading effect.

25 July 2023

Featured in 17th Annual Awards

Mexico’s Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC and US firm Latham & Watkins LLP advised on the winning Pro Bono Project of the Year, helping LGBTQIA+ charity The Trevor Project launch in Mexico. We spoke to lawyers from the Mexican firm about how they first got involved with the charity and the wider impact of the project.

20 July 2023