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With an unmatched culture that fosters collaboration and excellence, Galicia has cultivated an environment where the sharpest minds come together to solve complex legal challenges.

Our unique market offering sets us apart, blending the precision of renowned transactional and regulatory expertise with the strategic acumen required for high-stakes litigation. Galicia is recognized as an undisputed leader in the Mexican and Latin American legal ecosystems.
Leading in the Mexican market for its International & Cross-Border Capabilities, Galicia is a firm with broad international reach through its alliances and Best Friends network in Europe, LatAm, US and Asia.

Galicia is ranked astop leading firm in Mexicoand Latin America by renowned international publications such asChambers and Partners, Global Capital, Latin Lawyer, The Legal 500, LatinFinance, IJGlobal, IFLR1000, ITR / World Tax, Global Competition Review, Global Arbitration Review, Leaders League, and others.

• Arbitration
• Administrative Litigation
• Banking & Finance
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Capital Markets
• Competition
• Compliance and Investigations
• Corporate M&A
• Customs & International Trade
• Civil & Commercial Litigation
• Energy
• Environment
• Environment, Social and Governance
• Fintech
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property & Data Privacy
• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Labor (Consultancy and Litigation)
• Life Sciences
• Mining
• Project Finance
• Real Estate
• Tax (Consultancy, Controversy, Litigation and Transfer Pricing)
• Technology/TMT/AI
• Public Wealth Law / Wealth Management

• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Aviation
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Food and beverage
• Forestry
• Gaming
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Media
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharma and life sciences
• Real estate
• Shipping
• Social infrastructure
• Tech and telecoms
• Tourism
• Transport
• Utilities

M&A, Private Equity and Banking & Finance
Manuel Galicia, Partner
mgalicia@galicia.com.mx

Energy (Oil & Gas and Power) and Project Finance
Carlos de Maria y Campos, Partner
cdemaria@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Private Equity
José Visoso, Managing Partner
jvisoso@galicia.com.mx

M&A, Corporate and Private Equity
Ignacio Pesqueira, Partner
ipesqueria@galicia.com.mx

M&A, Banking & Finance and Fintech
Arturo Perdomo, Partner
aperdomo@galicia.com.mx

M&A, Competition and Compliance
Christian Lippert, Managing Partner
clippert@galicia.com.mx

Energy (Oil & Gas and Power) and Project Finance
Francisco Fernández Cueto, Partner
ffcueto@galicia.com

Projects/Infrastructure
Alejandro de la Borbolla, Partner
aborbolla@galicia.com.mx

Life Sciences and Projects/Infrastructure
Bernardo Martínez-Negrete, Partner
bmartineznegrete@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Mining
Héctor Kuri, Partner
hkuri@galicia.com.mx

Energy (Oil & Gas), Project Finance and Projects/Infrastructure
Antonio Borja, Partner
aborja@galicia.com.mx

Public Law
Daniel Amézquita, Partner
damezquita@galicia.com.mx

Banking & Finance and Capital Markets
Maurice Berkman, Partner
mberkman@galicia.com.mx

Antitrust, Compliance and TMT/AI
Carlos Chávez, Partner
cchavez@galicia.com.mx

Environment and ESG
Mariana Herrero, Partner
mherrero@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Restructuring & Insolvency
Eugenio Sepúlveda, Partner
esepulveda@galicia.com.mx

Banking & Finance and Capital Markets
Guillermo Pérez Santiago, Partner
gperez@galicia.com.mx

Energy (Oil & Gas) and Project Finance
Eduardo García-Travesi, Partner
egarciatravesi@galicia.com.mx

M&A and TMT/AI
Ricardo García, Partner
rgarcia@galicia.com.mx

Tax Non-Contentious and Private Wealth Law
Gabriela Pellón, Partner
gpellon@galicia.com.mx

Arbitration and Civil & Commercial Litigation
Rodrigo Zamora, Partner
rzamora@galicia.com.mx

Banking & Finance and Real Estate
Rodrigo Rivera, Partner
rrivera@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Real Estate
Ramiro Sandoval, Partner
rsandoval@galicia.com.mx

Arbitration and Civil & Commercial Litigation
Cecilia Azar, Partner
cazar@galicia.com.mx

Tax Non-Contentious
Federico Scheffler, Partner
fscheffler@galicia.com.mx

Tax Controversy
Edson Uribe, Partner
euribe@galicia.com.mx

Energy and Project Finance
Ernesto Partida, Partner
epartida@galicia.com.mx

Customs and International Trade
Mario Valencia, Partner
mvalencia@galicia.com.mx

Tax Litigation
Denise Lester, Partner
dlester@galicia.com.mx

Environment and ESG
Carlos Escoto, Partner
cescoto@galicia.com.mx

Banking & Finance
Rosemarie McLaren, Partner
rmclaren@galicia.com.mx

Competition and Compliance
Juan Carlos Burgos, Partner
jcburgos@galicia.com.mx

Labor
Octavio Cantón, Partner
ocanton@galicia.com.mx

Tax Consulting
Eduardo Michán, Partner
emichan@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Capital Markets
Carlos Obregón, Partner
cobregón@galicia.com.mx

Capital Markets
Ma. de los Ángeles Padilla, Partner
apadilla@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Mining
Florent Patoret, Partner
fpatoret@galicia.com.mx

Tax Litigation
Paola Yaber, Partner
pyaber@galicia.com.mx

Life Sciences
Lisandro Herrera, Partner
lherrera@galicia.com.mx

Antitrust and Compliance
Gerardo Rodríguez, Partner
grodriguez@galicia.com.mx

Environment
Lucia Manzo, Partner
lmanzo@galicia.com.mx

M&A and Real Estate
Roxana Schafer, Partner
rschafer@galicia.com.mx

Counsels

Juan Pablo Cervantes, M&A jpcervantes@galicia.com.mx
Xavier Careaga, TMT/Artificial Intelligence xcareaga@galicia.com.mx
Fabiola Jiménez, Private Wealth Law fjimenez@galicia.com.mx
Cecilia Díaz de Rivera, Private Wealth Law cdíaz@galicia.com.mx
Iván Valdespino, Public Law ivaldespino@galicia.com.mx
Edgar Martín, Competition and Compliance emartin@galicia.com.mx

Av. Campos Elíseos 204
Torre SOMA Chapultepec – 27th Floor
(access through Arquímides St.)
Polanco, 11550 Mexico City, Mexico
T. +52 (55) 5540 9200

LEADING FIRM | AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Only Mexican firm awarded in the last 10 years by Chambers and Partners as:
Mexico Firm of the Year (2013, 2015, 2019 & 2023)
Latin American Firm of the Year (2017)
Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year (2022)
Client Service Award Mexico (2021 & 2022)

2023 – 2024 Awards and Recognitions

• 2024 LatinFinance Law Firm of the Year - Mexico by LatinFinance
• 2023 Law Firm of the Year – Mexico | Chambers and Partners LatAm
• 2023 Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year – Mexico | LatinFinance Project & Infra Finance
• 2023 Latin America Corporate M&A Firm of the Year | Leaders League
• 2023 Energy & Natural Resources Firm of the Year – Mexico | The Legal 500
• 2023 Corporate M&A High-End Firm of the Year – Mexico | The Legal 500
• 2023 BD/Marketing Team of the Year – Mexico | The Legal 500
• 2023 Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year – Mexico | IFLR1000
• 2023 Women in Business Firm of the Year – Mexico | Women in Business Law Americas
• 2023 Latin America Pro Bono Firm of the Year | Women in Business Law Americas
• 2023 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year – Mexico | Appleseed Mexico
• 2023 Premio Compartir (Suma de Voluntades) | CEMEFI

International Rankings

• LL250 Elite Firm Mexico | Latin Lawyer
• Latin America ESG Recommended Firm | The Legal 500 Green Guide
• Latin America & Mexico Elite Firm | The Legal 500
• GCR100 Elite Firm | Global Competition Review
• GAR100 Elite Firm | Global Arbitration Review
• Highly Recommended Firm | ITR / World Tax
• Mexico Leading Firm | Leaders League
• Pro Bono Leading Light - Mexico | Cyrus R. Vance Center/Latin Lawyer
• TrustLaw Pro Bono Index by Thomson Reuters Foundation

This year, our Firm has been listed as the Latin Lawyer 250 - 2024 Guide's leading firm in Latin America out of all researched firms across the region, including 8 international firms with a prominent presence in LatAm.
19 practice areas recognized with rankings by the 2024 Chambers and Partners Latin American Guide, which confirms the strength and breadth of what differentiates us in the Mexican legal market, including our practices in our three strategic lines of specialization: Transactional, Regulatory and Litigation.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

• Board of Partners
• 2 Co-Managing Partners
• Strategic internal committees
• Legal Team (partners, counsels, associates and law clerks)
• Administrative & Finance Team (Administrative, Talent/RRHH, IT and Finance)
• Business Team (BD, Communications, Marketing and Sustainability Model)
• 1 General Counsel

#GaliciaWomen

• 12 years celebrating the integration of our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
• 18% partners and 50% associates, are women
• 100% executive positions and 59% of strategic management positions are led by women