Mexico

Firm overview

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. was founded in 1986, with the principles of excellence and integrity as its cornerstones. Composed of seventeen different practices, six industry groups and one desk, the firm is full-service, offering a wide spectrum of legal services.

The business and legal community recognizes the firm’s team of lawyers for their experience, expertise and ability to counsel leading companies and contribute to their growth. They provide comprehensive advice from the planning and setup stages to the day-to-day operations, facilitating their development and expansion in Mexico and the rest of the world.

Our firm has earned international recognition from the most prestigious legal researchers: Chambers and Partners Global, Chambers and Partners Latin America, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Global Arbitration Review (GAR 100), Global Competition Review (GCR 100), Global Investigations Review (GIR 100), Global Restructuring Review (GRR 100), Who’s Who Legal, Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA), IFLR1000, Benchmark Litigation and Best Lawyers, among others.

Von Wobeser y Sierra is known for offering preventive and problem-solving advice so its clients can reach their business goals. To do this we concentrate on developing a deep understanding of each company’s core business. Our firm operates as a strategic partner that undertakes the most relevant legal issues and transactions of the companies we assist.

Our clients are leaders in their industries. Many of them make the most important investments in Mexico and Latin America, and are in the rankings of Fortune 50 and Fortune 500, and listed on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, DAX, the Nikkei index and the Mexican Stock Market.

Firm overview

Established in Mexico City in 1994 by a team of highly- qualified lawyers and accountants, focused on offering professional, sophisticated and quality legal and tax services to satisfy its clients business needs. Today, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes is a leading firm in the Mexican market, its level of expertise is well-recognized in most of its practice areas. Its professionals have been recognized by the most prestigious publications worldwide. Deeply committed to quality and responsiveness, the firm has consolidated its status as one of the preeminent Mexican full-service law firms. As the firm has gradually grown, it has attracted professionals with significant experience in the public, industrial and financial sectors creating a team with the highest level of professional experience. 

Most of its lawyers and accountants have completed graduate studies at foreign universities and have worked at law firms abroad; giving them a better perspective on international legal and tax systems. 

The firm is part of TAXAND, a global network of more than 400 tax partners, over 2000 professionals and present in nearly 40 countries. It is also founding member of AFFINITAS, an alliance of Iberoamerican law firms. 

Firm overview

Our Firm provides tax advisory services in connection with the full range of activities of our clientele, including the design and implementation of tax efficient structures for the full-array of domestic and cross-border transactions, including, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets and lending.

Our tax team has ample experience in advising large multinational groups, as well as providing consultancy and estate-planning services to individuals. Our tax group has profound expertise across multiple industries and sectors.

In addition to tax advisory services, we handle tax controversy and tax litigation, and have been successfully involved in several high profile “bet the house” cases.

Firm overview

Skatt is a Mexican Firm that offers a multidisciplinary approach in both tax and legal matters at a national and international level. They are dedicated to support companies and entrepreneurs with domestic, foreign or mixed investments, providing customized solutions tailored to their specific needs.

Our strategy is sustained by three fundamental/key pillars:

• Quality in everything we do;
• Honesty and transparency as the basis of our client relationships; and
• Consistently seeking to exceed our customers' needs and expectations.

Skatt is comprised of 20 partners, each with in-depth experience in their respective fields, allowing them to provide strategic and high-level advisory services. In addition, the firm has 250 highly qualified professionals who work together to offer comprehensive and customized solutions.

To be closer to their clients, they have established three offices: Mexico City, Guadalajara and Querétaro.

At Skatt, we are proud that our technical capabilities are recognized worldwide by the most prestigious international publications in tax and legal matters.

• The International Tax Review recognizes our firm in the following categories:

World Tax: Recognizes our firm and 4 of our partners.

World Transfer Pricing: Recognizes our firm and 3 of our partners.

• Women in Business Law recognizes and distinguishes our firm at the jurisdictional level.
• Leaders League recognizes Skatt and 7 of our partners as excellent professionals.

Beyond Tax & Legal Advisory

Firm overview

SMPS Legal is a multidisciplinary firm that provides cutting-edge legal services aligned with the needs of today’s leading corporations in the Latin American Region. Our teams, located in Mexico, Colombia, Canada, and USA, bring together first-class lawyers with international expertise and commitment to providing integral and in-depth legal advice. This allows us to exceed client expectations by implementing comprehensive, innovative and effective legal and business solutions.

For over 20 years, our lawyers have been successfully representing domestic and foreign clients in a broad spectrum of practice areas and industries. In 2022, the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary.

Our Tax Team is leader contentious and non-contentious matters. We provide legal advice on the optimization of tax structures and M&A tax-related issues, in both domestic and cross-border transactions, encompassing a wide variety of industries. Our tax department stands out for its fully integrated consulting and controversy tax practices, whereby the members provide both consulting and litigation services, with a clear vision of the legal aspects of every issue.

Firm overview

For the past 40 years Chevez has rightfully earned its place as one of the most important tax firms in Mexico, providing the most ample range of tax services: from tax consulting, to tax litigation, to foreign trade, transfer pricing, including tax matter in complex M&A transactions, thus aiding its clients solve their toughest tax issues with the utmost care, attention and compliance with Mexican Law.

The Firm also has extensive experience in dealing with local and federal matters related to government tax collection bureaus, labour and social security contributions.

CRZ renders services to leading industrial, commercial and financial groups. It has a prominent presence among companies operating in Mexico, including those ranked by the magazine Fortune 500, in order to comply and fulfilled all the tax obligations.

It has specialized collaboration with the Mexican stock exchange to reach solutions involving the placement of stock and investment instruments.

CRZ has offices in Mexico City, Monterrey, Queretaro, New York, Houston and Madrid. Our Team includes more than 450 professionals focused on fully meeting our clients’ needs.