José Ruíz López specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust and Competition, Corporate and Commercial Law and Mining Law.

José has represented national and multinational groups in transactions relating to acquisitions and sales of companies, including joint ventures.

Likewise, has actively represented multiple companies in pre-merger filings before the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE), investigations initiated by the COFECE with respect to relative (abuse of dominance) and absolute (cartels) monopolistic practices, as well as in counseling of related matters.

José represents mining groups, including subsidiaries of foreign public companies, in connection their activities in Mexico, including regulatory matters, compliance aspects, acquisitions of exploration and exploitation projects, as well as in mining due diligence processes.

Ricardo Ahumada Reyes has extensive experience in litigation, consulting and tax planning.

He has vast experience in domestic and international tax planning. Ricardo has assisted clients in highly sophisticated tax audits; as well as in the structuration of complex multinational schemes.

Ricardo was founding partner of Ahumada y Asociados, after being partner in charge of KPMG’s legal practice. Previously, he was the partner in charge of the tax litigation area of Deloitte, a firm he joined after been an associate for six years at Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cia., S.C. During 1998 he was an associate in the tax practice in the New York office of Shaerman & Sterling.

Elvia Palazuelos specializes in Labor consultancy and litigation.

Elvia actively represents and provides advice to domestic and foreign companies in connection with labor and social security related matters, including the hiring and termination of employees, transfer of employees as a consequence of asset-based acquisitions and mergers, labor implications with respect to mergers and acquisitions, design of labor incentive programs as well as labor audits implemented by the labor authorities.

Likewise, Elvia has participated in numerous, labor trials, strike procedures, mass employee terminations, in drafting and negotiating collective bargaining agreement, as well as the handling of strike calls and collective claims filed by unions, including claims in connection with title over collective bargaining agreements.

Elvia constantly publishes opinion articles in the most important newspapers of Mexico, such as El Economista.

Emilio Pardo specializes in litigation of commercial, civil, real estate, family and inheritance matters, as well as constitutional litigation.

He has represented national and international clients while being holder of major and special accounts in important firms, to later be a Litigation Partner at “Pardo y Sánchez Abogados”.

He has extensive experience in the development of causal strategies for the resolution of disputes, as well as in the practice of mediation and conciliation as a prior or alternative method to settle disputes.

Fernando Mejía Méndez specializes in litigation and consultancy in administrative matters, essentially in matters of acquisitions and public works, games and raffles, health, urban and environmental development (including national waters).

Regarding tenders, he has participated in Federal, Local and Municipal projects, advising companies on transactions with multiple government agencies such as the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the Ministry of Health, the Mexican Institute of Social Security, the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers, the Federal Electoral Institute, Petróleos Mexicanos, Subsidiary Organizations and Companies of Majority State Participation of such entities and the Federal Electricity Commission, as well as local entities, including the Ministry of Works of the Government of the Mexico City, the Collective Transportation System (Metro) of Mexico City and Water Administration Organizations at the State and Municipal level, the Sports Institute of the State of Jalisco, as well as Health Institutions local, to name a few.

Fernando has collaborated in the offices of Miranda, Estavillo y Hernández, S.C. and Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C., as well as Mejía Guizar y Kargl, S.C.

Mariana Azuara Patlán specializes in public procurement. She has successfully assisted multiple national and international private and public companies in the integration of public bid proposals in the healthcare, education and telecommunication industries.

Also, Mariana has advised national and foreign clients in the administrative procedures of challenging pubic awards resultant from bidding processes.

Mariana also represents national and foreign clients in corporate matters, including in the legal maintenance of private companies.

Guillermo Díaz Garzón Carballido is a lawyer specialized in tax litigation. Since his beginnings in the Ostos Law Firm, passing through Pérez de Acha, Abogados, SC, Guillermo has represented important clients in tax litigation matters, providing a comprehensive service for the resolution of disputes in the matter, to later join as a lawyer specialized in litigation and tax planning at the firm Ahumada y Asociados.

David Elbjorn San Millán specializes in Tax Law.

David has represented national and foreign clients in the design and implementation of sophisticated multinational corporate structures. Additionally, David has extensive experience in the areas of federal and local contributions.

David specializes in highly complex federal and local tax and administrative litigation matters.

Likewise, David has participated in important matters related to the prevention of money laundering and anti-corruption.

Marcos specializes in labor law. He actively represents companies in general consulting on labor matters, including hiring and termination of employees, transfers of employees as a consequence of asset purchases and mergers, labor implications of mergers and acquisitions, as well as labor inspections implemented by the labor authorities.

Marcos is the litigation coordinator and has worked in the handling of labor lawsuits, call for strike proceedings, massive employee layoffs and in the drafting and negotiation of collective bargaining agreements. He is a consulting and litigation attorney.

Víctor Gabriel Rebolledo Tenorio specializes in advising our clients in the field of civil, commercial, family and administrative law, both in the prevention part and in the litigation part.

Likewise, he has an extensive experience in prosecuting written, oral and special trials, having collaborated in law firms such as “Pardo y Sánchez Abogados, SC”, “Camarena Abogados”, “Rebolledo y Tenorio Abogados”, “Pardo y Pinto Abogados”.

Esteban Ruíz specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions, Finance and Banking Law, Corporate and Commercial Law and Mining Law.

He has represented financial institutions, national and multinational groups in transactions relating to acquisitions and sales of companies, including joint ventures.

He has experience in corporate finance transactions, including secured financing and syndicated lending, as well as advice on regulatory matters involving Banking and Finance regulation, the establishment and maintenance of entities supervised by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission.

Mario specializes in Antitrust (Competition Law), Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial Law and Mining Law.

Mario represents national and foreign clients in the legal maintenance of Mexican entities.