Gonzalez Calvillo is pleased to be recognized once again by The Legal 500 in the 2023 Latin American Guide, where several of our practice areas continue to lead across the legal industry and market in Mexico.
Our firm has been ranked across 13 practice areas. We are recommended as a Top-Tier Firm for our Energy & Natural Resources, Environment and Projects & Infrastructure experience. Our Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition & Antitrust, Compliance, Corporate & M&A, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Real Estate and TMT areas also secured high tiers across rankings.
Worth noting 17 partners, 9 counsel and 10 associates across our firm have also been ranked as leading individual, next generation partner, rising star and recommended lawyer.
For a full list of rankings and testimonials as well as for the Firm’s profile please visit: The Legal 500.
Gonzalez Calvillo’s Firm Rankings:
Banking & Finance
Gonzalez Calvillo houses a highly regarded banking and finance department with a solid track record in the Mexican market, which spans customary banking and finance matters from commercial lending, acquisition financing and project finance to regulatory banking work. The group has built a reputable client portfolio, as well as a solid presence across multiple sectors, including oil, gas, and electricity, fintech and the automotive industry.
Capital Markets
Gonzalez Calvillo’s capital markets practice represents a good blend of domestic and foreign companies, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, along with issuers and underwriters, on local and cross-border securities transactions. The group maintains a steady workflow representing both issuers and investors of securities such as FIBRAs, FIBRA-Es, and CKDs, and is focusing on increasing its visibility in project bonds and green bonds-related work.
Competition & Antitrust
Gonzalez Calvillo‘s antitrust practice is particularly well-versed in concentration cases, administrative litigation and amparo procedures, while also handling investigations and abuse-of-dominance claims in regulated sectors such as port services, healthcare, and telecoms.
Compliance
The practice at full-service Mexican firm Gonzalez Calvillo is based on two core aspects of compliance: anti-money laundering and anti-bribery. The team brings to bear its expertise in anticorruption, AML and tax-compliance, in creating and implementing compliance programs, internal investigations and corporate ethics.
Corporate and M&A
Gonzalez Calvillo‘s corporate and M&A practice fields a bench of “highly specialized and dynamic lawyers”, who earn plaudits for their “excellent service and very good negotiation skills”, as well as for their “outstanding industry-specific knowledge”. Recommended for their strong expertise across a variety of sectors, the group advises clients on a wealth of corporate legal matters, from corporate restructuring and shareholders agreements to the structuring and execution of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In addition, the team is also sought out for its prowess in corporate governance matters.
“Their level of excellence, preparation and knowledge is outstanding. The quality of the lawyers is unparalleled.”
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Praised for being “highly specialized and very empathic with the client”, Gonzalez Calvillo‘s dispute resolution practice has established civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional litigation as its strong points. Shareholders and corporate disputes, real estate controversies, administrative law, and bankruptcy and amparo proceedings account for a healthy portion of the workload of the group.
“The team of lawyers is highly specialized, very empathic with the client, they collaborate to approach the problem and find the best solution route. They give reports in a timely manner and call the meeting in the necessary cases for proper decision-making. They have efficient technology platforms.”
Energy & Natural Resources
Gonzalez Calvillo‘s consolidated practice covers the gamut of energy matters: from up-, mid- and downstream oil and gas, power generation, regulatory matters, public procurement, and project and infrastructure development, to dispute resolution, litigation, and enforcement; environmental matters, social impact, and regulatory assessment; project, structured and corporate finance; and joint ventures, M&A and private equity.
“The lawyers who assisted me have extensive knowledge in energy and amparo law and are also very up-to-date.”
Environment
Gonzalez Calvillo is consistently soughed out by local and international clients to advise on environmental and regulatory matters, including the design and implementation of environmental strategies; mandatory environmental, natural resources, climate change and social impact provisions; representation before authorities in administrative and judicial proceedings – including class actions, administrative sanctions-related claim procedures, and litigation.
Intellectual Property
Gonzalez Calvillo’s intellectual property practice group is sought out by clients for its profound knowledge of trademark infringement and litigation matters, as well as for its advice on trademark portfolio management and prosecution, and patent litigation.
Life Sciences
Gonzalez Calvillo fields a team with experience in regulatory compliance for the import, marketing, distribution, storage, advertising, and sale of products such as drugs, medical devices, food supplements, food and beverages, spirits, and tobacco products.
Projects & Infrastructure
Gonzalez Calvillo remains a leader in the market with deep experience representing financial institutions, government entities, Mexican and foreign development banks, multilateral organisms, suppliers, contractors, and sponsors in connection with project development and financing transactions in various sectors, including power, oil and gas, water, roads, airports, ports, railways, and telecommunications.
“Professionalism, technical knowledge at a local and international level, infrastructure in various subjects.”
Real Estate
Gonzalez Calvillo houses a nine-strong practice that is primarily focuses on transactional real estate matters but also handles the full spectrum of relevant matters, from land acquisitions and sales, and project development, to franchises, lease agreements, permits and financing – particularly in relation to the industrial, residential and hospitality segments. It regularly represents developers, lenders, investment banks, pension funds, real estate investment funds and corporations in connection with real estate-related transactions, including hotel management companies, golf course developers, shopping centers and business centers.
TMT
Gonzalez Calvillo offers expert advise in the TMT field, boasting deep knowledge and expertise across the telecom spectrum while delivering comprehensive analysis regarding all related regulatory aspects, and is renowned for its solid skills representing clients before administrative and jurisdictional bodies in litigation procedures.
“Gonzalez Calvillo has a large team of attorneys who cover various matters. In this way, the advice can be complemented by considering various perspectives.”
Ranked as Leading Individual:
Banking & Finance
José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Competition & Antitrust
Cristina Massa
Corporate and M&A
José Víctor Torres Gómez
José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Energy & Natural Resources
Jorge Cervantes Trejo
Intellectual Property
Pablo Hooper
Real Estate
Alfredo Chávez Goyeneche
Ranked as Next Generation Partner:
Capital Markets
Bernardo Reyes Retana K.
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Daniel Morán Salgado
Energy & Natural Resources
Diana Pineda Esteban
Antonio de Lisi
Environment
Carlos Fernando Castilla
Enrique Muñoz Guízar
Julia González
Projects & Infrastructure
Diana Pineda Esteban
Ranked as Rising Star:
Banking & Finance
Jacinto Ávalos
Compliance
María Paula Boustani
Corporate and M&A
Rosa Elena Coto
Jacinto Ávalos
Energy & Natural Resources
Julia González
Intellectual Property
Lirio Salgado
Life Sciences
Enrique Muñoz Guízar
Projects & Infrastructure
Antonio de Lisi
TMT
Juan Carlos Peraza
Lucia Fernández González
Ranked as Recommended Lawyer:
Banking & Finance
José Víctor Torres Gómez
Jorge Cervantes Trejo
Rodrigo Rojas Robleda
José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Daniel Guaida Azar
Bernardo Reyes Retana K.
Jacinto Ávalos
Capital Markets
José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Bernardo Reyes Retana K.
Competition & Antitrust
Cristina Massa
Compliance
Luis Felipe Mancera de Arrigunaga
Juan Carlos Peraza
María Paula Boustani
Corporate and M&A
José Víctor Torres Gómez
Jorge Cervantes Trejo
Rodrigo Rojas Robleda
José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Hernando Becerra de Cima
Rosa Elena Coto
Jacinto Ávalos
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Luis Felipe Mancera de Arrigunaga
Edgar Grajeda Muñóz
Daniel Morán Salgado
Ana Rosa Bobadilla
Jesús Manuel Galvez
Energy & Natural Resources
Enrique González Calvillo
Jorge Cervantes Trejo
Rodrigo Rojas Robleda
Oscar Moreno Silva
Diana Pineda Esteban
Antonio de Lisi
Julia González
Paulina Poo Romano
Environment
Carlos Fernando Castilla
Enrique Muñoz Guízar
Julia González
Paola Hernández
Georgina Zavala
Intellectual Property
Pablo Hooper
Alberto Pliego
Lirio Salgado
Life Sciences
Carlos Fernando Castilla
Enrique Muñoz Guízar
Projects & Infrastructure
Enrique González Calvillo
Gonzalo Vargas Ateca
Jorge Cervantes Trejo
Rodrigo Rojas Robleda
Oscar Moreno Silva
Hernando Becerra de Cima
Diana Pineda Esteban
Real Estate
Alfredo Chávez Goyeneche
Gonzalo Vargas Ateca
Joaquín Alcalá Cuéllar
Haydeé Montserrat González
TMT
Luis Felipe Mancera de Arrigunaga
Juan Carlos Peraza
Lucia Fernández González
Rafael Fuentes
Acerca de Gonzalez Calvillo
For 35 years, Gonzalez Calvillo has been at the forefront of the legal market in Mexico as a full-service leading law firm due to its transactional core and expertise in a wide range of practice areas. The firm is recognized for its ability to build cross-disciplinary teams for the most complex legal challenges, diversity & inclusion initiatives, and long track record of successfully providing groundbreaking business and regulatory advice to high profile domestic and international companies. Often described as a pioneer of the Mexican legal services industry, the firm is known for its commitment to doing things differently, bespoke solutions, and creating transformational legal changes that enable clients achieving their objectives. Para más información, visita www.gcsc.com.mx.
