Mexico

Firm overview

Galicia’s main differentiator in the Mexican legal market as a leading firm is the ability to provide a unique legal service offer that includes strong transactional and regulatory advice coupled with strategic capabilities in litigation and ESG.

Renowned law firm for its impeccable reputation and specialized knowledge in strategic sectors, such as financial, energy & infrastructure, private equity, regulated industries, real estate & hospitality and life sciences.

Ranked as Mexico and Latin America´s leading firm by renowned international publications such as Chambers and Partners, IFLR1000, ITR World Tax, Women in Business Law Americas, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, LACCA, LatinFinance, LatinFinance PIFA, Global Competition Review, Global Arbitration Review, International Employment Lawyer (IEL), The Legal 500 Green Guide, Leaders League and Bonds & Loans LatAm, among others.

Our Environmental and Sustainability Model is focused on Talent, Community, Integrity and Environment. Recognized as Pro Bono Leading Light by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice and by the Thomson Reuters Foundation – Pro Bono TrustLaw Index, for its innovative contributions and firm commitment to pro bono work in Mexico.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is part of Galicia´s core values. The firm's DEI-driven culture has positioned +25 women in partner, counsel, executive and decision-making management positions. The firm´s DEI initiatives and programs have been recognized as groundbreaking in the Mexican and Latin American legal markets.

Galicia is signatory of the UN Global Compact, the UN Women Empowerment Principles, The Green Pledge and other international organizations that promote DEI, ESG, and Climate Change initiatives.
Leading firm in the Mexican market for its International & Cross-Border Capabilities. Galicia is an independent firm with broad international reach through its alliances and Best Friends network in Europe, LatAm, US and Asia.

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

Salles Sainz Grant Thornton has been a leader in Mexican public accountancy and business consulting since 1979, providing tailored services to privately held companies and their owners within Mexico. Salles Sainz Grant Thornton is Grant Thornton’s largest member firm in Latin America and has experience working with some of the largest companies in Mexico. Salles Sainz Grant Thornton S. C. is a member of Grant Thornton International, which is one of the world's leading organizations of accounting and consulting firms with independent property and administration. We provide audit, tax, advisory and specialized services to private sector companies and public interest entities.

Firm overview

BASHAM, RINGE Y CORREA is a respected firm with a renowned and comprehensive tax practice. We offer strong experience in tax litigation, including amparo proceedings, as well as wealth management, transfer pricing and general tax consulting. We advise high-profile clients on the efficient tax structures for their commercial operations, regularly representing a range of notable clients from the mining and automotive spaces.

As a full service Law Firm, every tax strategy is prepared also considering possible impacts in other areas of law. We are part of Lex Mundi (law network) and our tax partner, Gerardo Nieto, was the former world chair of the Tax Practice Group of Lex Mundi.

We are well known by tax authorities and tax Judges and Magistrates, which implies that every tax case we handle, will have a “first good impression” by whoever is in charge of resolving it.

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

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.