THE FIRM
We are a boutique law firm committed to providing legal services with high quality and efficiency standards. We continuously adapt to the needs and the institutional and business vision of our clients. We offer personalized and sophisticated legal services in matters and transactions related to venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, financings in general, real estate law, corporate and commercial law and compliance, including regulation of financial entities and the design and elaboration of anticorruption programs for private entities in Mexico. We have a team focused on specialized legal translations, which are carried out by experienced lawyers who are authorized as official translators.
Our firm is focused on providing legal services with a high added value for our clients. We differentiate from traditional law firms in various aspects of our practice. This is shown in essential standards and principles under which we operate every day:
ADDED
VALUE
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High-quality client service and joint guidance during the life of the matter.
We have a serious sense of responsiveness, our services are personalized, and we have full availability to assist our clients in their matters. With respect to each matter entrusted to us, a partner of the firm personally accompanies the client until the conclusion of the matter, without losing sight of relevant aspects and details, as well as the agreements reached in connection with the relevant matter.
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Effective communication with our clients.
We maintain direct and transparent communication with our clients and pursue the best option to efficiently satisfy their objectives. We are very clear in the scope of our services to achieve efficient processes and the best possible outcome.
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High quality and analytic thoroughness with a dynamic and pragmatic business vision.
We are thorough in our legal assessments, but dynamic and efficient to accelerate the various processes and successfully conclude and close the matters and transactions in which we are involved. We understand the importance of the structures designed by the business teams of our clients and we provide effective assistance to attain our clients’ objectives. We have developed a vision to understand the underlying business components of the relevant projects, which allows us to take pragmatic choices to protect our client interests, in the best ways possible. The outcome of our work is sophisticated and designed to satisfy our clients’ needs.
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Flexible and tailored fees’ schemes.
We tend to optimize the costs of our clients for the legal services we provide. We have various fees’ schemes, which are tailored for each client, depending on the specific client and matter. Our fees are commonly fixed with a defined scope. We tend to avoid fees’ collection schemes per hour, whether in pesos or dollars, as the vast majority of the transactional law firms.
Reconocimientos
Profesionales
OUR TEAM
FOUNDING PARTNER
Joaquín Pani
Joaquin Pani, our founding partner, has more than 13 years of experience in several elite law firms in Mexico, working under the highest demand and with high quality standards.
He has actively advised a variety of domestic and foreign clients in the design and legal implementation of businesses strategies, projects and transactions related to mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, acquisitions of real estate assets and projects related to developments of hotels, residences, commercial facilities and offices, financings in general, and common business transactions.
He worked as a senior lawyer in one of the most important commercial banks in Mexico, having actively participated in a wide variety of corporate banking and infrastructure financings.
Prior to founding our law firm, he worked as General Counsel in a corporate group comprised by an Asset Manager, a Broker Dealer and an Alternate Unit of Private Equity, mainly focused on regulation of financial entities, daily transactions related to financial services, and the design and implementation of private equity investments within several industries.
Currently, he is a lecturer in the faculty of laws of Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, teaching the course “Legal Aspects of International Finance; A General Overview”.
OUR TEAM
FOUNDING PARTNER
Joaquín Pani
Our founding partner has more than 18 years of experience in various elite law firms in Mexico, working under the highest demands and the highest quality standards.
He has actively advised various national and foreign clients in the design and legal implementation of business strategies, projects and transactions regarding mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, acquisitions of real estate assets and hotel development projects, residential, commercial and office, as well as financing of all types and daily business operations.
He worked as a senior lawyer in one of the 5 most important commercial banks in Mexico, where he actively participated in various relevant financings of corporate banking and infrastructure projects.
Prior to founding our firm, he worked as Executive Legal Director of a Business Group made up of an Investment Fund Operator, a Brokerage House and an Alternative Private Capital Investment Unit, focused mainly on aspects of regulation of financial entities, on operations daily activities related to financial services, and in the design and implementation of private capital investment schemes in various industries.
Currently, he is a full professor in the law degree at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City Campus, where he teaches the ninth semester seminar “Legal Aspects of International Finance; A general vision".
PARTNER
Lilián Fernández
Lilian has more than 20 years of experience in elite law firms in Mexico. She has represented Mexican and Foreign clients in complex transactions with an integral view and high specialization in regulatory compliance in the industries of financial services, manufacturing, construction and regulated services and activities. She has also counsel cliens in insurance and reinsurance oeprations with focus in regulatory compliance of insurance companies and other insurance business stakeholders. Legal counsel to international insurance companies in the establishment of affiliated insurance companies engaged in property and casualty, title, financial guaranty and mortgage insurance.
Counseling in investment structuring for infrastructure projects (ports, railway, transportation, logistics, education) as well as other regulated activities. Counseling in government acquisitions and procurement at federal, state and municipal levels from the public bid publications and through the awarding of agreements.
TEAM
BEGOÑA PEÑALVA TRON
Counsel
Begoña has more than 8 years of experience in several legal sectors, including one of the most prestigious law firms in Mexico. She has participated in complex and high value credit and capital markets transactions within the financial industry.
Her expertise includes counseling in financial law, corporate and contracts law and ordinary commercial operations.
CHRISTIAN PÉREZ
Associate
Christian Pérez experience includes the financial sector. He has participated in structuring of sophisticated loans and trusts serving various purposes. His experience includes compliance and money laundering in the financial institution industry. Also, he practices law in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law.
SERVICES
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Venture Capital
Our firm provides legal services to investors of venture capital funds regarding their incorporation and other related matters, as well as the structuring and legal implementation of venture capital projects, legal due diligence reviews focused on identifying key findings related to such projects, the elaboration and negotiation of shareholders or partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, confidentiality agreements, services agreements, offices and equipment leases, operation agreements, and advertisement agreements, the elaboration of data privacy policies, and the structuring and legal implementation of corporate governance matters.
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Mergers and
Acquisitions
Our firm provides legal services to companies and individuals, whether acting as buyers or sellers, in mergers and acquisitions of private entities in Mexico, and in acquisitions of a diverse array of assets de in Mexico. The scope of the transactions in which we participate involves the elaboration and negotiation of shareholders or partnership agreements, the design and implementation of corporate restructurings and due diligence reviews focused on determining key findings in view of the relevant transaction. We may provide legal guidance at the commencement of the process and until the execution and closing of the transaction, or, only in connection with material or specific matters, such as the legal due diligence or other specific corporate governance matters.
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Corporate and Commercial Law
Our practice involves providing legal advice and services in connection with daily corporate matters, including the incorporation, maintenance, transformation, and dissolution and liquidation of all types of private entities, the design of legal corporate structures, restructurings and corporate updates, the elaboration and review of commercial agreements, as well as due diligence reviews, whether oriented to enhance the daily business operations of our clients, and those aiming to assess or evaluate corporate groups or private entities, in particular.
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Legal Translation
Our law firm provides services related to specialized legal translations (english/spanish– spanish/english), which are carried out by lawyers with experience working in elite law firms and authorized as official translators by the competent Mexican authorities (Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Distrito Federal or Consejo de la Judicatura Federal). Our translations are made under the highest quality standards, delivered within reasonable periods, and at competitive costs.
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Public Law And Regulatory
We assist our clients to understand and comply with the legal requirements for obtaining licenses and permits required in activities that are regulated by the federal, state and municipal government agencies and departments. Our expertise includes projects of infrastructure such as ports, airports, rail and roads, logistics, education, water, life sciences (health and food), telecom, energy and oil and gas.
Also, we counsel our clients in structuring investments and acquisitions of Federal, state and municipal entities and agencies jointly with private capital companies in infrastructure and other regulated activities projects. We help our clients participate in purchasing procedures of government agencies from the requests for proposal through the awarding of the contract.
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Private Equity
Our firm provides legal services to private equity funds and investors with respect to a variety of aspects of their operations and activities, including their corporate governance structures, the incorporation of funds, leveraged buyouts and the legal structuring of investment projects, as well as the respective disinvestment structures and processes.
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Financings
We offer legal services to lenders and borrowers in matters related to structured, bilateral and syndicated lending, including secured and unsecured structures, whether acquisition finance, corporate finance, real estate finance and financings between related parties, among others, as well as matters related to the assets within the context of such financings.
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Public Private-Partnerships (PPP)
Our firm provides legal advice and services to public and private entities regarding Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) involving long-term investment schemes, which purpose is the provision of services to public sector’s entities, based on the development of infrastructure that is built and operated by private sector’s entities, in consistency with applicable law. Our services include the legal analysis and due diligence of specific PPP projects, the legal advice in the respective tender processes, as well as the legal structuring and documentation of the infrastructure projects in various industries.
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Real Estate Law
Our practice involves providing legal services to developers and private equity investors in connection with real estate projects, in general, comprehending a wide array of real estate assets in Mexico. We provide legal services to our clients in connection with the incorporation of private equity real estate funds in Mexico, representing whether buyers or sellers in the acquisition of real estate assets, and we provide legal advice as to co-investment projects for the development of shopping centres, residences, hotels and offices in Mexico, including due diligence reviews in view of the relevant real estate transaction.
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Regulation of Financial Entities and Compliance
Our law firm provides legal services related to regulation of financial entities in Mexico, such as banks, broker dealers, credit information bureaus, offices of representation of foreign financial entities, asset managers, investment entities, among others, including legal advice related to authorizations processes, shareholders, capital and corporate structures, operations, corporate governance, capitalizations, dissolutions and liquidations, and sanctions, in general.
We also provide legal services related to the development and review of compliance programs to mitigate risks for private entities, including material anticorruption investigations in accordance with Mexican applicable law, as part of the National Anticorruption System (Sistema Nacional Anticorrupción).
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Insurance Law
Our counseling services include insurance and bonding matters focused in regulatory compliance of insurance and surety companies, brokers and other insurance business stakeholders. Legal counsel to international insurance companies in the establishment of affiliated insurance companies engaged in property and casualty, title, financial guaranty, and mortgage insurance.
