The corporate practice works hand in hand with the Firm’s market-leading M&A team on acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs, split-offs, joint ventures and business combinations.  Chambers describes the Firm as a prestigious corporate practice widely recognized for assisting domestic and foreign clients with sophisticated M&A and the sale and purchase of high-value assets and corporate restructurings.  Legal 500 notes that local and international corporations, private equity funds, real estate investment funds, global development institutions and investment banks routinely look to the group for support.

Our lawyers advise at each stage of a transaction, from structuring and due diligence through negotiation, documentation, regulatory approvals and post-closing integration, and they draft the corporate documentation, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements and ancillary instruments, that determines how a business performs over the long term.   This integration of transactional expertise with sector knowledge and multidisciplinary teams is, in the Firm’s experience, an indispensable asset when structuring and executing complex, innovative and time-sensitive transactions.

Governance is central to how sophisticated companies operate, and it is a core part of the practice.  Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez advises boards of directors, special committees, controlling shareholders, minority investors and management teams on governance structures, fiduciary duties, related-party transactions, board and committee practices, and the decision-making processes that arise in both ordinary course matters and high-stakes situations.

This advice is particularly valuable where governance intersects with transactions, securities-law disclosure, compliance and disputes.  Our Firm’s ability to combine corporate counsel with the Firm’s litigation, investigations and regulatory capabilities allows clients to design governance solutions and to defend them when they are tested.

Beyond transactions, the practice provides the commercial advice that businesses rely on every day.  We advise on commercial contracts, supply and distribution arrangements, strategic alliances, agency and services agreements, and the contractual frameworks that govern how companies operate and grow in Mexico.  The objective is practical, business-focused advice that supports clients’ commercial goals while managing legal and regulatory risk.

Because the Firm serves clients across most industry sectors, its commercial advice is informed by sector-specific knowledge and by the regulatory context in which each client operates, including regulated industries such as energy, infrastructure, financial services, telecommunications and consumer-facing businesses.

Mexico’s integration into North American and global markets makes cross-border capability essential to corporate and commercial work.   Our Firm acts as Mexican counsel in cross-border matters led by international firms and as lead counsel for Mexican companies operating abroad, working within the structures, timelines and documentation conventions of US, UK and European practices.  Legal 500 notes that internationally trained, bilingual attorneys give the Firm a deep understanding of multifaceted cross-border and domestic transactions, and the Firm maintains offices in Mexico City and Monterrey and a European office in Madrid.