In response to the needs of our clients, the CDA team continues to strengthen, now with the incorporation of Carlos Francisco López Córdova as Counsel. His practice specializes in matters related to corporate, administrative, commercial law, civil, banking, financial and fiduciary law.

“I met CDA and its partners Luís A. Cervantes Castillo and Alejandro Diaz Steta, which gave me the opportunity to verify the valuable team of lawyers that work at the firm, as well as the matters of great importance that are entrusted to them” – Carlos Francisco López Córdova commented.

Carlos Francisco has been a lawyer for Industrias CH; Legal Director and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Grupo Aluminum and subsidiaries (Aluminio, Almexa Aluminum and Alumex); Legal Director and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Grupo Financiero Inbursa and subsidiaries (Banco Inbursa, Seguros Inbursa, Inversora Bursátil and Afore Inbursa); Secretary of the Board of Directors of Sanborns Hermanos; Deputy Secretary of the Board of Directors of Procesar, Grupo ACIR Comunicaciones and Ferrocarril del Sureste; Legal Advisor to Grupo Carso, Sears, Ferrocarril del Sureste, Telmex and PEMEX.

“The new voices and talents joining CDA are essential to shaping our future in a rapidly changing market environment” – said Luis A. Cervantes Castillo, managing partner of the firm.

He was a member of the Legal Committee of the Association of Bankers of Mexico; Secretary of the National Transplant Foundation; and member of the Academic Council of Graduates of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Panamericana.

“This new incorporation highlights our constant commitment and investment in those areas that are increasingly important for our clients” – commented Alejandro Díaz Steta, partner of the firm.

About CDA

The Firm was found by a group of lawyers that decided to combine their vast experience in the top law firms in Mexico and the United States, seeking to continue with excellence in the provision of their services, but evolving to more modern approaches in line with the current reality.

CDA has three main practices (i) civil and commercial dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration), with a highly specialized emphasis on the resolution of transactional and corporate disputes, as well as attention to legal proceedings in constitutional and administrative courts; (ii) corporate, normally related to cross-border and local M&A transactions, corporate governance, and corporate and financial restructuring; and (iii) diverse real estate transactions and operations.

Its clients are both national and foreign, and, in general, are individuals and companies whose businesses represent economically relevant operations in their jurisdictions and, moreover, their practice has included the defense or representation of governments at different levels.