Simon Christian, Global Research Director, Chambers and Partners

Christian Lippert, Regulatory & M&A partner and Co-MP

Christian is an authority in the Mexican legal market, with over 20 years of experience in strategic mergers and acquisitions, antitrust matters, and private wealth management. Acting as a trusted advisor to his clients, he combines unrivalled market insight and an innovative analysis of the transaction at hand, always ensuring their best interest. Christian represents clients in complex merger proceedings, particularly in regulated sectors and industries, as well as cartel investigations and abuse of market power.

Gabriela Pellon, Wealth Management and Tax Partner

Gabriela is a firm believer in the responsibility of a job well done and the relevance of a keen tax strategy for business. She likes to start her client conversations stating, “if we take into account that the tax authority is your 30% shareholder, with a preferential dividend, we better start by addressing how we are going to meet the expectations of this shareholder as efficiently as possible”. She is partner and co-leads the Tax and Wealth Management practices at Galicia since 2016. Clients are drawn to her unique ability to solve intricate tax issues in transactions, mergers, spin-offs and acquisitions, restructurings, capital reductions, applicability of international treaties, tax audits and legal defense. Gabriela is recognized as Band 3 in the 2023 Chambers Latin American Guide in the Tax: Non-Contentious practice and in the 2023 Chambers High Net Worth Guide in the Private Net Law (Wealth Management) practice.

Cecilia Díaz de Rivera, M&A and Wealth Management Associate

Cecilia joined Galicia in 2007 as law clerk. In 2010 she became an associate in the Banking and Financing and M&A practice areas and later in the Wealth Management practice area, to which she is now fully dedicated. She has lately focused her professional practice on the corporare and family estate practice, specifically on the corporate aspects of control, estate planning and family business structures. Cecilia works close to individuals, families, family offices and trustees ins the design, implementation and management of control, estate and succession structures.

Fabiola Jiménez, M&A and Wealth Management Associate

Fabiola joined Galicia in 2007 as an intern in the Mergers and Acquisitions area. Since 2009 she continued her development as an associate in the M&A practice and joined the Wealth Management area. She has focused her work in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, including, financing, corporate reestructures and specifically on the corporate aspects of control, estate planning and family business structures. Fabiola works closely with individuals, familes, family offices and trutees in order to design, implement and operate control, estate planning and succession structures.