Del Castillo & Castro Abogados

Managing Partners: Fernando del Castillo and Alfonso Castro

Number of partners: 4

Number of other professionals: 20

Contacts: All Areas of Practice: Fernando del Castillo and Alfonso Castro

Languages: English, Spanish 

Firm Overview: 

In December 2018, two of the most well-respected and highly ranked lawyers in Mexico, Fernando del Castillo and Alfonso Castro, launched a new law firm, Del Castillo y Castro Abogados, a niche law firm of seasoned professionals located in Mexico City and Monterrey. Providing value to its clients, practicing at the highest levels of the profession, developing a strong diverse firm, and caring about each other are the four bedrock principles that guide this new firm. Although Del Castillo y Castro Abogados is a new firm, its lawyers offer their collective talent and experience working on some of the most important matters of the last 25 years in the fields of restructuring, workouts, insolvency, general civil litigation and arbitration, as well as access to local and international financing sources and capital markets. The firm provides clients with highly specialised, effective legal counselling and service, employing state of the art technology, an emphasis on efficiency, and a streamlined approach to administrative and project management to enhance all facets of the client experience.

Main Areas Of Practice:  

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: 

Del Castillo y Castro has handled debt restructurings often controlled by foreign investors. The firm has advised clients on the challenges demanded by private restructuring operations in which numerous creditors participate, or take place in different jurisdictions. The team is the first in Mexico to achieve a true consensual restructuring of a company through the new construct of commercial insolvency. For years, its lawyers have actively represented various manufacturing, commercial and service companies, in their capacity as debtors, in a wide range of financial operations, including: credits (guaranteed or unsecured); syndicated credits, either representing the administrative agent and guarantees in syndicated loans to one of the participants or to the Mexican debtor; financing of assets; and exchange of debt. Del Castillo y Castro represents debtors and creditors in all the activities that are entailed in a complex restructuring. In addition to negotiations, the team has handled all the transactional aspects of a restructuring, including securities issues, as well as judicial aspects such as concurso and hostile litigation. No other team of lawyers has handled as many cases in concurso, as well as advising on corporate aspects of the restructuring.

Capital Markets, Banking & Finance: 

The Del Castillo y Castro Abogados team has extensive experience as a legal advisor in the financial markets. For many years, its lawyers have participated in debt and equity instruments placement operations, as well as in public offers of purchase in different jurisdictions, acting jointly with foreign firms of great reputation in these matters. The firm also represents issuers, underwriters, rating agencies, agents, and fiduciaries in a number of offers and other transactions involving securities and other financial instruments in Mexico, the United States, and Europe. Del Castillo y Castro participates in various operations involving the National Banking and Securities Commission, the Mexican Stock Exchange, SD Indeval, SA de CV, Institution for the Deposit of Securities, as well as the Mexican Derivatives Market (MexDer). The firm advises suppliers and consumers of all types of products and derivative instruments, including interest rates, currencies, capital, credit derivatives, repurchase agreements, and securities financing. More recently, the firm’s advice with respect to corporate governance practices has been vital for clients to be at the forefront in the financial markets. The team counsels clients to ensure compliance with legal provisions, in Mexico and abroad, especially with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of the United States of America.

Dispute Resolution:  

Commercial Arbitration: Del Castillo y Castro has advised in local and international arbitrations that include civil, commercial, construction, and insurance representations. The firm represents clients on matters before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the National Chamber of Commerce of Mexico City (CANACO), the Arbitration Center of Mexico (ACM), and other institutions that administer arbitration proceedings, including those of a public nature such as the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services (CONDUSEF). Several of the firm’s lawyers are members of recognised national and international arbitration institutions.

Civil & Commercial Litigation: 

The firm’s litigation practice focuses on judicial disputes involving both national and international corporations across a broad spectrum of matters involving real estate, corporate, contractual, indebtedness (mortgage lawsuits, commercial executives, etc.), insolvency, and insurance and bonds, among others. The team also provides preventive advisory services in litigation matters and advises clients after disputes arise, either with individuals or with authorities. The firm’s litigators have extensive experience in the settlement of disputes, both in the extrajudicial area, and before the jurisdictional authorities, whether state or federal, such as Unitary Courts and Circuit Collegiate and including the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico.

The firm also has an office in Monterrey at:

Av. Ricardo Margain No. 440, Oficina 602,

Col Valle del Campestre,

66265 San Pedro Garza García, N.L

Tel: +52 (81) 85263900