Deloitte LLP

Managing Partners: Mauricio Martinez D’ Meza and Mauricio Oropeza
Senior partners: Jorge Jimenez, Luis Lavalle, Eduardo Revilla, Ramon Bravo, Diego Valdes, Cesar Morales, Oliver Galindo, Erika Rodríguez, Valeria Vazquez, Pablo Arellano, Hernaldo Vega, Ricardo Santoyo, Carlos Ramirez, Martha Dorantes, Hugo Romero, Laura Rodriguez, Raciel Flores, Laura Rodriguez Berron
Number of partners: 19
Number of other lawyers: 73

Contacts
Tax Controversy & Tax Litigation: Mauricio Martinez
Corporate M&A: Mauricio Oropeza, Diego Valdes
Banking & Finance: Ramon Bravo, Luis Lavalle
Real Estate: César Morales, Diego Valdes
Energy & Natural Resources: Valeria Vazquez
Intellectual Property: Oliver Galindo
Immigration: Erika Rodriguez

Firm Overview:
Deloitte Legal Mexico is best known for its highly sophisticated and cutting edge work in tax, M&A, corporate and commercial, intellectual property, immigration, real estate, energy, and banking and finance in myriad of sectors. Deloitte Legal Mexico was officially launched in September 2016, notwithstanding, Deloitte Mexico has more than ten years with legal professionals delivering high quality services for all of its clients, offering a broad scope of services.
Deloitte offers legal, audit, tax, consulting, accounting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class legal capabilities and high-quality legal services to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte’s professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence. Deloitte Mexico (i) is the largest professional services firm in Mexico, (ii) has a comprehensive portfolio of customers −consisting of leading corporations in their industries, (iii) has more than 5,000 professionals, (iv) has over 300 partners, and (v) is a multidisciplinary service provider, thus, Deloitte and Deloitte Legal can be a one stop shop firm for clients (e.g. legal, strategy, financial advisory, corporate finance (debt and equity), tax, valuation, post-merger integration, FCPA, etc.). Accordingly, clients have a menu of options to pick and choose the professional services they require.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate M&A:
Deloitte Legal Mexico represents clients in complex domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, joint ventures, and investments. Deloitte Legal Mexico also advises its clients in commercial and general corporate matters and regulatory procedures as well as in spin-offs, divestitures, and minority investments. Deloitte Legal’s professionals advise its clients in all aspects of the transaction process together with the clients’ financial advisors and senior management. The firm’s lawyers also have broad experience advising clients in corporate governance.

Banking & Finance:
Deloitte Legal Mexico, with an in-depth understanding of the markets, advises its clients on the full range of cutting-edge domestic and cross-border financing transactions. Deloitte Legal Mexico also advises its clients with covenant and contract management and the creation of security interests in connection with the financing deals, whether they be structured or standard loans.

Tax Controversy & Tax Litigation:
The practice is specialised in all types of taxes levied by the federal, state or local government and advises clients in their tax obligations and in the execution and design of tax structures, maximising their resources and complying at all times with their tax obligations. It works with other Deloitte service lines to deliver a more comprehensive, efficient and convenient service. Furthermore, this practice area has a seasoned team of experienced litigation attorneys helping Deloitte Legal Mexico clients with their tax litigation matters.

Real Estate:
Deloitte Legal Mexico represents funds, lenders, developers, construction companies, real estate investment trusts, and investors in complex real estate transactions spanning the entire real estate industry.

Energy & Natural Resources:
Deloitte Legal Mexico, with an in-depth understanding of the Mexican energy sector and the new model arranged by the historical 2013 Energy Reform, provides legal advice for the oil and gas industry to different domestic and foreign clients, private and governmental entities, for the strategy and execution of projects involving upstream, midstream and downstream activities and services, and other hydrocarbons related projects.

Intellectual Property:
The IP practice of Deloitte Legal Mexico represents clients from a wide variety of industries, such as: oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, food, education, real estate, banking and manufacturing. Deloitte Legal Mexico assists its clients in the acquisition, maintenance and enforcement of IP rights both domestically and internationally; in addition to the standard services of an IP firm, Deloitte Legal Mexico can provide services involving practitioners with financial or accounting backgrounds; such as IP auditing, IP valuation, transfer pricing studies for royalties, taxation benefits and government incentives through IP management.

Immigration:
The practice delivers high quality services to clients and customises to their needs, specifically in connection with immigration procedures before the Mexican immigration authorities.

International Work:
Deloitte Legal Mexico has participated in countless international transactions spanning a wide range of practices, industries, and sectors. The firm’s ‘as one’ approach has helped it assist clients seamlessly with other attorneys and professionals in offices around the world.

Recent Highlights Include:
Acquisition of a customs broker agency by a large US based private equity fund Acquisition of a minority interest in a toll-road collection company in Mexico by a German conglomerate Acquisition by a US private equity fund of a seed processing company in Mexico Cross-border financing of a large denim manufacturer

Languages:
English, Spanish, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese.

Clients:
Smartrac, Starwood Hotels, Wipro Technologies, Neology, Remington Seeds, Laser Forwarding, Corporación Mexicana de Restaurantes, Orfite, Grupo Salinas.