Macdonel, Cuesta, Llaca & Esquivel

The firm has been formed by the diverse professionals coming previously from various law firms, who share a clear international view in the practice of law and with the philosophy of personal and efficient service, merging into high end expertise both in corporate and litigation. The firm has a notable focus and practice with multinational enterprises from different regions, mainly from Europe, Asia, and the United States, having German and South Korean Desks.

The firm offers integral legal service to domestic and international clients in order to assure them a high degree of legal coverage, anticipating and preventing legal risks inherent to any enterprise’s activities and proposing practical solutions that effectively serve to accomplish their goals, as well as on the other hand litigation and dispute resolutions.

Corporate/M&A:

The firm advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters related to their commercial activities, including mergers and acquisitions, incorporation registrations, corporate minutes, draft and negotiation of all kinds of contacts and agreements, public and private bids, actions to be taken in Mexico as consequence of foreign corporate restructuring and foreign investments. The firm has also been involved in advising and assessing the clients in negotiations of government contacts and public sales, from local to federal sphere.

White Collar Criminal Law, Commercial, Civil & Administrative Litigation:

The members of the firm have extensive experience in the area of dispute resolution in civil and commercial matters. They have represented clients that encompass both national and international companies, financial and insurance institutions, as well as controversies derived from contractual and extra-contractual responsibilities both in the Federal jurisdiction and in the common jurisdiction.

The robust criminal litigation practice has a corporate approach focused on the business sector, mainly with regard to property crimes. Likewise, the firm also specialises in collection procedures in which crimes are committed with the intention of avoiding payment obligations, which has represented an important asset in assisting its clients in eliminating their overdue portfolios. The firm’s expertise, in addition to covering all areas of criminal law, has focused mainly on crimes committed against the assets of third parties committed against the assets of companies that cover all industries, as well as financial crimes and defense of insurance companies.

Intellectual & Industrial Property; Entertainment & Digital Data:

The intellectual property practice area provides its services in relation to the registration, conservation and litigation of trademarks, patents, copyrights and reserves of rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the firm, in coordination with the criminal litigation practice area, also provides advice to national and international companies in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy in all sectors of industry, copyright and entertainment.

The firm has a team specialised in the defense of copyright, which includes negotiations with the different sectors of the media, presentation and defense of administrative infringements and litigation.

Banking & Finance:

The firm’s banking and finance practice is backed by solid experience in domestic and international transactions. The firm has advised banks and private business involved in a wide range of operations. These businesses include large companies belonging to diverse sectors, such as energy, large warehousing, industry, tourism, real estate and infrastructure. The firm specialises in advising both creditors and debtors during debt restructuring, project financing and structuring guarantees to obtain domestic and international loans, as well as consulting and drafting related contracts.

Real Estate & Agrarian:

The firm represents domestic and foreign investors, construction companies, mortgage lenders and real estate developers in connection with their operations of financing, acquisition, construction, lease and development of different kinds of properties. The firm has been actively involved in the development of several industrial parks; hotel projects; acquisition of properties by foreigners and Mexican companies with and without foreign investment in any region of Mexico as well as incorporation of Trusts for the acquisition of properties.

Taxation & Foreign Trade:

The firm provides advice on tax and foreign trade matters to its clients, such as treaties to avoid double taxation, free trade agreements, tax planning and implications, tariff classification and rules of origin, advisory and matters of customs regimes, all kinds of litigation before the Federal Court of Taxation and Administrative Justice as well as Amparo claims on taxation, customs and foreign trade matters.

Anti-corruption:

The firm’s anti-corruption team provides services for internal investigations, third party auditing, integrity programs and anti-corruption training.