Fernando Hernández Gómez

Practice Areas

Corporate Law / M&A, Intellectual Property, Banking & Finance, Commercial Law and Public Trust

Career

Fernando Herrnández Gómez is Founding Partner of “Vázquez Aldana, Hernández Gómez” (VAHG), President - Elect of the “International Association of Lawyers” (UIA), Former President of the “National Mexican Committee of the International Association of Lawyers” (UIA), Former Chairman of Consulegis, Former Chairman of the Legal Committee of Consejo de Cámaras Industriales de Jalisco, A.C. He is Commercial Notary Public Number No. 9 of the State of Jalisco and an Active Member of “Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa” (ANADE), Member of “Barra Mexicana de Abogados” (BMA), member of the “Ilustre Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México” (INCAM).

In addition, he is also Former Vice-President of the management board of the “Colegio de Corredores Públicos of the State of Jalisco”. He has participated as Secretary of the Board of Directors of registered companies in the “Mexican Stock Exchange” (BMV).

Experience

With more than 30 years of experience, his main practice focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Public Trust and Intellectual Property. Focused on the management of cross-border and capital markets transactions, proceeding with mergers and acquisitions on acquiring companies, joint ventures, securities, stocks, assets and intangible property or strategic assets; as well as corporate restructurings and advising to distressed entities with a solid foundation in Corporate Law and the structuring of financial transactions and different kinds of contracts.

Fernando Hernández Gómez, has more than 30 years of experience in the Tequila Industry and its regulation. He advises large transnational companies in the Tequila Industry in Mexico.

He regularly provides legal advice to large multinationals in M&A deals involving several jurisdictions including: USA, UK, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Luxemburg, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Japan, Hong Kong, among others.

He has specialized on the Real Estate Practice, advising foreign investors and real estate promotors in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Mita and Cancún. He has represented acquiring companies of land for future industrial developments, housing, hotel projects, hospitals and businesses.

He has advised and represented companies on venture capital, lending and structuring transactions and provided legal counseling mainly for banking institutions in order to confirm the legal feasibility of the transaction to be executed by the banking institutions and their clients. Such transactions may be related to loan and securities transactions, preparing the corresponding agreements and legal documents.

He has participated in numerous transactions representing other financial institutions as well as borrowers in different industry sectors and helped structure the financing for the largest covered exhibition center in Latin America and governmental loans.

Mr. Hernández Gómez has participated in a variety of Pro-Bono projects mainly focused in raising funds to provide scholarships to students of academic excellence, who do not have sufficient economic resources to study Law or other professions.

Mr. Hernández Gómez holds a Law Degree (JD) with honors from Universidad Panamericana, Campus Guadalajara, in 1994. He has a Masters in Business Administration from MEDEX – Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas, in 2005. He graduated in Economic and Corporate Law in 1996, in Contract Law in 1997 and Tax Law in 1999 by Universidad Panamericana. He is a Commercial Notary Public since 2001.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Mexico, USA, UK, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Luxemburg, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Japan, Hong Kong, among others