Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC

Managing & Senior Partner: Claus von Wobeser

Number of partners worldwide: 24 

Number of other lawyers worldwide: more than 80

Languages: Spanish, English, French, German, Dutch and Japanese

Firm Overview: 

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S. C. is a Mexican law firm founded in 1986, with the principles of excellence and integrity as its cornerstones. Composed of seventeen different practices, six industry groups and one desk (German), the firm is full-service, offering a wide spectrum of legal services. The firm has a solid and diverse team of world-class talent, which develops long-term relationships with its clients, based on the firm's collaborative and problem-solving approach.

The business and legal community recognises the firm’s team of lawyers for their experience, expertise and ability to counsel leading companies and contribute to their growth. The firm provides comprehensive advice from the planning and setup stages to the day-to-day operations, facilitating their development and expansion in Mexico and the rest of the world.

The firm has earned international recognition from the most prestigious legal researchers: Chambers and Partners Global, Chambers and Partners Latin America, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Global Arbitration Review 100 (GAR 100), Global Competition Review 100 (GCR 100), Global Investigations Review 100 (GIR 100), Global Restructuring Review 100 (GRR 100), Who’s Who Legal (WWL), Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA), IFLR1000 and Benchmark Litigation, among others.

In order to support its clients to reach their business goals, the firm concentrates on developing a deep understanding of each company’s core business. The firm operates as a strategic partner that undertakes the most relevant legal issues and transactions of the companies we assist. Many of its clients make the most important investments in Mexico and Latin America and are in the rankings of Fortune 50 and Fortune 500, and listed on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, DAX, the Nikkei index and the Mexican Stock Market.

The Von Wobeser y Sierra team includes twenty four partners, five of counsel, seven counsel and more than eighty associates, all with notable skills and a deep knowledge of the current law and the most relevant legal developments in the national and international scene.

Main Areas of Practice 

Practices: 

Anti-corruption & Compliance

Arbitration

Banking & Finance

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Competition & Antitrust

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

Energy & Natural Resources

Environmental

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Immigration & Global Mobility

Industrial & Intellectual Property

International Trade & Customs

Labour, Executive Compensations & Benefits

Litigation

Real Estate

Tax

Telecommunications, Media & Technology

Practice Industry Groups:  

Automotive & Manufacturing

Consumer Goods

Energy & Natural Resources

Financial Services

Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences

Real Estate

Pro bono: 

Von Wobeser y Sierra is proud to be a pro bono leader.

The firm signed an agreement for the promotion of pro bono work with the Fundación Barra Mexicana, A.C., with the objective of filing a quarterly report stating the number of pro bono hours worked during that period, as well as a detailed description of the work done and the clients to whom it was provided. The firm has been fulfilling this obligation since January 1, 2007.

In addition, the firm participated on the committee that prepared the preliminary draft of the “Declaration of Pro Bono Work for the American Continent”, the purpose of which is precisely the promotion and development of this important work throughout Latin America.

Since 2012, Von Wobeser y Sierra has received the recognition “Leading Lights”, from the Vance Center and Latin Lawyer, as one of the most committed law firms in Latin America in pro bono work, which gives the firm great satisfaction and energises it to redouble its efforts.

Diversity & Inclusion: 

The firm has strengthened its commitment through the creation of the Diversity Committee, which promotes an inclusive work environment regardless of gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic level, different capacities, or any other condition.

Regarding sexual diversity, in December 2019 and December 2020 the firm obtained the recognition of LGBT Best Place to Work, a certification of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation of Mexico.

As one of its symbolic acts, the firm has signed the promise of Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA), which was launched on May 18, 2016 in London to help women in arbitration.

The firm has actively supported women lawyers through Abogadas MX, a recently formed Mexican non-profit organisation that focuses on the preparation of women lawyers in the business world.