Carlos Alberto Vela-Treviño

Fernando has 30 years of experience in Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation. He is admitted to practice in New York and in the federal courts of the 2nd Circuit of the United States. He is a mediator before the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District, as well as a conciliator and trustee before the Federal Institute of Specialists in Commercial Insolvency. Since 1998 he has been a managing partner of the Dispute Resolution area. Fernando has experien...

Arturo Pérez-Estrada focuses his practice on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, financial regulation (Fintech), corporate governance, regulatory matters, and compliance affecting national and foreign clients of various industries.Arturo provides legal advice to various clients in matters related to venture capital, financial regulation, and shareholders agreements. He has obtained various authorizations in financial matters for nonbank financial intermedia...

Cristian Lamas is partner at Marván, González Graf y González Larrazolo, a leading Labor & Employment law firm in Mexico with offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Michoacán. His practice focuses on labor consulting, complex litigation, collective bargaining and employment law issues in business restructurings. He has gained particular experience in the automotive sector. Cristian is a renowned Labor & Employment lawyer, being recognized by Legal500, wher...

Eugenio is Partner at Uhthoff in Mexico, where he leads the Patent Technical Department at the Firm and his main areas of expertise are Mechanics, Electronics, Industrial Designs, Telecommunications and IT. He oversees all matters related to technical advice for national and multinational companies for protecting their patent portfolio in Mexico and abroad. He holds an Engineering Degree from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico and an Industrial and I...

Fernando is a founding partner of the Firm with 20 years of experience, focusing his practice on M&A, Finance, Venture Capital and Technology, serving a broad portfolio of clients that includes investment funds, entrepreneurs, fintech companies, non-bank financial institutions and public and private companies. He is currently the Vice President of the North American Forum of the International Bar Association (IBA). He is ranked as "Up & Coming" by Chambers & Partners since 2019 an...

Carlo Cannizzo focuses his practice in real estate, infrastructure and construction, corporate, finance and M&A transactions. He has more than 20 years of experience and has been involved and acted as leading counsel in many strategic transactions in Mexico, among which, the JV, acquisition and sale of different projects, negotiation of pipeline transport and construction agreements for the oil and gas industries, negotiation of fuel storage facilities construction agreements for the oil ...

Luis Antonio is member of the Tax practice group. He possesses a broad experience in national and international tax audit. His practice focuses on Mexican MNE’s going outbound and foreign MNE’s coming inbound to Mexico on highly complex matters, particularly those that refer to related party transactions and international taxation also advises companies on tax refund procedures. Before joining Sánchez Devanny, he had a distinguished twenty-year career at the Mexican Tax Adm...

David Argueta is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Capital Markets Law and Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. David, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Karina Robledo Y G. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Karina, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karina is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

María Leticia Montero joined Villar Abogados in 2010, as specialist area of Labor Law, defending and representing national and international companies in individual labor procedures, in union negotiations such as the revision of Internal Labor Regulations, Collective Bargaining Agreements, wage tabulations, codes of conduct and ethics and in general, documents for safeguarding client’s interests. She was born in Argentina and it was there where she attended university and began h...