Jorge León-Orantes
Recognized since 2016
Mexico City, Mexico
Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
With more than 27 years of professional experience, Jorge has advised national and international companies in the automotive, financial, educational, technological and entertainment sectors, among others. His practice is focused on M&A transactions, financing and TMT. He is the Chairman of Santamarina + Steta. Also, he is a member of the Board of Directors of The World Law Group.
- E-mail: jleon@s-s.mx
- Lawyer Page: https://santamarinasteta.mx/eng/jorge-leon-orantes/
- Paseo de la Reforma 265
Col. Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City 06500
Mexico - Campos Elíseos 345, Pisos 2 y 3
Col. Chapultepec Polanco
Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City 11560
Mexico
- English
- French
- Spanish
- University of Michigan, LLM, graduated 1996
- New York, 1997
- Mexico, 1994
- International Bar Association - Member
Santamarina y Steta, S.C.
39 The Best Lawyers in Mexico™ awards
18 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Mexico™ awards
- Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- IFLR 1000 2018 - Corporate/M&A - Highly Regarded
- Chambers and Partners Latam 2019 - Corporate / M&A - Banda 3
- Chambers and Partners Global 2019 - Corporate / M&A - Banda 3
- IFLR 1000 2019 - Corporate/M&A - Highly Regarded
- Chambers and Partners Latam 2020 - Corporate / M&A - Banda 3
- Chambers and Partners Latam 2018 - Corporate/M&A and TMT Band 3
- Chambers and Partners Global 2018 - Corporate/M&A Band 3
- IFLR 1000 2017 - Leading Lawyer - Corporate/M&A
- Latin Lawyer 2017 - Recommended Lawyer - Corporate/M&A and Telecoms & Media
- Who's Who Legal 2017 - Telecommunications Media & Technology
- Chambers and Partners Latam 2020
- Recommended Lawyer 2022 - Legal 500
- Highly Regarded 31st edition - IFLR1000
Transactional matters: (i) a panel on Minority and Majority Investments in the New York Private Equity Latin America Forum (Latin Markets), (i) a panel contrasting transnational investments in Mexico at the Hispanic National Bar Association meeting in Atlanta, (iii) a panel carried out in Stuttgart on October 2018 on The Challenges of economic nationalism for German trade and investment in the US, Canada and Mexico, (iv) a panel on Cross Border Transactions carried out in Changsha China on November 2018 as part of the CCPIT 2018 International Commercial and Legal Cooperation Forum, and (v) a panel carried out in the Mexico City on November 2018 as part of the conference of the American Bar Association on the Impact of Blockchain in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Data Protection: a panel with Dr. Jacqueline Peschard Mariscal (October 2010) and Ms. Ximena Puente de la Mora (May 2015), both Commissioners President of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (f.k.a. IFAI);
Cyber Security and Data Protection: a panel at the Hispanic National Bar Association meeting in Washington, D.C.;
Telecommunications: a panel during the Mexico Telecom Summit, as well as with the Embassy of the United States of America and the French-Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and
Compliance: a panel during the Latin Lawyer Anti-Corruption & Investigations Conference in São Paulo, Brazil.
Has written numerous articles which have been included in publications of The New York State Bar Association, The World Law Group, Law Business Research, European Mergers and Acquisitions Review, CNN, The Financier, El Financiero, El Sol de México and Milenio Noticias, among others.
Furthermore, he participates frequently in radio and television programs such as Imagen, Milenio Noticias and 690 AM Radio Station.
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