Kavanagh Gorozpe — Mexico

Alejandro Orellana

Alejandro is a Partner at Kavanagh Gorozpe. He has renowned expertise advising major multinational companies, including top corporations from the Fortune 500, on highly complex business projects throughout Mexico and Latin America. His areas of expertise encompass domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, greenfield and real estate projects, commercial contracts, and banking and finance, including fintech and cryptocurrency. With his extensive experience within the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and transactional sectors, successfully personnel devised transfer Alejandro has and executed strategies during corporate restructurings, strategic alliances, and M&A transactions for some of the largest corporations across Mexico. Furthermore, he provides guidance in the implementation of compensation packages and advises clients on the significance of ensuring compliance with key labor regulations. · Corporate / M&A

Bernardo Mendoza

Bernardo is a Partner at Kavanagh Gorozpe. He has a strong track record advising companies in the financial, banking, and technology sectors on complex administrative law matters, regulatory compliance, and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF). As Deputy General Director at the National Banking and Securities Commission, he contributed to the drafting and amendment of AML/CTF regulations and oversaw the supervision of investment advisors in this area. He also played an active role in the development of the Law to Regulate Financial Technology Institutions and has designed and implemented compliance processes tailored to highly regulated industries. In the energy sector, his experience includes the legal structuring of oil and gas exploration and production operations, contract negotiation, regulatory risk management, and dispute resolution between the public and private sectors. He has led innovative transactions, including the first transfer of interest in production-stage exploration and extraction contracts in Mexico, and has advised on strategic projects involving surface use and land occupation rights. · Banking & Finance

David Delgado

David is Counsel in the Firm in constitutional, civil, commercial and family areas, participating in proceedings related to the breach and interpretation of contracts, as well as in the execution of credit securities, likewise, he has advised foreign institutions and international companies assisting them in restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings. Likewise, from the perspective of strategic litigation, he is focused on the execution and defense of real estate and corporate projects, advising developers, investors and companies in the resolution of disputes related to the structuring, development and operation of their projects. · Constitutional Law

Enrique Bojanic

Enrique is Counsel for the Firm in the Corporate / M&A and Real Estate practices. He is experienced in providing legal and business advice pertaining to different types of projects, transactions, operations, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, real estate law, corporate restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs, to private equity funds, as well as to various Mexican and foreign companies. His practice has also focused on issues related to project finance and infrastructure, e-commerce, and anti-trust law, foreign investment, among others. · Corporate / M&A

Luis Kanchi

Luis is Counsel in the Firm in the tax consulting and tax controversy practices, actively participating in the advisory of several national and multinational companies, representing its clients in procedures before the tax authorities, the PRODECON, as well as in federal and state tax and administrative litigations. Luis also has experience in Money Laundering Prevention and Anti-corruption, advising clients from the financial, pharmaceutical, automotive, and oil & gas sectors, among others. · Tax

Miguel Ángel Alonso

Miguel Ángel Alonso is Counsel for the Firm in the Tax practice. He possesses over 5 years of extensive expertise in providing tax advisory services to both domestic and international corporations. His specialization lies in federal taxes and international taxation. Throughout his professional journey, Miguel Ángel has actively engaged in national and international corporate restructurings and has advised both private and public companies from diverse industries. Additionally, he has also played a role in evaluating several cross-border transactions, facilitating investment projects in Mexico, and assisting in the placement of shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange. The above, with special focus on domestic provisions, as well as the provisions contained in treaties to avoid double taxation. Furthermore, Miguel Angel has successfully guided companies in negotiating with governmental authorities to analyze tax reforms related to the digital economy and virtual assets. · Tax

Patricio Gorozpe

Patricio is the Founding Partner of the Firm. He has ample experience providing legal and business advice to Mexican and international companies in all kinds of projects, transactions, investments, divestments, strategic alliances and joint ventures, private equity funds, real estate, corporate restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, dissolutions and liquidations of companies, disputes among shareholders, foreign investment, project finance and infrastructure, among others. He has designed and implemented complex strategies for Mexican and foreign business companies. · Corporate / M&A

Paul Kavanagh

Paul is Founding Partner of the Firm. He has extensive experience in tax planning and consulting, both in national and international matters, as well as in corporate, contractual, financial, and regulatory matters; his practice has focused mainly on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, real estate transactions, investment structuring, and estate planning. · Tax

René Gamboa

René is a Counsel in the Firm in corporate, transactional and insolvency law, advising companies, investment funds and domestic and international creditors in complex transactions. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, having participated in high-value transactions exceeding USD $1 billion in aggregate. He has developed a strong track record in structuring, negotiating and executing transactions, as well as in the strategic representation of creditors in restructuring processes, standing out for his technical rigor, strategic vision and ability to design comprehensive, results-oriented legal solutions. · Corporate / M&A

Víctor Gallegos

Víctor is a Partner at Kavanagh Gorozpe, where he leads the Banking and Finance practice. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking, finance and real estate transactions. He advises domestic and international financial institutions, investment funds, REITs (FIBRAs), CKDs, CERPIs, developers and institutional borrowers on complex financing structures, including cross-border and multi-layered transactions. His practice includes structured finance, private debt, syndicated and leveraged financings, real estate financings, asset and acquisition financings, restructurings, mezzanine and convertible transactions, as well as infrastructure and energy project finance. Víctor regularly advises financial institutions, institutional investors and sophisticated borrowers in complex financings requiring a thorough understanding of business priorities, risk assessment and financial structuring. He combines technical rigor with a business-oriented approach focused on aligning legal structuring with clients’ strategic and commercial objectives. · Banking & Finance