Vazquez Aldana, Hernandez Gomez Asociados (VAHG)

Noted for its ‘long track record, specialised experience and good reputation’, Vazquez Aldana, Hernandez Gomez Asociados (VAHG) operates from offices in Guadalajara and Mexico City and provides ’excellent client service’. The expertise of the Guadalajara group encompasses banking and finance, contract law, corporate and M&A, business immigration, labour, litigation and arbitration, IP, real estate and tax. In the banking and finance arena, the team specialises in assisting major financial institutions and institutional investors in Mexico with acquisition financings, structured financings, and the structuring and negotiation of loans. On the corporate side, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, strategic alliances and M&A transactions are core areas of expertise. IP constitutes a major area of focus – the group frequently handles trademark registrations, the registration of distinctive signs, franchise use licenses, copyright registration and patent registration. The practice has particular expertise in Appellations of Origin matters for the tequila industry. The key names to note are founding partners Felipe Ignacio Vázquez Aldana and Fernando Hernández Gómez. Vázquez Aldana has focused his practice on real estate, banking and finance and corporate law; Hernández Gómez, for his part, specialises in corporate and M&A, banking and finance and IP. Completing the group of partners are Cristina Vázquez Aldana and Ana Elena Ibargüengoitia (real estate transactions, corporate law); María Guadalupe Llamas (real estate, financings and corporate law); Elvia del Carmen Ríos (corporate and contractual law); Mariana González Sánchez (IP); and Ana Karen Inzunza (corporate and real estate). Senior associates Luis Andrés Estrada Intriago and Fernando Hernández de la Torre are also noted. All named lawyers split their time between Guadalajara and Mexico City.