DLA Piper adds six partners in Mexico City

The new partners are Álvaro E. Garza-Galván, Mauricio Valdespino, Roberto Ríos Artigas, Antonio Cárdenas, Daniel González Estrada and Guillermo Aguayo, and who join the firm’s corporate, finance, litigation and tax practices.

Along with the addition of this team, DLA Piper is also pleased to announce that Diego Martínez, a partner in the firm’s corporate practice, and new partner Alvaro Garza-Galván, have been named co-managing partners of the Mexico City office.

In addition, Kate Brown de Vejar, global co-chair of the firm’s International arbitration practice, has been named deputy managing partner. 

Eduardo Gallestegui, who has held the role of Mexico City office managing partner since his firm, Gallestegui y Lozano, combined with DLA Piper in 2015, remains a partner and will serve as emeritus managing partner.

“DLA Piper’s global platform and reputation for outstanding client service played a large role in our initial decision to combine with the firm, and since, we’ve notably expanded the Mexico City office and increased our ability to serve clients based in Mexico and those who wish to expand their operations here,” Gallestegui said.

“As we continue efforts to integrate our services across the Americas region, growing our presence in Mexico City remains a priority. The addition of these six partners will bolster our ability to provide crucial legal services across several key practice areas,” he added.

Álvaro E. Garza-Galván advises domestic and international clients on a broad spectrum of matters and has a strong track record in M&A, banking and finance and securities transactions.  He offers clients authoritative advice on a wide variety of complex corporate and finance transactions, both in Latin America and Europe. He received his law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana and his LLM from Columbia Law School.

Mauricio Valdespino specializes in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, corporate and commercial law. He represents buyers, sellers, boards of directors and financial advisors in connection with complex transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, minority investments and asset sales. Valdespino received his law degree from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM) and his LLM from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Roberto Ríos Artigas’ practice focuses on project finance, infrastructure, public-private partnerships and energy.  He has extensive experience in local and cross-border financings, securities, mergers and acquisitions as well as private equity transactions. Artigas received his attorney at law from the Universidad Panamericana and his LLM from New York University School of Law.

Antonio Cárdenas specializes in bringing injunction proceedings and ordinary defense procedures in administrative matters, as well as counsel in regulatory matters and relations with authorities. He has extensive experience in litigation and regulatory matters of information and communication technologies, as well as antitrust affairs. Cárdenas received his attorney at law from the Universidad Iberoamericana and his master’s degree in economic law from the Universidad Panamericana.

Daniel González Estrada focuses on civil, commercial and bankruptcy litigation, as well as injunction writs, with emphasis on commercial and civil law matters. He has participated in commercial insolvency proceedings, representing credits and banking institutions before Mexican courts in credits recovering. He received his law degree from the Universidad Latinoamericano and a diploma in bankruptcy from the Escuela Libre de Derecho.

Guillermo Aguayo provides tax advice to clients in cross-border and domestic mergers, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations and in general advises and represents clients in complex tax matters, in addition to advising clients on Mexican customs and foreign trade issues. Aguayo graduated in law at the Universidad de Monterrey and holds an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.