Alejandro Villarreal Santos

Tomás Cantú González is a top attorney recognized since 2020 by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. With a career spanning more than 35 years, Tomás is recognized as a leader in the practice of corporate law. He has advised multiple companies on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, foreign investment and joint ventures. He frequently participates as legal advisor in strategic and...

Rafael is Sánchez Devanny's Managing Partner. He also heads the firm’s Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Hospitality practice. He has more than twenty-one years of experience advising local and international clients in real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leases, and construction contracts for commercial, housing, industrial, hospitality, and retail projects. Prior to joining Sánchez Devanny, Rafael was a partner at an international law firm. He is fluent in En...

Gerardo advises local and international clients on corporate, commercial, mergers and acquisitions, general regulatory compliance, and energy projects, with an emphasis on renewable energy. He has more than thirty years of experience guiding local and foreign investors in establishing, resizing, restructuring, and selling their operations in Mexico. In particular, he is responsible for ensuring that all legal matters that impact the projects and operations of his clients, including without li...

Veronica is a senior associate in the Civil and Commercial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group, representing clients in judicial proceedings, arbitration, and before negotiators. Veronica obtained her LL.M. at University of California, Berkeley School of Law and studied her bachelor degree at Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus, with honors; she also studied a year abroad at University of Essex. She holds several diplomas and has participated in semin...

He has more than fourteen years experience performing activities and audits in employment litigation matters, including labor risk evaluations, and implementation of management and control systems to lower risks related to the employment relationship. Moreover, he has drafted, reviewed, negotiated and updated employment individual and collective bargaining agreements and terminations. Additionally, he litigated and solved all types of labor conflicts before labor authorities, including filing...

Jose Manuel Marquez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Jose Manuel, who practices law in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jose Manuel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gabriel is the founding partner of the Firm, and has been practicing labor and employment law for almost 40 years. He is widely recognized as a leading attorney by companies, unions, business chambers, universities, public servants, bar associations, and his own peers. As managing partner, Gabriel oversees the different teams the Firm is divided into, which handle in total more than 3,000 lawsuits, as well as the consultancy department. He also deals directly with all collective labor relatio...

Andres has more than fourteen years of experience advising clients in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, general financing, joint ventures, due diligence, business structuring, divestitures, sales, spin-offs, dissolution, company liquidation, and real estate transactions. He has also helped to set up and oversee operations in Mexico for local and multinational clients. Additionally, Andrés has broad experience in the mining, energy and environmental sector, including environmental pe...

Oscar has practiced law for more than 10 years. He specializes in corporate law and regulatory compliance. Oscar currently advises Mexican and non-Mexican companies on their corporate formations and start of operations in Mexico; corporate restructurings; mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance; public tender procedures; commercial contracts; and corporate law. Likewise, Oscar has vast experience advising companies on compliance, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering matters, inclu...

Iván joined the firm in 1994 and became partner in 2000. He is currently the Litigation Department Manager and represents directly several of the firm’s key clients, which are leading companies in the construction, retail, food and beverage, manufacturing, automotive, transportation, energy, real estate development, logistics, and metal industries. Iván is widely recognised by companies, business chambers, public servants, judicial branches of several Mexican states, and h...