Alfonso Bante

David co-heads the Labor, Social Security, and Immigration practice group. He also has extensive experience in collective negotiations, with a special emphasis on the automotive manufacturing and energy sectors. David is recognized for handling complex individual and collective litigation, and litigation involving credits issued by social security institutions. Likewise, David has ample experience in mergers and acquisitions, ensuring the proper compliance with on labor matters. David was the...

Francisco Jose Palau Govela is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. He has an outstanding professional trajectory, mainly in prestigious national and international law firms, complemented with in-house experience in international companies and a private equity investment fund. Francisco holds a law degree from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas (Red Anáhuac), a Master’s Degree in Business ...

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...

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...

He joined Sánchez Devanny in 2007 as part of the Tax practice group. Before joining Sánchez Devanny, he was an associate in a well-known Mexican law firm. Prior to that, he was a legal trainee at a financial company. His practice in Sánchez Devanny focuses on tax consulting and litigation, including national and international tax matters. He has experience advising on domestic and cross-border matters such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, spin-offs,...

Glafira Mercado is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Glafira, who practices law in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Glafira is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Ricardo is a tax attorney with 30 years of experience and coordinates the firm’s Tax practice group. He has a broad based transactional tax practice focused on Mexican inbound and outbound tax optimization and transfer pricing; tax treaties, their application and limitations; anti-deferral and anti-abuse legislation; and overall Income Tax and VAT rationalization. His expertise allows him to structure tax-efficient domestic and cross border acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, spin-o...

Arturo co-leads the tax practice of the Monterrey office of the firm. He has 15 years of experience advising national and international companies, as well as high net worth individuals on complex tax issues. His practice is primarily focused on international and domestic tax planning for national and international companies, attention of complex tax audits, indirect taxes advice and recovery, corporate tax advice, including M&A and corporate restructures, as well as cross-border transacti...

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...