César Edmundo Villafranca y González

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...

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 ...

Roberto has extensive experience in the construction, metallurgical, metalworking, manufacturing, restaurant, telecommunications, entertainment, and IT sectors.

Humberto heads the firm’s Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance practice group. Humberto advises local and multinational companies on all aspects of corporate law, corporate governance and compliance. He has more than twentythree years of experience practicing law. Before joining Sánchez Devanny, he worked at General Electric for more than a decade, most recently as its General Counsel for Mexico, Central America & Caribbean, reporting to General Electric’s Gen...

Roberto heads the International Trade and Customs practice in our Monterrey Office and has wide experience advising clients in complex international trade matters. He has strong focus on compliance and a keen ability to identify and prevent potential problems. Business advisor and risk management professional. Promoter of the conciliation between business goals and legal compliance. Top-down and across understanding of business and industry. Roberto has more than 19 years of experience in Tax...

PRACTICE AREAS Corporate law, foreign investment, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, in-bond manufacturing companies, and energy law. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Mexican Bar Association. International Bar Association (IBA). American Bar Association, International Law Section (ABA-SIL); Co-Chair of the Mexican Committee and a Vice-president of the M&A Committee. U.S.-Mexico Bar Association (USMBA); Former Chairman. Lex Mundi; Former Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Commit...

Jorge Cerda Chapa is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Jorge Cerda, who practices law in Monterrey, Mexico, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jorge Cerda is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Carlos Brehm T. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Carlos, who practices law in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Carlos is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.