David Santoyo

With just over 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property, she collaborated with the firm's Trademark team for 14 years, advising clients on strategies, prosecution and litigation in Mexico and around the world. Currently, she has joined the firm's Patent team, following up on administrative issues related to clients in Mexico and abroad and is in charge of the firm's Data Privacy Area, assisting clients in Mexico and abroad, in the control and management of personal data owned by third ...

PRACTICE AREAS Economic competition and corporate. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS International Bar Association (IBA); Antitrust Committee. American Bar Association (ABA). “Economic Competition: Theory and Practice” Editorial Porrúa (2004); one of the few Mexican books on the subject. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Lecturer on antitrust law at Universidad Panamericana and Universidad Anáhuac. Advises national and international clients on all areas of competition...

Jeronimo R. Cipres Hernandez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Jeronimo R., who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jeronimo R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Miguel Moisés focuses his practice on banking and finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate matters. He is experienced in representing lenders and borrowers in structured financings, bilateral and syndicated loans, and in the financing of industrial, commercial and housing real estate projects. He advises buyers and sellers, both domestic and international, in stock and asset purchases and sale transactions and joint ventures. He represents issuers, underwrite...

Gabriel R. Bustamante Brambila gabriel@bmasf.mx www.bmasf.mx Gabriel Bustamante is BUSTAMANTE + FREYRE founding and manager partner. Also, he is an environmental, climate change and ESG expert. As head of the largest environmental firm of Mexico, his areas of expertise include: electricity, oil and gas, industry, infrastructure projects, touristic developments and equator principles. He has taken an active hand in significant development projects in Mexico, valued together at more than $80 bi...

José Alberto Núñez González is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. José Alberto, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which José Alberto is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

María Leticia Montero joined Villar Abogados in 2010, as specialist area of Labor Law, defending and representing national and international companies in individual labor procedures, in union negotiations such as the revision of Internal Labor Regulations, Collective Bargaining Agreements, wage tabulations, codes of conduct and ethics and in general, documents for safeguarding client’s interests. She was born in Argentina and it was there where she attended university and began h...

Carlos Freaner’s practice focuses on real estate, commercial finance and business transactions in Mexico, particularly real estate investment, development and leasing, secured lending, M&A, joint ventures and corporate counseling. Carlos regularly represents U.S. and Mexico-based developers, builders, hospitality groups, manufacturers and investment firms on a variety of ventures across Mexico. Carlos was born and raised in Mexico. He obtained his law degree (J.D. equivalent) from t...

Associate in the trademark department of Uhthoff, where he has collaborated for more than five years in the provision of services related to the area of Distinctive Signs. He has more than 15 years of experience in the area of Intellectual Property and its related areas, such as, Unfair Competition, Lawful Practices in Commerce, Regulation in Social Networks, Regulation on Advertising, Regulation on Consumer Protection and Regulation on Technological Platforms.

Mariana is the Managing Partner for our Mexico City Office. Mariana has almost 20 years of legal experience, and is admitted to law practice both in Mexico and in the State of New York, USA. Her practice is primarily focused on two fronts. The first is advising national and multinational companies in domestic and international tax issues (inbound and outbound), including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, leveraged financing and project financing, tax aspects of compliance an...