Elías Mendoza Murguía

Gerardo is Partner in Uhthoff and has more than 23 years of experience in Intellectual Property. He joined Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff in 2001 and for several years oversaw the office in Guadalajara, where he served the legal needs of domestic and foreign companies. Since he finished his Master Degree studies in Chicago, he has been collaborating in the main office in Mexico City, where he advises domestic and foreign clients in trademarks, including the management, strategic planning, ...

PRACTICE AREAS Corporate, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, aeronautics, private international law, business entities, foreign investment, immigration, real estate, strategic alliances. ASSOCIATIONS International Bar Association (IBA). Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C., Nuevo León; former board member, and active coordinator of the commercial and civil law practice. Coparmex (Querétaro); Board of directors. Cámara Franco Mexicana de Comercio e In...

León Efrén Jiménez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law. León Efrén, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which León Efrén is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Zarina Beltrán Betrón is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Franchise Law. Zarina, 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 Zarina is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Juan Carlos is the head of the transactional and financial practice of the firm with almost 30 years of experience providing advice to various local and international entities in the development and implementation of investment and manufacturing projects in Mexico. His talent and deep knowledge of the different areas in which he specializes in, have earned him multiple awards from recognized institutions at an international level.vel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Partner of the firm in the Banking, Finance and Corporate areas in the Mexico City office. He has developed his practice for over 15 years, focusing on national and international transactions, including structuring and reorganizing debt, securitizations, factoring, financial leasing, financing, guarantees and security interests, as well as in capital markets, fintech, mergers and acquisitions, incorporations, and other finance and corporate transactions. Author of vari...

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Cuenta con experiencia en consultoría y litigio en materia laboral. Su labor se enfoca en la asesoría, prevención y atención de casos y conflictos laborales representando a empresas de ramas y sectores productivos como farmacéutico, agencias de contratación de personal, comercio de electrónicos, plataformas digitales de transporte, etcétera. Asimis...

Emilio is a partner in the Banking and Finance , Fintech , Mergers and Acquisitions and Real Estate practice areas. He has over 30 years of experience as a specialist in economics, finance and law. He has actively participated in regulated sectors, such as energy (electricity generation and natural gas transportation), telecommunications, finance and real estate. He was general director of special projects of the Economic Deregulation Unit of the then Secretary of Industrial Commerce, where h...

Fernando De Ovando Gómez Morín is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Banking and Finance Law, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Fernando, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Fernando is held by other top lawyers in the same g...

Carlo Cannizzo focuses his practice in real estate, infrastructure and construction, corporate, finance and M&A transactions. He has more than 20 years of experience and has been involved and acted as leading counsel in many strategic transactions in Mexico, among which, the JV, acquisition and sale of different projects, negotiation of pipeline transport and construction agreements for the oil and gas industries, negotiation of fuel storage facilities construction agreements for the oil ...