Elías Mendoza Murguía

Before joining Sánchez Devanny, she practiced eight years in Mexico City as a Law Clerk and Associate of an international law firm. She has rendered advice in mergers and acquisitions, business transaction structuring, corporate restructuring, corporate planning, general corporate law, project finance and real estate. She has advised clients in the preparation of contracts and civil and commercial agreements. She has advised clients in the incorporation of all kinds of companies and as...

Rodolfo is a international business attorney (certified to practice in Texas and admitted in Mexico) with a focus on cross-border natural resources, energy, and infrastructure. Rodolfo focuses his practice on transactions involving projects in Latin America, with special a focus on all facets of oil and gas (upstream, midstream, and downstream), power, and renewable energy projects. He advises clients on international and cross-border transactions, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions...

Javier Uhthoff is Senior Partner of Uhthoff in Mexico, where he heads the Patent Department. He has an important experience in the representation of numerous clients, mainly in advising multinational companies, protecting different types of innovations. He has advised a wide variety of industries in Europe, North America, Asia and Latin America. Javier has established a significant international reputation for Intellectual Property. He began his practice at Uhthoff in 1984 and was appointed P...

PRACTICE AREAS Intellectual property and franchises. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Former President of the Intellectual Property Commission of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers of Mexico (Confederación de Cámaras Industriales de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos-CONCAMIN); appointed by CONCAMIN as representative of the Mexican private sector with respect to the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Former President of the Mexican Assoc...

Lorena Peniche Franco is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Amparo Law. Lorena, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lorena is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Founding Partner. Born in Mexico City on September 26, 1975; He obtained his law degree (JD) at Universidad Anáhuac in 1998 and he has a postgraduate course on business law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho in 2002-2003. Mr. Basurto worked at the firm Bufete Carrillo Gamboa, S.C. for twelve years, being a partner in such firm for the last six years. He has focused his practice in corporate law, commercial Law, financial Law, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, banking, commerc...

María José Jiménez Neria is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law, Amparo Law and Competition / Antitrust Law. María José, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which María José is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Israel Escobar Espíndola is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Immigration Law. Israel, who practices law in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Israel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alejandra Badillo is an associate attorney at Sánchez Devanny working in the Intellectual Property Practice of the firm. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of trademarks, copyrights, and related litigation, providing a wide range of services including specialized legal consultancy, comprehensive client advice on intellectual property issues, management of trademark and copyright registrations, processing of declarations for recognized or notorious trademarks, development ...

José Raz Guzmán is Co-Chair of the firm's Latin America Practice and the Managing Shareholder of the Mexico City office, where his practice focuses on financial and M&A transactions. He works with issuers, underwriters and investors in public and private offerings of equity, debt, structured instruments, Fibras, CKDs and securitizations.