Enrique Maldonado Montfort

Armando Arenas joined OLIVARES in 2000 and became a partner in January 2017. He has experience working on a range of IP matters, including consulting and litigation on trademark, patent, unfair competition, trade dress protection, and misleading advertising cases before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs (FCTA), Federal Circuit Courts (FCC) and the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Regulatory Affairs and Public Acquisitions. Arman...

Edgar Adrián Moro López is a distinguished attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Administrative Law. Based in Guadalajara, Mexico, Edgar Adrián has been recognized since 2026. This honor is the result of an extensive peer-review process, reflecting the high regard in which he is held by fellow leading lawyers within the same geographic and practice areas. A graduate of the University of Guadalajara, Edgar Adrián brings over a decade of experie...

Gerardo Carrillo Valadez focuses his practice on real estate, development, and mergers & acquisitions transactions. He has more than 17 years of experience within the Mexican market, and brings wide-ranging knowledge of residential, commercial, industrial and hospitality projects. He also possesses a unique understanding of mixed use and multifamily properties. Additionally, Carrillo Valadez has participated in multiple engagements across other industries. In 2018, he was recognized in re...

Santiago is a partner at Marván, González Graf y González Larrazolo and is widely recognised as one of Mexico’s leading labour and employment specialists. His practice covers a wide range of areas, including transactional work, labour consulting and dispute resolution. His strong litigation and analytical skills enable him to attract blue-chip corporate clients and prominent financial institutions, for whom he regularly acts as lead counsel in business-critical labo...

Miguel Hernández Quezada is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law and Civil Litigation. Miguel, who practices law in Zapopan, Mexico, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Miguel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Margarita Casarín De la Cabada is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Project Finance and Development Practice. Margarita, 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 Margarita is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Founding partner of Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes, a Mexican litigation boutique. Rodrigo Buj’s practice mainly focuses on constitutional and administrative litigation, before federal judicial authorities, including the Supreme Court of Justice. Also, Rodrigo represents clients in international arbitrations, having been appointed as an expert in Mexican law by the Mexican federal government, in investment arbitrations. Rodrigo Buj is one of the most recognised litigators in Mexico in T...

Lourdes joined Sánchez Devanny as a law clerk in 2005 and subsequently became part of the Firm’s Corporate and M&A and Corporate and Project Finance practice groups. From March to June 2011 she did an internship in the German law firm Monereo Meyer Marinel-lo, S.L., at its office located in Madrid, España. Lourdes has advised national and foreign companies and investors in corporate restructuring, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, dissolutions and liquidation...

Mónica Dariane Cárdenas Fregoso has been recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Administrative Law. Based in Guadalajara, Mexico, she has been recognized since 2026. This distinction is the result of an exhaustive peer-review process, reflecting the high esteem in which she is held by her peers. Mónica specializes in Administrative Law, with extensive experience in administrative litigation, constitutional relief (amparo) proceedings, and Anti-Money Laundering...

Justo Fernández del Valle is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law. Justo, 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 Justo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.