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Ana Vargas is a co-founding Managing Partner of IBERBRAND® . She manages the firm’s Litigation and International Trademark Departments. Ana has been practicing IP Law for over 20 years, working in different areas, including prosecution, maintenance, copyright, and a particular specialization in litigation practice for over 13 years. She is a skilled negotiator who relies on her portfolio management experience and as a sharp litigator. Ana takes care of clients in the litigation and ...

With more than 30 years of experience Luis is the head of the M&A and Corporate practice group and co-founder partner of the firm. His practice focuses on Private Equity, Venture Capital and Public, Foreign Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Corporate matters, with emphasis on Real Estate transactions, being a pioneer in Private Equity and Venture Capital, representing capital funds in transactional matters. He is currently a Board Member of the LPD Council of the International B...

Guillermo Sánchez Chao is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Customs and Excise Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Tax Law and Trade Law. Guillermo, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2008. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Guillermo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Fernando Orrantia Dworak focuses his practice in the real estate, commercial and corporate law aspects of clients participating in diverse industries, including port services, petrochemical, and hospitality services, advising clients in complex international joint venture operations, mergers, acquisition and divestitures of operations and assets, as well as domestic and cross border financing related to his client’s activities. Mr. Orrantia also advises clients in the environmental aspe...

osé Alberto is a partner at Sánchez Devanny, who heads the Life sciences practice group, same that deals with diverse legal issues regarding products such as medicines, medical devices, food, beverage, cosmetics, cannabis, tobacco and health services among other. He has more than 23 years of experience advising clients in connection with their operations in Mexico with highly regulated products either by the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Agriculture and other related aut...

Maribel Tovar Frías is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law and Media and Broadcasting Law. Maribel, 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 Maribel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

From 2009 to 2012, Pedro was part of the Mexican Tax Administration Service (SAT). He worked in International Tax Audits, International Tax Legal Affairs, and Large Taxpayers Legal Affairs departments. Pedro participated in audits to foreign tax residents, the issuance of tax rulings, and exchange of information procedures with international authorities; he also attended Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAPs). From 2015 to 2016, Pedro was part of the SAT’s new Hydrocarbon Verification depar...

Mario Mejía Kargl joined Mejía Guízar y Kargl in 2009 (where he is currently a partner), having previously worked at Basham, Ringe y Correa and Hamdan, Manzanero y Asociados. His experience of more than 24 years has always been in administrative law with high specialization in public sector procurement and health law. His professional practice includes intervention in the main public procurement procedures in the country in various sectors (health -medicines and devices-,...

Jocelyn has more than 8 years of experience in tax consulting, planning and litigation. She has broad experience in litigation matters before Federal and Local Courts, as well as preventing controversies by advising individuals and entities from the beginning of tax audits, including the implementation of alternative mechanisms before the Mexican Taxpayers’ Ombudsman. Furthermore, Jocelyn actively participates in several tax planning and consulting projects, creating strategies for dome...

Founding Partner Location : Mexico City Areas of practice : Corporate, Telecommunications, Radio and Television, Transportation and Logistics, Foreign Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, NAFTA, Tax, Foreign Trade, Labor-related Matters Languages : English Education Law Degree, 1974 Escuela Libre de Derecho Professional background : Since 1979, Carlos M. Sesma specializes in the area of Communications and, subsequently, in Telecommunications, providing advisory services to more than 100 radi...