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Sofía Gómez is a Labour & Employment lawyer with over 15 years of experience, advising national and multinational companies on complex workplace matters in Mexico. She is a Partner and leads the firm’s labour practice, providing strategic, business-oriented counsel that goes beyond legal compliance and supports broader organizational decision-making. She is known for building trusted, long-term relationships with clients, often acting as a key advisor not only on emplo...

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.

Guillermo Sánchez Chao is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Customs and Excise Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Tax Law and Trade Law. Guillermo practices law in Mexico City, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Guillermo Sánchez Chao since 2008. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Guillermo Sánchez Chao is held...

Partner with over 25 years of professional experience in Mexico, New York and across Latin America. His practice is multidisciplinary, with a strong focus on cross-border transactions involving banking and finance, securities, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private capital and structured financing. He advises multinational companies and financial institutions in complex and strategic operations throughout Mexico and the region. His clients include Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companie...

Rafael Manuel Sámano Palacios is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Administrative Law and Commercial Litigation. Rafael Manuel practices law in Mexico City, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Rafael Manuel Sámano Palacios since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Rafael Manuel Sámano Palacios is held by other law...

Juan Luis leads our Intellectual Property and Data Privacy practice groups and is the co-head of our Life Sciences Industry Group. He has broad experience in high level management of complex legal and policy issues in Mexico and Latin America. Juan Luis is Councilor to the Mexican Health Foundation (FUNSALUD), a member of the board of the Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Physicians and Professionals (AMEIFAC) and of the Commission of Legal Affairs of the National Chamber of the Pharmace...

Daniel Sanchez joined OLIVARES in 2000 and became a partner in 2011. He is one of the leading intellectual property (IP) and administrative litigators in Mexico and is recognized by industry rankings and publications. Mr. Sanchez’s work is extensive, with experience in prosecution and litigation across all areas of IP, including trademarks, copyrights, patents and unfair competition. His broad background allows him to tailor enforcement strategies to a range of needs. His practice is fo...

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...

PRACTICE AREAS Intellectual and Industrial Property, entertainment law and administrative litigation ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI); Member of the litigation; diversity and inclusion committees National Association of Business Lawyers (ANADE); Former Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee International Trademark Association (INTA); Member of the internet committee International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC)I...

Hermes Jesus De la Rosa Luna is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. He, 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 Hermes Jesus is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area. Since 2025 Hermes is a partner at Villar Abogados and heads the Transactional, Compliance, and ESG ...