Karina Lopez
About Karina Lopez
Karina Lopez is a lawyer based in Mexico City, MX and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Mexico™ since 2026. Karina Lopez is recognized in the following practice area:
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Family Law
Current Firm: Bufete de Buen SC
Location: Mexico City, MX
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PRACTICE AREAS Joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, foreign investment; national and international government contract bidding process; energy, infrastructure and mining projects. ASSOCIATIONS Barra Mexicana Association. Institute of Energy Law. Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. International Bar Association. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Firm member since 1996; worked as an international consultant in the private sector...
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...
Abogado, Socio fundador de la Firma Ibáñez Parkman S.C., Doctor en Derecho de la empresa, catedrático y conferencista. He participado con organismos nacionales e internacionales; (Grupo de Trabajo Empresarial del PNUD de Naciones Unidas), para la implementación de programas en México, y en el encuentro tripartito hacia un Programa de Trabajo decente de la OIT para México. He interpuesto quejas ante la comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad d...
Ricardo is part of the transactional and financial practice of the firm with vast experience in banking and finance, project finance, M&A, and restructuring and insolvency matters. He joined the firm in 2007 and became a partner in 2020. He has advised local, international and multilateral banks, development financing institutions and other financiers, project developers and companies on a large array of financing transactions including energy, transport and social infrastructure projects...
Mariana is the Managing Partner for our Mexico City Office. Mariana has almost 20 years of legal experience, and is admitted to law practice both in Mexico and in the State of New York, USA. Her practice is primarily focused on two fronts. The first is advising national and multinational companies in domestic and international tax issues (inbound and outbound), including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, leveraged financing and project financing, tax aspects of compliance an...
PRACTICE AREAS Foreign trade, customs and regulatory law. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Institute of Foreign Trade Executives (IMECE); President. Mexican Bar Association (BMA). Committee of the regulatory matters for customs and foreign trade issues. Committee of Tariff Classification. Inter-Ministerial Commission on the Automotive Industry (CIIA). Editor of the book “Expert in foreign trade and customs”, as well as author of the chapters “Actions following customs clearance...
Julián holds a law degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho and a Master's Degree in Business Law from Universidad Panamericana. With more than a decade of experience in litigation matters, he has specialized in proceedings related to breach of commercial obligations, loan portfolio recovery, as well as restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings, successfully representing both creditors and companies with highly complex insolvency problems. Throughout more than ten years of professional prac...
Guillermo Uribe Lara is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Capital Markets Law, Debt and Equity Practice, Real Estate Law and Structured Finance Law. Guillermo, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2020. 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.
Habib Díaz Noriega has extensive experience in dispute resolution concerning several areas of law (i.e. constitutional, amparo, bankruptcy, IP, civil, commercial, family and administrative matters). He is a well known amparo expert (constitutional review process) and has also represented foreign companies in different industries against the Mexican Federal government concerning government contracts before the courts in Mexico. Habib is familiar with the US court system due to his continuous i...
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