Mariana Islas

Roberto heads the International Trade and Customs practice in our Monterrey Office and has wide experience advising clients in complex international trade matters. He has strong focus on compliance and a keen ability to identify and prevent potential problems. Business advisor and risk management professional. Promoter of the conciliation between business goals and legal compliance. Top-down and across understanding of business and industry. Roberto has more than 19 years of experience in Tax...

Iván joined the firm in 1994 and became partner in 2000. He is currently the Litigation Department Manager and represents directly several of the firm’s key clients, which are leading companies in the construction, retail, food and beverage, manufacturing, automotive, transportation, energy, real estate development, logistics, and metal industries. Iván is widely recognised by companies, business chambers, public servants, judicial branches of several Mexican states, and h...

Luis Cortés Salazar is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. Luis practices law in Monterrey, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Luis Cortés Salazar since 2024. 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 Luis Cortés Salazar is held by other lawyers.

Ricardo is a tax attorney with 30 years of experience and coordinates the firm’s Tax practice group. He has a broad based transactional tax practice focused on Mexican inbound and outbound tax optimization and transfer pricing; tax treaties, their application and limitations; anti-deferral and anti-abuse legislation; and overall Income Tax and VAT rationalization. His expertise allows him to structure tax-efficient domestic and cross border acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, spin-o...

Started his professional career in 2009 in a recognized local law firm and thereafter in a notary public where he offered legal advice in corporate and real estate matters. In 2012, he entered the practice area of Real Estate, Infrastructure and Hospitality in Sánchez Devanny, specializing in advising national and international companies in all types of real estate transactions, including lease agreements, acquisitions, construction of industrial facilities and commercial, housing and ...

Jaime joined Sánchez Devanny in 2005 as law clerk, and afterwards joined the Corporate and M&A practice group of the firm. He has advised several clients in the development of their activities and projects in several industry sectors such as automotive, industrial real estate transactions, chemical food products, banking and finance. He has advised national and foreign clients in corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, general financing, joint ventures, due diligence, business...

Roberto Carlos Canto Madrigal is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Civil Litigation. Roberto Carlos practices law in Monterrey, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Roberto Carlos Canto Madrigal since 2026. 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 Roberto Carlos Canto Madrigal is held by other lawyers.

David Leal González is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. David practices law in Monterrey, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized David Leal González 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 David Leal González is held by other lawyers.

Mario Jorge Yáñez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Project Finance and Development Practice and Trade Law. Mario Jorge, who practices law in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which M. Jorge is held by other top lawyers in the same ge...

Ernesto is the Managing Partner for our Monterrey Office. He heads the Corporate and Project Finance practice group and is a member of the Corporate and M&A practice group and the Financial Institutions and Services group. Ernesto has over 20 years of experience serving as lead or local counsel for international and domestic corporate clients, institutional investors, private equity funds and family-offices. He has extensive experience in middle and upper middle market cross-border transa...