Rolando Castellanos Macal

Law Degree from Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua; (1983-1988); Master's Degree in Business Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (2002-2004); Diploma in Public Brokerage from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Cd. Juárez, (August-September 1995); Professor of Labor and Employment at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (2004-2013); Professor of Labor Litigation at the Universidad ...

PRACTICE AREAS Aerospace PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Of counsel to the corporate and transportation practice groups at the Mexico City office. His practice of over 20 years has focused in corporate advice to domestic and international companies, some of them highly regarded in the aviation, bus, cargo industries and telecomm industries and advising as to corporate, financial and regulatory matters. Ricardo has also advised as to major and landmark acquisitions transactions in Mexico, and also as ...

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...

Diego Ruiz Durán is a criminal lawyer by the Escuela Libre de Derecho, he also has a Master's Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Oxford University. In 2001 he began his professional career under the tutelage of the renowned criminal lawyer José Luis Nassar, who years later encouraged him to open his own firm, Bufete Ruiz Durán. He has been a professor at the Escuela Libre de Derecho. He has also studied at the Universities of Cambridge, Harvard and Massachuse...

Miguel Flores is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law. Miguel, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2026. 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.

José is a litigation attorney with more than 17 years of experience in various judicial proceedings regarding a wide spectrum of civil and commercial disputes, including bankruptcy proceedings. He has participated in multiple arbitrations of the International Chamber of Commerce, with a significant experience in disputes with independent energy producers and in the construction of electrical infrastructure. Likewise, he has experience in the drafting of energy supply agreements (PPAs) ...

Fernando Hernandez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Fernando, who practices law in Juárez (Chihuahua), Mexico, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Fernando is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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.

Partner since 2016 in charge of Tax, IMMEX, Administrative, Customs and Corporate Law E-Mail: aholguin@counselors.com.mx Education: Graduated from Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Law School, Chihuahua Campus. Degree obtained: Licenciado en Derecho (Comparable to an American J.D.); graduated Summa Cum Laude “Mencion de Excelencia” (2003). LLM in Tax Law from the School of Law of the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (2015) Universidad Pontificia de Co...

Marco Cannizzo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance and Development Practice and Real Estate Law. Marco, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Marco is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.