Life Sciences
Latin America Guide 2025 : Mexico
Band 3
Contact number
+52 55 5279 2900About
Provided by Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie's Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group in Mexico is a dynamic group of lawyers and other professionals, from a diverse range of practice groups that offer specialization in multiple areas of law to the leaders of the life sciences, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Originally recognized primarily for its regulatory expertise, thanks to the integration of an interdisciplinary team of chemists and lawyers, in recent years the industry group in Mexico now offers a fully integrated portfolio of legal services that continues to grow each year.
Among these are lawyers with extensive experience in the fields of intellectual property, commercial litigation, dispute resolution, privacy and data security, foreign trade, litigation, antitrust and compliance. We provide a wide array of services, which are offered by the leaders of several individual practice groups.
We integrate regulatory work into multiple other fields, resulting in hybrids areas of interaction. In this way, we can defend having a broad team of experts specializing in either (i) all stages of that product life cycle or (ii) in those hybrids areas. Our lawyers consistently show simultaneous knowledge of the IP, tax, banking, foreign trade, data security, corporate and regulatory practices, with respect to their application within the healthcare and life sciences industries.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie is an active full-service firm with a position in the life sciences market in Mexico. The legal team is noted for advising clients on regulatory matters including controlled substances and medical devices. The department is routinely consulted by clients on regulations governing the sale of pharmaceuticals to the public sector, also boasting expertise in the regulation of digital healthcare platforms. The firm's client roster features pharmaceutical players, laboratories and cosmetics companies.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie's life sciences lawyers assisted AbbVie with the acquisition and integration of Allergan, which involved providing health regulatory advice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"In matters of health law, Baker McKenzie's lawyers are highly specialised, and boast great experience and deep technical knowledge."
"In matters of health law, Baker McKenzie's lawyers are highly specialised, and boast great experience and deep technical knowledge."
Notable Practitioners
Associate-to-watch Carla Calderón enters the rankings this year after attracting praise from interviewees for her activity in Mexican life sciences mandates.
"Carla Calderón has a lot of knowledge of the life sciences field and a great understanding of the needs of the company."
Ranked Lawyers at
Baker McKenzie
Mexico
Members
Provided by Baker McKenzie
Head of Department
Carlos Alberto Vela-Treviño
Daniel Villanueva
Diego Ramirez
Elvia Aragón
José Hoyos-Robles
Juan Francisco Vasquez
Manuel Rodriguez Balleza
Marina Hurtado-Cruz