Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Latin America Guide 2025 : Mexico
Band 1
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Provided by Sainz Abogados
Our team has an active and diversified insolvency & restructurings practice, including: work-outs, restructurings (in-court & out-of-court), concurso procedures, reorganizations, cross-border insolvency procedures and bankruptcy.
Sainz Abogados provides prompt, responsive, creative and expert insolvency & restructuring representation, including advising clients, domestic and international, in the transactional, legal and procedural aspects of insolvency & bankruptcy matters.
We view litigation as a business strategy and as an investment decision for our clients, acknowledging that they are not in the “litigation business” and that it is in our clients’ interests for us to promptly and vigilantly explore every alternative avenue for dispute resolution. We believe in aggressive strategies and management case when appropriate. Our litigation practice has the intellectual depth and creativity to resolve successfully any type of legal dispute arising in Mexico, including domestic and cross-border insolvency and bankruptcy matters and litigation.
We have proven efficiency in a wide range of complex and critical restructuring & insolvency matters involving issues of unsecured creditors, secured creditors, derivatives, bonds, notes, commercial paper, domestic and foreign claims.
Chambers Review
Sainz Abogados' heavyweight practice group is renowned for its experience and activity in the bankruptcy and restructuring fields in Mexico. The team offers particular expertise in representing both debtors and creditors in 'concursos mercantiles'. Sainz Abogados has gained additional recognition for its role in advising on complex debt restructuring mandates. The department routinely acts for clients across the manufacturing, finance, engineering and construction sectors.
Work Highlights
- Sainz Abogados represented the Ad Hoc Committee of Bondholders of Oro Negro in all aspects of the 'concurso mercantil' process and the Mexican law aspects of the proceedings in the USA and Singapore.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sainz Abogados has provided high-quality advisory services in concurso mercantil proceedings and has demonstrated extensive knowledge of all related bankruptcy and restructuring procedures."
"Sainz Abogados' ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is incomparable. From top to bottom, their team is incredibly impressive and is available on a constant basis."
"Sainz Abogados has provided high-quality advisory services in concurso mercantil proceedings and has demonstrated extensive knowledge of all related bankruptcy and restructuring procedures."
"Sainz Abogados' ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is incomparable. From top to bottom, their team is incredibly impressive and is available on a constant basis."
Notable Practitioners
Stellar partner Alejandro Sainz Orantes actively advises a roster of debtors and creditors on bankruptcy matters in Mexico. Peers recognise his extensive expertise in handling 'concursos mercantiles' and debt restructuring.
"Alejandro Sainz Orantes is among the most sophisticated lawyers I have worked with. He is incredibly knowledgeable, hard-working, driven and result-oriented."
"I've had a very good experience working with Alejandro Sainz Orantes. He is very capable, and his advice is always reliable."
Partner Santiago Alessio-Robles assists national and international clients with an array of bankruptcy and restructuring mandates, providing additional expertise in transactional matters in Mexico.
"Santiago Alessio-Robles is a strong tactician who works very well with clients. He is able to run transactions on a day-to-day basis without losing sight of the big picture."
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