General Business Law: Monterrey
Latin America Guide 2025 : Mexico
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S+S is a full-service firm that is widely recognized by clients and peers as developers of strategic solutions that produce successful results for our clients. S+S is integrated by a talented team of multidisciplinary experts committed to different practice areas throughout the country. Particularly, the Monterrey office of S+S has earned, throughout its almost 30 years of existence, a reputation as one of the leading law firms in the city and the northeast region of the country, for its high-quality service standards and business-oriented attention to clients. The Monterrey office began with the corporate, commercial, M&A, finance and capital markets practice areas. Today, we have expanded its array of services and expertise into other areas with outstanding success, such as labour and employment, litigation, arbitration, business reorganization, real estate, data protection and data privacy, insurance, estate planning, among others. Currently, the Monterrey office is offering a high level of specialisation across various practice areas. Frequently seen representing major domestic and multinational clients on cross-border M&A deals, corporate restructurings and capital market cases, as well as litigation and arbitration cases and employment-related issues. We also offer expertise to key players in the oil and gas, manufacturing and aviation industries. Our client based is very diverse, including many foreign and domestic clients as well as private and public companies.
Chambers Review
Santamarina y Steta is a renowned full-service national firm with an acclaimed practice in Monterrey. The team boasts expertise in M&A, banking and finance, dispute resolution, and labour and employment. The law firm continues to draw strong praise for its central role in negotiations with unions, and local litigation and arbitration mandates, as well as in cross-border corporate and financial transactions. Santamarina y Steta is routinely retained to provide services to local and international clients from the chemical, manufacturing and automotive spaces. The law firm's new client wins include Moffitt.
Work Highlights
- Santamarina y Steta's Monterrey-based lawyers assisted Reacciones Químicas with the acquisition of Barnices y Resinas in order to expand its manufacturing capacity.
Strengths
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"Santamarina y Steta always provide effective responses in a timely manner. They are able to put together multifunctional teams to ensure we receive professional and business-focused legal advice."
"Santamarina y Steta's team is very complete as they can support us in a satisfactory manner in any area that requires legal advice in Monterrey. They provide a high level of service."
"Santamarina y Steta always provide effective responses in a timely manner. They are able to put together multifunctional teams to ensure we receive professional and business-focused legal advice."
"Santamarina y Steta's team is very complete as they can support us in a satisfactory manner in any area that requires legal advice in Monterrey. They provide a high level of service."
Notable Practitioners
Senior statesperson Jorge Barrero is renowned as a market-leading figure in the Monterrey legal market, bringing his expertise to bear on M&A transactions and general corporate matters affecting public, national and transnational companies.
"Jorge Barrero is a very good lawyer and a point of reference in Monterrey."
Acclaimed Monterrey-based practitioner Juan Carlos De la Vega boasts renowned experience in individual and collective labour and employment matters, including complex conflicts with unions on a nationwide scale.
"Juan Carlos De la Vega has a lot of presence in the legal market and is a reference in the labour and employment sphere."
"Juan Carlos De la Vega is specialised in labour and employment. He is an excellent and very professional lawyer who is highly active in the market."
Established partner César Cruz Ayala maintains a longstanding corporate/M&A practice in Monterrey, which extends to the real estate and banking and finance arenas. He has experience advising clients from a range of industries, including agribusiness.
"César Cruz Ayala is a great lawyer; he is able to speak the client's business language, and thus working with him is very easy."
Up-and-coming partner Carlos Brehm joins the rankings this year after garnering recognition from interviewees for his coverage of arbitration and litigation mandates in Monterrey.
"Carlos Brehm is always available and provides quick and effective solutions. He has business awareness and a deep understanding of highly complex matters."
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Members
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Clients
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AVX Corporation
Abengoa
Aeromar (Avianca)
Albea Group
Banco Invex
Chevron Energía
Cydsa
DSM Sinochem
Eni Petroleum
FoodPak, S.A. de C.V.
GM Financial Mexico
Graftech
Grupo Industrial Saltillo
John Deere
Kingspan
Lonza Group
Martinrea
Midea
Nortec, S.A. de C.V.
Teleperformance
The Home Depot Mexico
US Farathane
Villeroy & Boch Gmbh
Industries
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Aerospace & Defence
Automobiles & Parts
Banks
Chemicals
Commercial & Professional Services
Construction & Materials
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Financial Services
Health Care
Insurance
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Private Clients / Individuals
Real Estate
Technology, Hardware & Electronics