CEM Abogados

Managing Partners: Tomás Cantú González, Luis Gerardo Martínez González, Arturo Lozano Guerrero
Senior Partners: Tomás Cantú González, Luis Gerardo Martínez González, Arturo Lozano Guerrero
Number of partners: 3 
Number of other lawyers: 12

Firm Overview:
Established in 2001, at CEM Abogados the team provides high-quality and value-added specialised legal services to the Mexican and foreign business community in connection with domestic and inter- national transactions. The firm’s experienced team of partners and associates have the skills and proven ability to take care of their clients’ legal and business needs in a responsive and diligent manner.
Creating value for clients is one of the firm’s core principles. As a result, the firm distinguishes itself by providing personalised and high-quality services and handling, with a rigorous attention to detail, the specific needs of each client, delivering customised solutions that not only provide their operations adequate legal protection but also fulfill their business needs. The firm’s work methodology and experienced team of lawyers allows it to react in an efficient and timely manner to its clients’ business demands, always under a standard of excellence.
In addition, the firm’s business-oriented approach enables the firm to assist clients in selecting, coordinating, supervising and communicating with local and foreign advisors specialised in matters that are related to the legal and commercial needs of their transactions and operations, by assembling and leading multidisciplinary working groups under a value creation premise.

Contacts:
Corporate/M&A: Tomás Cantú González
Banking & Finance/Trusts & Estates/Real Estate: Luis Gerardo Martínez González
Corporate/M&A/IT: Arturo Lozano Guerrero

Main Areas of Practice:

Mergers & Acquisitions:
Advice in connection with merger and acquisition transactions, working with its clients from the planning phase and the design of the transactional structure, until the closing of the transaction and compliance with post-closing covenants.

Trusts:
Structuring, formation and legal management of trusts for different purposes and market sectors in Mexico, whether public or private.

Real Estate:
Negotiation, structuring and execution of projects for the purchase, lease and development of real estate, delivering integral legal advice in connection with real estate projects.

Joint Ventures:
Structuring, negotiation and formation of joint ventures, associations and business alliances, as well as the supervision and management of legal affairs during their operation.

Banking & Finance:
Design, structuring and implementation of financing transactions under a broad range of plans and structures and related guarantee mechanisms.

Family Businesses:
Comprehensive legal advisory services to family- owned businesses, including the implementation of good corporate practices, process institutionalisation, and the design of estate planning strategies.

Automotive:
Legal advice to companies that participate in the automotive industry’s OEM supply chain, including advice during the early-program quotation stage, the review and negotiation of purchasing terms and conditions, and the execution of supply agreements.

Information Technologies:
Legal advice to different players within the IT sector in connection with the design, ownership, development and use of computer systems, software and net- works, as well as the transfer, storage and processing of electronic data.

Languages:
English, Spanish.

Clients:
CEM Abogados represents clients from the manufacturing, glass, ceramics, construction, financial services, real estate, automotive, health services, raw materials, alternative energy, information technologies and other industries.