Sánchez DeVanny Eseverri, S.C.

Chairman: Rafael Villamar-Ramos

Managing Partners: Mariana Eguiarte (CDMX) | Ernesto Silvas (Monterrey) | Abel Mejía (Queretaro)

Number of Partners: 21

Number of lawyers: 96

Firm Overview: 

Sánchez Devanny is a Mexican legal consulting firm with international expertise, specialized in providing holistic and innovative solutions to resolve clients’ needs, understanding industries from the inside out. The firm practices law with social responsibility, exercising the legal practice with transparency, ethics, and inclusion.

The firm has offices in three of the main industrial axes for economic development in Mexico, to serve businesses all over the country: Mexico City, our capital city and headquarters to the most important national and international corporations; Monterrey, a major metropolis, dynamic, growing, and economically active; and the rapidly developing Querétaro, located in the center of the country. Internationally, Sánchez Devanny have developed alliances to keep them close to their more distant clients.

Main Areas Of Practice:  

Corporate & M&A: 

Advice on mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, liquidations, transfers, spin-offs, legal and compliance audits, privatisations, and joint ventures; advice on agreements and corporate actions; advice to local and foreign investors on their investment activities in Mexico, including advice to venture capital and private equity funds on both their fundraising and investment activities.

Corporate & Project Finance: 

Advice on vendor and supplier financing, infrastructure projects and project finance, PPP legislation and financing, work outs and debt restructuring transactions, restructure of stock exchange listed bonds, and capital and debt placements.

Capital Markets:  

Our team of specialists has represented issuers, broker-dealers, and local and international investment banks in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities by Mexican issuers or international issuers with a Mexican subsidiary. Our practice covers offerings of debt, equity and structured instruments, including offerings of asset-backed certificates, CKDs, CERPIs, FIBRAS-E, and real estate FIBRAs.

International Trade & Customs: 

Strategic planning for foreign trade operations, advice on customs matters, advice on export incentive programs or duty relief, internal audits and compliance policies, representation in settlement or compliance correction processes and in customs litigation.

Real Estate, Infrastructure & Hospitality: 

Advice on real estate acquisitions in Mexico; realty title searches; compliance with regulations and leases, including leases built to suit; acquisition of real estate and infrastructure permits and licenses; service agreements; and changes in ownership of small agricultural realty (ejidos).

Tax: 

Advice on tax optimisation for operations and expansion projects, acquisition and divestiture tax planning, corporate reorganisations, tax treaties, transfer pricing planning and defence, tax planning for intangibles and e-commerce, private letter tax rulings, lobbying, tax audits, and tax litigation.

Private Wealth Management & Estate Planning: 

Legal planning for high net-worth individuals, cross-border successions and estates, international and Mexican trusts, worldwide asset allocation, testamentary instruments, and family codes of conduct.

Labour, Social Security & Immigration: 

Support HR departments with employment agreements, terminations, and fringe benefit planning; representation in labour claims; negotiation and termination of collective bargaining agreements; defense from social security assessments; processing immigration visas; and National Immigration Institute controversy resolution.

Corporate Governance & Regulatory Compliance: 

Design and implementation of compliance operating models; advice on anti-corruption and money laundering provisions; and compliance with Mexican Official Standards and legal requirements for the manufacture, supply, distribution, commercialisation, importation, and advertisement of products.

Energy & Natural Resources: 

Advice on environmental audits and processes; self generation and renewable energy projects (wind, biogas, etc.); and acquisition, assignment, and recording of mining rights.

Environmental: 

Clients look to Sanchez Devanny for advise on federal, state and municipal environmental laws; to evaluate and manage environmental issues in real estate and business transactions including due diligence review, and design of regulatory strategy for mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions; compliance issues, environmental assessments, waste management and disposal and transportation of dangerous materials.

Life Sciences: 

Filing of health permits and registrations; lobbying for and advice on legal provisions and Mexican Official Standards; and importation, exportation, transportation, storage, and marketing of pharmaceutical, medical, and food and beverage products.

Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Law: 

Registration, management, and protection of patents, trademarks, copyrights, utility models, and designs; IP contracting and litigation; image and reputation protection; and domain name portfolio management.

Data Privacy & Information Technology: 

Analysis of federal data privacy law and its implications, implementation of internal policies and training, administrative proceedings representation, and advice on e-commerce and IT issues.

Litigation & ADR: 

Audit and review of documents and protocols to ensure enforceability and reduce risks, mediation and arbitration procedures, and representation in all types of civil and commercial disputes.

Antitrust: 

Representation of clients before Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission, filing concentration notices and notices of corporate restructure, and advice on both absolute and relative monopolistic practices.

Special Groups: 

Japanese Desk.

Industry Groups: 

ESG, automotive, life sciences, energy, family business, retail.

Languages: 

Spanish, English, French, Japanese.