Cervantes Sainz Abogados specialises in domestic and international business transaction laws and was founded by senior partner Luis A Cervantes Muniz. The firm now has 7 partners and 33 legal staff who are fluent in English, Spanish, German and Hebrew and is based in the heart of Mexico City.
Their main specialist areas include; anti-dumping, aviation and aircraft financing, bankruptcy, corporate and commercial law, corporate reorganisations and insolvency, employment, energy, entertainment, equity investments, finance, foreign investment, gaming, healthcare, infrastructure, internet, migration, project finance, public services, restructuring, securities, strategic alliances, telecommunications, transportation and a comprehensive mediation, arbitration and litigation, commercial advertising, corporate and shareholders' disputes litigation.
The Firm advises and assists its clients in all kinds of mergers & acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, associations, strategic alliances, corporate reorganizations, stock and asset transactions, spin-off's, and related corporate and commercial law issues and matters. The Firm is a leader in advising investors in antitrust related issues arising from their acquisitions, mergers and business activities in Mexico; they represent many of the largest and most important Mexican and foreign companies in all type of antitrust proceedings before the Mexican Federal Competition Commission. The Firm has an active banking, real estate and financing practice. They provide legal advice in the implementation and development of all kinds of real estate and infrastructure projects.
Cervantes Sainz Abogados counsel various clients in transactions involving all type of intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, slogans, franchises, and neighbour rights, as well as in legal issues related to the transfer of rights for many different kinds of software.
The Firm's clients include small and medium sized companies, providing legal advice in every stage of development, from established large corporations to emerging entrepreneurial individuals and companies and start-up ventures, both locally and internationally. The firm has strong working relationships with law firms across the United States and Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
The firm has been awarded with 'Lawyers World Annual Jurisdiction Award 2011' in Corporate Banking and M&A practice. They have also received the 'Labour & Employment Law firm of the year' award and were recognised as 'Aviation Law Advisory Firm of the Year' by Corporate International Magazine 2010 and 2011. Cervantes Sainz has been recognised consistently by various prestigious international organisations, including Latin Lawyers.