J.A. Treviño Abogados S.A. de C.V.

The Firm provides integrated corporate legal advice and strategic legal planning services for the sophisticated business and investment needs, both for domestic and cross-border transactions. The Firm is conformed by highly qualified legal professionals experienced in a great variety of international commercial and corporate transactions, and relies on an of-counsel network of domestic and international advisors in financing, taxation, accounting and specialized legal matters.

The Firm's main practice areas are:

CORPORATE AND CONTRACTS:

Our central practice area, through which we offer a broad spectrum of corporate legal services, with solid bases and experience in the formalization of all types of contracts, structure planning and negotiations of all complexity levels.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS:

Global leading companies have trusted our firm with the responsibility of conducting due diligence proceedings, negotiations and formalizing shareholders' agreements, letters of intent and overall acquisitions. We design and create the best alternatives for the transaction in light of each client's specific needs. Within this area, we have additionally teamed-up with some of the most prestigious global law firms in the implementation of the Mexican trenches of some of their client's transactions.

FINANCING:

Our professional team is very experienced in the structuring, negotiation and general legal advice regarding domestic and international financial transactions, as well as in guarantee and security structures of diverse natures.

BUSINESS START-UP AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE:

We have successfully advised our foreign clients in all general legal areas targeted to support them in their business start-up in Mexico. Our services branch-out from the incorporation of the relevant Mexican Companies and their respective registration, compliance with foreign investment law, tax matters, immigration and labor issues, and the application of the available import & export incentives' programs.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:

We have participated in the structuring, planning and implementation of real estate transactions of diverse types and nature, commonly involving foreign parties and financial or trust entities. One of our partners is considered an expert in this area and has developed sound relationships within the governmental agencies supervising zoning and land use issues, and generally with the real estate business community.

LABOR LAW:

Our clients' needs and their trust in our values and legal services have lead us to consolidate our labor practice, in which we advice our clients in matters ranging from day-to-day labor law needs to complex and extraordinary legal issues. We offer advice, planning, strategy and implementation of all legal actions related with the management of labor relationships, costs and risks, including individual and collective labor issues, and labor union relationships and negotiations.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

As part of the globalization process, companies throughout the world each day face a tougher competition in their respective markets and need to protect one of their most important assets: intellectual property. Our firm offers contract protection advice and additionally coordinates the registration of trademarks, patents and commercial names, among other services in this area.

CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION:

As a principle and upon our client's identification of a business conflict, we seek to represent our clients' interest best through the way of negotiation, avoiding contentious proceedings to the fullest extent possible. However, in today's business world not all conflicts may be reasonably resolved amicably and we have developed a sound litigation practice which is successful in the strategizing, implementing and following up of most corporate litigation matters throughout their multiple stages, whether as a plaintiff or defendant, and handling anything from routine collection matters to highly sophisticated corporate litigation of diverse nature.

The Firm works with and maintains sound relationships with a number of U.S., European and Latin American law firms.

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Daniel I. Puente Medina, May 24, 2011
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