Mexico
About
Recognized for its leading market presence in Mexico City, White & Case delivers highly specialized and comprehensive services to clients, leveraging critical insights gained from more than 30 years of pioneering innovative transactions and resolving high-profile disputes.
As Mexico's investment landscape evolves, an increasing number of transactions are becoming multijurisdictional, necessitating legal counsel across diverse legal areas and geographies. Mexico is optimally positioned to attract companies seeking to nearshore or relocate operations closer to their primary markets in North America. The integrated, deep supply chains between Mexico and the United States span various economic sectors, including manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and agriculture, helping Mexico maintain its status as one of the largest trade partners of the US.
Our team of experienced lawyers possesses in-depth knowledge of business operations and industry trends in Mexico. We offer our clients the capabilities of a full-service law firm with a robust presence in financial centers, coupled with the ability to draw on global knowledge and insights. Operating from White & Case's seamless global platform, we have the capacity and global reach to handle the most complex matters from a local perspective in Mexico and beyond, offering insights into business customs and laws worldwide.
Our Mexico City team has been providing clients with insights into local, regional and global matters, especially in the areas of administrative litigation, banking regulatory work, bankruptcy and restructuring, capital markets, commercial litigation, competition/antitrust, compliance, corporate M&A, energy, projects and asset finance, environmental law, fintech, international arbitration, international trade, telecommunications, tax and real estate.
We place special emphasis on understanding our clients' commercial objectives, striving to achieve those goals in the most efficient and effective way possible. We have counseled international companies on acquisitions and project developments in Mexico, as well as Mexican companies expanding internationally. To best serve our clients, our lawyers collaborate closely with our other global offices, blending the Firm's global cross-practice and industry-specific expertise with a profound understanding of local laws.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Our partners are universally recognized by the most important legal publications, such as Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, as evidenced below.
"White & Case always demonstrate their capabilities when providing solutions to complex matters. Their client service and responsiveness are exceptional."
Chambers Latin America, Mexico, Capital Markets, 2024
"Their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is precisely why we seek them out. They always deliver on time and anticipate situations that may become problems."
Chambers Latin America, Mexico, Public Law, 2024
"White & Case provides tailor-made analyses of complex matters, and with a business focus. Moreover, the team thinks outside the box to deliver creative advice."
Chambers Latin America, Banking, 2024
"The team at White & Case are very knowledgeable and can handle any situation that presents itself during a transaction. They are pretty dialed in and have a lot of commercial awareness."
Chambers Latin America, Mexico, Corporate M&A The Elite, 2024
"White & Case have an experienced and professional team that thoroughly analyses the matters entrusted to them. They always provide quick answers to our queries and provide added-value deliverables."
Chambers Latin America, Mexico, Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation, 2024
Oil & Gas Deal of the Year–LNG: TC Energía Mexicana
IJGlobal Americas, 2024
Loan of the Year – TC Energy $2.3 billion loan
Latin Finance, Capital Markets Awards, 2024
"Highly Commended recognition" Supreme Court of Justice category
Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America 2023
"Commended recognition" Technology category – Mexico's first-ever digital bank
Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America 2023
Financial Services Regulatory – Regional Firm Americas
IFLR1000, 2023
Initial Public Offering of the Year: Nubank $2.6bn IPO
LatinFinance, 2022
Pro Bono Innovators Award
Bloomberg Law, 2022
Equity Deal of the Year – Nubank IPO
IFLR1000, 2022
M&A Deal of the Year – Kansas City Southern – Canadian Pacific Railway
IFLR1000, 2022
Corporate High-Yield Bond of the Year: Braskem Idesa $1.2bn Sustainability-Linked Bond
Latin Finance, 2022
Latin American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year: Braskem Idesa Refinancing
IJGlobal, 2022
#1 in Latin American Arbitration
Latinvex, 2017 – 2022
Experience
Banobras and FONADIN
Representation of Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, (Banobras) and Fondo Nacional de Infraestructura (FONADIN) in connection with the approximately US$6 billion acquisition financing for a portfolio of 13 power plants, with an aggregate capacity of 8,500 MWs, acquired from Iberdrola by an acquisition trust managed by Mexico Infrastructure Partners FF, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
Orbia
Representation of Orbia Advance Corporation and several of its subsidiaries in a US$1.4 billion financial restructuring transaction. Proceeds of the financing, which comprised a US$1.4 billion revolving credit facility with a five-year maturity, will be used to refinance and replace Orbia's existing credit facility signed in 2019. The new facility also includes several key features that provide Orbia with more flexibility, including dual-currency tranches and the possibility for additional borrowers to participate in the structure. White & Case also represented Orbia Advance Corporation in the reopening of its first and second notes issuances, for an aggregate amount of MXN 10 billion (US$585 million). The issuances, which both included a sustainability-linked element, were made under Orbia's existing revolving short- and long-term shelf registration program and were extended to MXN 20 billion (US$1.2 billion).
UBR Pagos México (UPMX)
Representation of UBR Pagos México (UPMX), a subsidiary of Uber BV, in securing authorization to act as an Electronic Payment Funds Institution under Mexico's 2018 Financial Technology Institutions Law (the Fintech Law). The authorization, which was granted by the National Banking and Securities Commission, will allow UPMX to offer digital financial services and products as provided under the Fintech Law. Including Uber, there have been a total of 58 entities that have been authorized under the law since its enactment in 2018.
Banorte
Representation of Grupo Financiero Banorte, a leading Mexican financial institution, in its first public offering of green and social debt securities in the form of certificados bursátiles (CBs) through the issuance of three tranches of CBs totaling MXN 13.06 billion (approximately US$763 million) on the Mexican Stock Exchange. Banorte will use the proceeds from the issuance to finance new green, social and/or sustainable projects, or to refinance existing ones through Banorte's various programs and products, in accordance with the "Sustainable Financing Framework" adopted by Banorte.
Klar
Representation of Klar in a US$100 million financing granted by certain entities of the global alternative investment firm Victory Park Capital. The proceeds of the financing were used by Klar to continue to expand the operation of its ongoing business in Mexico. Klar is a financial solutions digital platform focused on offering credit and deposit products to customers located in Mexico.
Fondo Especial para Financiamientos Agropecuarios (FEFA)
Representation of Fondo Especial para Financiamientos Agropecuarios (FEFA) in a bond issuance for an aggregate total of MXN 5.2 billion, approximately US$307 million, divided into two tranches. The bonds were placed on the Stock Exchange, Bolsa Institucional de Valores, (BIVA), and include a gender bond issued for MXN 3.0 billion with a three-year maturity at a risk-free floating interest rate. This is the first time FEFA has issued a gender bond, which is focused on micro-credits for women, promoting opportunities for business development, self-employment and financial inclusion for women under FEFA's new sustainable bonds framework.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP)
Representation of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) in the issuance of two sustainability-linked bonds under GAP's dual program established in 2020 to issue short- and long-term debt instruments up to a revolving amount of MXN 42.2 billion (approximately US$2.5 billion).
