Cervantes Sainz Abogados

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Cervantes Sainz is a full-service law firm with an extensive array of creative problem-solving techniques for optimum, lasting outcomes. Its rapid growth reflects the dynamic nature of a vital and healthy developing law firm.

The values and philosophy that drive us, and the special attributes that make us stand apart from others, are: we emphasise high responsiveness to clients by providing prompt, personal service, and by developing an intimate knowledge of each client’s needs and objectives; we are dedicated to providing creative solutions and fresh approaches to sophisticated transactions and complex litigation; we have developed a ‘one-firm’ culture – a spirit of teamwork and cross-utilisation and support among practice areas throughout the firm; we represent our clients with courage in hostile and sometimes individually threatening environments; we express a sense of personal accountability for every decision, judgment, and action on behalf of our clients; we stress efficiency and apply experience so that routine deals and cases are handled at market-dictated costs and value is added to the more sophisticated transactions and litigation; and our practice is sensitive to the needs, the values, and the highest good of the client, society, and legal profession.

The firm offers services in a variety of areas of the law, which overlap and complement a mixture of client industries:

Antitrust and competition: The firm is greatly recognised for its extensive practice and sophisticated expertise in antitrust and competition matters. Our expertise in antitrust and competition matters is unparalleled, having successfully handled some of the most prominent and highly publicised cases.

Aviation and aircraft financing: The firm has one of Mexico’s premier aviation practices. Our practice covers the sphere of regulatory, antitrust, corporate and litigation matters involving air carriers, airline alliances and civil aviation authorities.

Banking, securities and finance: The firm represents financial institutions and financial services providers. The main areas of our banking, securities and financial practice include: banking, derivatives and structured finance, private and public offerings, project finance, regulatory, restructuring and workouts, securities, securitisation and asset-backed finance.

Corporate and commercial practice: The firm regularly advises local, national and international clients in virtually all areas of corporate and commercial transactions, including: commercial transactions, construction and procurement, corporate governance, exempt securities offerings, government contracts, gaming, joint ventures and strategic alliances, privatisation of government facilities, public bids, spin-offs, and tender offers.

Insolvency & restructuring: The firm represents creditors and companies in all types of insolvencies, reorganisations, work-outs, restructurings and bankruptcy procedures, both domestic and cross-border. The firm has one of Mexico’s premier restructuring practices. The firm has won several awards including the 2010 Best Insolvency & Financial Restructurings Team in Mexico by World Finance and the 2010 Insolvency Legal Advisory Firm of the Year in Mexico by Corporate Intl Magazine.

Labour & employment: The firm provides the complete range of labour legal services, including advising multinational and domestic clients on all aspects of labour law, including social security and collective bargaining agreements.

Health care: The firm provides the complete range of health-care legal services reflective of our attorney’s broad experience in corporate, tax, antitrust, litigation, insolvency and intellectual property transactions and cases, combined with their experience in various health-care matters. Our attorneys have represented hospitals, care providers, pharmaceutical companies, clinical laboratories and medical device manufacturers, among others.

Intellectual property: The firm has achieved outstanding results in complex disputes and cutting-edge transactions involving intellectual property. Our intellectual property practice includes: copyrights, data security and privacy, information technology transactions, internet and e-commerce, IP licensing, IP litigation, marketing and comparative advertising, outsourcing, patents and trademarks, pharmaceutical and unfair competition.

Litigation and arbitration: The firm provides prompt, responsive, creative and expert litigation representation in lawsuits, arbitrations, government investigations, and administrative proceedings. Because of our depth of litigation of bankruptcy experience, there are few issues of law that we have not encountered. We view litigation as a business strategy and as an investment decision for our clients, being knowledgeable that they are not in the “litigation business”; and that it is in our clients’ interests for us to promptly and vigilantly explore every alternative avenue for dispute resolution. The same way, we believe in aggressive strategies and management case when appropriate.

Mergers and acquisitions: The firm provides creative solutions to complex transactions involving the buying and selling of businesses. The merger and acquisitions practice represents a core competency of our firm. We approach the mergers and acquisitions practice from a businesslike and entrepreneurial perspective.

Real estate: The firm has an active and diversified real estate practice, including: financings in connection with real estate projects; development, construction and marketing of office buildings, shopping centres, hotels and other commercial, tourism, industrial and residential projects and resorts; structuring and developing infrastructure projects; and environmental and zoning regulations.

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