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ABOUT HOLLAND & KNIGHT
Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 35 offices throughout the world. Our lawyers provide representation in:
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US
Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients access to attorneys throughout the Firm, regardless of location. Our physical presence in Mexico –combined with the depth and scale of our practices, regional relationships and international reach – enables Holland & Knight to provide comprehensive and seamless legal services to our clients.
LATIN AMERICAN PRACTICE BY
attorneys fluent in Spanish and/ or Portuguese, with multicultural and multilingual services to help clients succeed
years of representing local and international clients doing business in the region
PRACTICE SYNERGY
foreign-trained lawyers who have worked in our U.S. offices through our renowned Foreign Lawyer Trainee Program
Our offices in Mexico City and Monterrey provide tailored legal advice and a full-service and synergetic approach in order to best meet client needs. We routinely assess the complexity and skills required for each particular case. We promote teamwork and merge our corporate and financial services practices with various industry sector practices, a strategy that has allowed us to expand our service coverage and increase our attorney and legal professional headcount by 60 percent over the last two years. These qualities help distinguish us from our legal competitors.
2025 The Legal 500 Latin America
Recognized as Top Tier Firm designation in Mexico in Energy and Natural Resources; in addition, recommended for Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, City Focus, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution – Arbitration, Energy and Natural Resources, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Customs, Projects and Infrastructure, Real Estate, Tax, and Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Recognition for Turenna Ramírez Ortiz, Luis Rubio Barnetche, Gabriel Ruiz Rocha, Guillermo Uribe Lara, Adrián Gay Lasa, Eugenio Grageda, Oscar Quiroz-Chávez, Rodolfo Rueda Ballesteros, Aldo González Melo, Alberto Lascurain
2025 Latin Lawyer 250
Holland & Knight is recognized in Latin America for its ability to “build up a credible reputation” with 39 individuals earning mention; Mexico office growth recognized, “in recent years the Firm added prominent senior lawyers from other local firms, strengthening both transactional and non-transactional practice groups –corporate, trade, compliance, environmental and tax.”
The Mexico team received accolades for its work in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, energy, real estate and tourism, telecoms and media, and trade Mexico recognitions for Alejandro Landa Thierry, Octavio Lecona, Humberto Morales Barrón, Jaime Israel Moreno Treviño, Carlos Ochoa Valenzuela, Gerardo Prado Hernández, Oscar Alejandro Quiroz-Chávez, Turenna Ramírez Ortiz, Luis Rubio Barnetche, Gabriel Ruiz Rocha and Guillermo Uribe Lara
2025 Chambers Latin America
13 Mexico attorneys honored as “Latin America’s best advisors” with top rankings in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Compliance, Corporate/M&A, Corporate/ Commercial: Monterrey, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Energy & Natural Resources, Intellectual Property, International Trade/WTO, Projects, Tax: Non-contentious, and Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT)
Mexico recognitions for Selene Espinosa, Francisco Andrés Gámez-Garza, Eugenio Grageda Núñez, Alejandro Landa Thierry, Octavio Lecona Morales, Humberto Morales-Barrón, Turenna Ramírez Ortiz, Luis Rubio Barnetche, Rodolfo Rueda Ballesteros, Guillermo Uribe, José Antonio Vázquez Cobo, José Luis Villareal, Antonio Barrera
2025 The Best Lawyers in Mexico
44 attorneys from Holland & Knight’s Mexico City and Monterrey offices, spanning 23 practice areas, were selected in the 2025 edition; Among those, 11 attorneys were named “Ones to Watch” in their respective practices and Partner Humberto Morales was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Corporate Governance and Compliance
2024 IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide
Recognition in Mexico, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, Project Development, Banking, M&A, Project Finance and Investment Funds
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITMENT
Our mission is to provide seamless, efficient, client-centric services over a wide range of industries. Collaboration across practices and offices, along with highly focused management of matters and cases, enables us to deliver dynamic legal support, regardless of location.
SOLID FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICAN GROWTH
OUR MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ENABLES HOLLAND & KNIGHT TO BE
PARTNERS in established working relationships with leaders in Mexico’s business and government sectors
LEADERS who have assisted the Mexican government in the analysis, design and drafting of key current legislation in the formation of the Mexican securitization industry
CONTRIBUTORS who have integral experience in the Mexican energy sector and firsthand knowledge from all perspectives in the market
INNOVATORS who have been key participants in several first-ever transactions in Mexico and Latin America
OUR TRACK RECORD
The Firm partners with clients to deliver creative business and legal solutions. Holland & Knight is one of the few U.S.-based firms with full-service offices in Mexico and Colombia, and we are proud that our Mexico City and Monterrey offices are an important catalyst in the Latin America Practice.
RECENT NOTABLE DEALS IN THE NEWS
Advised UMB Bank N.A. (Nasdaq: UMBF) in connection with the financing of the acquisition of 13 power plants currently owned by Spanish multinational electric utility Iberdrola S.A.; the assets were purchased by an acquisition trust managed by Mexico Infrastructure Partners FF S.A.P.I. de C.V.; the deal, worth approximately $6 billion, was awarded as Infrastructure Financing of the Year: Latin America and Power Financing of the Year by Latin Finance magazine
Represented Banco Actinver, Institución de Banca Múltiple and Grupo Financiero Actinver, acting solely and exclusively as trustee for Fibra Uno, in connection with a dual-tranche notes offering worth an aggregate amount of $800 million; the offering consisted of $500 million of 7.7 percent senior sustainability-linked notes due in 2032 and $300 million of 8.25 percent senior sustainability-linked notes due in 2037
Advised Fibra UNO on its recent international offering of $650 million in senior notes; the issuance includes the reopening of up to $375 million at 4.95 percent yield to maturity, due in 2030, and $275 million at 6.25 percent yield to maturity, due in 2050; both issuances were issued in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933; the successful offering was oversubscribed, exceeding the initial target amount of $500 million
Assisted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (ACNUR) on various projects, including the drafting of legal guidelines regarding the deportation of Mexican children and teenagers; our collaboration has focused on ensuring the protection of vulnerable individuals and advocating for their rights in complex legal situations
Represented Mexico’s Instituto del Fondo Nacional para el Consumo de los Trabajadores (FONACOT), a government consumer lending agency for workers, on its issuance and placement of $190 million on the Mexican Stock Exchange; the bonds are rated AAA by HR Ratings and Fitch Ratings, reflecting FONACOT’s solid financial standing and the market’s confidence in its mission
Advised Telefónica Group on the global sale and multijurisdictional transaction of its data centers to Asterion Industrial Partners, a Pan-European infrastructure fund manager; the transaction included 11 data centers for 550 million euros (about $616 million) with the installed service capacity of 29 megawatts located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Peru, and the United States
Currently represent Woodside Energy in legal and regulatory matters related with the TRION Project, located in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico, with an estimated value of $7.2 billion