SANTAMARINA Y STETA SC
Established in 1947, Santamarina y Steta SC is a well known favourite among Mexican’s full service law firms on account of its strong relationships with local corporates. The firm consists of around 90 lawyers and 24 partners across its offices in Mexico City, Monterray and Tijuana ensuring the firm is capable of handling complex and geographically diverse matters. Santamarina y Steta SC appears in more chapters than any other firm in our research – a testament to the firm’s breadth of talent. The firm receives 21 listings across 13 practice areas.
The firm demonstrates its impressive corporate abilities with three listings in the M&A chapter. Leading the team in Tijuana, Aarón Levet V features prominently and his financing knowledge is “first rate”. Juan Carlos Machorro C is another “well known name” and he is also listed in the natural resources and transport chapters, demonstrating the range of his abilities.
Three lawyers are selected in the management labour and employment chapter. Juan Carlos de la Vega G specialises in both individual and collective matters and is “highly recommended” in the field. Germán Müggenburg focuses on labour and social security law and is a “talented litigator”. Pedro Velasco A represents companies in labour and employment matters and provides “sound and practical advice” according to one source.
The firm achieves multiple listings in the project finance, real estate and natural resources chapters, with Vicente Grau A appearing in all three. Further recognition in the project finance chapter is given to Alberto Saavedra O, a lawyer also praised for his banking expertise. Both Saavedra and Grau were involved in advising the federal government on the bidding process to grant concessions for Mexico’s first ever Greenfield project.
In recent years the firm has bolstered its litigation and restructuring practice and Fernando del Castillo E receives acclaim for his arbitration, litigation and insolvency and restructuring knowledge in the respective chapters. He has a “longstanding reputation” for excellence in arbitration and litigation and more recently he has made a name for himself in the field of bankruptcy.
