Standing out for its ‘extensive knowledge’ and ‘punctual follow-up’, the team at Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C. is a strong choice for compliance and data privacy work alike. Key areas of expertise include AML, anti-corruption, and general regulatory matters. The group is frequently instructed by clients in the banking, fintech, and insurance segments and is co-directed by founding partner Miguel Gallardo Guerra, Héctor Guzmán Rodríguez, and Javier Pérez Moreno. Noted for his ‘availability and speed to adapt’ to client needs, Gallardo Guerra specialises in banking, finance, fintech, and compliance matters. Guzmán Rodríguez, for his part, is highly focused on data protection and is well-versed in EU, Spanish and Mexican data protection legislation. Pérez Moreno is certified as a compliance and AML expert by Mexico’s banking and securities commission, and routinely assists corporate clients in the fintech, banking, insurance and health sectors. Senior associate Alejandra Lobato garners praise for her ‘extensive, clear and constant advice’, and also holds an NBSC certification for AML matters.

Jones Day‘s practice group is praised for its ‘availability and subject knowledge’ and is equipped to handle the full range of compliance and data privacy mandates, among them the implementation of compliance programmes, internal investigations, AML and anti-corruption work, fraud prevention and consumer protection matters. The team regularly advises healthcare, energy and retail-sector clients on compliance with Mexico’s National Anticorruption System regulations, as well as the UK Bribery Act and other international statutes. A recent standout matter saw the group advise Grupo Proeza on the development of anti-corruption, AML, cybersecurity and personal data protection programmes applicable to its operations across Asia and the Americas. Practice head Guillermo E Larrea, who was promoted to the partnership in January 2024, specialises in compliance, anti-corruption and AML and has notable experience carrying out employee training sessions. The key contact at associate level is Juan Carlos Quinzaños, who takes care of international investigations and matters relating to ethical sourcing, employee misconduct and privacy concerns.

The group at Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC is well-regarded for its work in the compliance and data privacy arenas. Core areas of expertise for the team include national and cross-border investigations, AML and anti-corruption matters, and the design and updating of internal compliance systems, as well as criminal and civil litigation that arises from investigations. Multinationals working in the oil-and-gas, automotive, pharmaceutical, and beverages sectors have recently looked to the group for support with corruption and white-collar mandates. A trio of partners shares leadership of the practice, comprising: Diego Sierra, who is well-versed in compliance, bankruptcy and restructuring, and commercial litigation; and Raymundo Soberanis and Pablo Fautsch, who deal with civil, commercial, and administrative litigation, arbitration, and anti-corruption matters. Counsel Enrique Riquelme frequently advises individuals and companies regarding white-collar crime matters, including fraud, corporate identity theft and trade secret violations. Counsel Ricardo Cacho, a former director general of procedural control at the Ministry of Finance (SHCP), joined the department in March 2024.

‘Specialised legal experience, a client-focused approach’ and the ‘ability to build strong relationships’ are the calling cards of the group at Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. The team specialises in anti-corruption and AML, investigations, and the design and implementation of corporate compliance programmes. Domestic and foreign corporations working in the healthcare, food and drink, energy, and retail segments routinely feature on the group’s client roster. The ‘very technical’ Leonel Pereznieto heads up the group and takes care of compliance investigations and assisting clients subject to government enforcement actions. Lauded for his ‘solid operational and technical skills’, Santiago Acosta is the key name to note at senior associate level; he frequently handles international anti-corruption and white-collar investigations. Senior Dafne Méndez majors on data privacy work, while associate Iván Saavedra is noted for his AML focus. Associate Ana Olivares left the firm in July 2023.

Praised by clients as a ‘benchmark for the sector’, the compliance practice at White & Case S.C. is equipped to handle the full range of issues in compliance, including anti-corruption and AML mandates, and corporate investigations. The group is routinely engaged by financial services providers, fintech companies, insurers, charities, and companies in the energy, retail, and agribusiness segments. A recent work highlight saw the group assist Invenergy with preparing its anti-corruption policies, as well as carrying out training sessions for Invenergy’s directors and employees. The practice group is co-directed by María Teresa Fernández Labardini, Enrique Espejel, and Narciso Campos. Fernández Labardini is noted for her experience in regulatory, anti-corruption, fintech and corporate matters, as well as for her ‘legal and technical knowledge’. Espejel takes care of government enforcement actions, internal investigations, and civil and commercial litigation; while Campos focuses his practice on regulatory compliance, banking and finance, and M&A. Additional names to note include banking and finance specialists Juan Antonio Martín and Rebeca García López; and Andrés Mosqueira and Carlos Mainero, who major on financial regulatory matters. Eduardo Apáez's is the key counsel-level contact.

The focus of Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.'s compliance team lies in leading investigations for companies in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, tech, oil-and-gas, and financial services sectors. Its offering also takes in data privacy, AML, employee training, and the detection and prevention of fraud and corruption. Working primarily from the firm’s Mexico City office, the team is jointly led by Reynaldo Vizcarra Méndez and Jonathan Adams. Vizcarra Méndez focuses on matters of foreign investment, banking, and finance; while Adams’ core areas of expertise include compliance, commercial, and pharmaceutical law. Senior associate Claudia Aguilar handles criminal litigation and corporate compliance and is certified for the implementation of anti-bribery management systems under ISO 37001.

Working under the umbrella of the firm’s wider regulatory practice group, the compliance team at Galicia Abogados S.C. provides a range of foreign and domestic clients with compliance and data privacy support. Assisting with the design and implementation of compliance policies, manuals, and training programs is a pillar of the practice; in addition, the team provides transactional compliance support covering prospective acquisitions and joint ventures. Its expertise extends to managing investigations by Mexican authorities relating to potential violations of anti-bribery and AML regulations. On the data privacy front, the practice group is equipped to advise corporations on information security matters and compliance with international standards, including GDPR. A trio of partners shares leadership: Carlos Chávez is well-versed in compliance matters involving highly regulated industries such as energy and telecoms; Christian Lippert has notable experience in handling investigations by the Mexican Federal Competition Commission; and Juan Carlos Burgos specialises in cartel investigations and antitrust proceedings. Marianela Romero and Irma Ross are the key associate-level contacts for compliance work and data privacy mandates, respectively.

Greenberg Traurig, S.C.'s practice group routinely assists leading companies, their boards of directors, and senior executives with a range of white-collar criminal defence mandates, regulatory enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. The team’s expertise extends through anticorruption, AML and anti-fraud matters. Clients appreciate the group’s ‘strong business acumen and extremely straightforward approach’, and work across a range of segments including hospitality, aviation, financial services, e-commerce and the automotive industry. The department is co-directed by Victor Manuel Frías Garcés and Luis Cortés Panameño. Frías Garcés specialises in corporate compliance, corporate governance and internal investigations; while Cortés Panameño handles M&A, project finance, regulatory matters and corporate investigations.

Hogan Lovells' compliance offering takes in a range of advisory mandates, including compliance reviews to ensure alignment with Mexican national anti-corruption system guidelines, providing training sessions, conducting internal investigations following allegations of corruption or bribery, and taking care of data privacy measures. Clients frequently work in the energy, food, financial services, healthcare and aviation segments. Four partners share leadership of the department: Juan Francisco Torres Landa, Carlos Ramos, Luis Enrique Graham and Federico de Noriega Olea. Torres Landa focuses on compliance, white-collar crime, and investigations, as well as projects and matters of foreign investment; Miranda has a strong practice in corporate and M&A, due diligence review, contracts negotiation, and securing regulatory permits. Graham deals with disputes and anti-corruption mandates, and de Noriega Olea is concerned with corporate transactions and data privacy issues.

Boutique firm LEC, Litigio Estratégico y Compliance, S.C. handles compliance, white-collar crime and investigations, and specialises in advising clients on how to comply with Mexican regulations in their day-to-day operations. Anti-bribery and anti-corruption, AML, internal investigations, and data protection and cybersecurity mandates routinely feature on the group’s caseload. The team, which is lauded as standing out for its ‘experience, commitment, capability, and objectivity’, is frequently instructed by companies in the tech, energy, retail and financial services segments. Leadership of the practice group is shared between founding partners and compliance specialists Daniela Ortega Sosa and Luis Dantón Martínez Corres; Ortega Sosa is qualified to practice in Mexico, Venezuela, and New York; while Martínez Corres majors on investigations, anti-corruption matters and criminal litigation.

Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.'s compliance group, which garners praise from clients for its in-depth knowledge, specialises in the design and implementation of corporate compliance programmes, as well as white collar-litigation in defence of corporations and directors. Counsel Gabriel Calvillo leads the practice and can draw on previous experience as head of the environmental crimes unit of the Attorney General’s Office; he majors on complex corporate criminal liability cases and criminal compliance mandates.

Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC's group handles the gamut of compliance work, including data protection, due diligence, and AML and anti-corruption matters. A core area of focus for the group is the design of corporate compliance programmes for companies in the insurance, tech, healthcare and retail segments. Luciano Pérez Gómez and Alejandro Mendiola Díaz co-lead the practice; Pérez Gómez specialises in AML, data protection, and consumer protection regulations, and Mendiola Díaz’s practice takes in merger control, investigations, anti-corruption issues and the development of antitrust compliance programs. Key contact Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly splits his time between the firm’s Mexico City and London offices and majors on privacy and anti-corruption matters. Enrique Salcedo is the name to note at associate level.

Sánchez Devanny's compliance offering encompasses internal investigations, compliance risk assessments, the design and implementation of compliance programmes, and the provision of advice on local and international AML regulations. The group’s expertise extends to litigating on behalf of clients facing administrative proceedings, inspections, fines, shutdowns and product seizures. The practice is co-directed by three partners: Daniel Maldonado Alcántara, who is based in Querétaro; and José Alberto Campos Vargas and Guillermo Villaseñor Tadeo, both of whom are based in Mexico City. Maldonado specialises in corporate governance and compliance matters and has notable experience assisting companies in the pharmaceutical, automotive and energy segments with compliance investigations and risk assessments. Campos Vargas handles compliance procedures involving heavily regulated industries, while Villaseñor majors on tax mandates. Ex-practice co-head Humberto Morales Barrón left the group in April 2023, along with senior associates Oscar Quiroz and Alberto Lascurain.

Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa's compliance capabilities cover the design and implementation of compliance policies and providing assistance with AML and anti-corruption regulations. It is routinely instructed by public companies in the mining, retail, and financial services sectors, and acts to reduce shareholders’ exposure to administrative penalties or sanctions, drawing on its additional strengths in litigation. Leadership of the practice group is shared between César de la Parra, Daniel de la Parra, Diego Marván, and Jorge Luis Díaz. César and Daniel de la Parra, as well as Luis Díaz, focus on audits, dispute resolution and AML; Diego Marván, who was promoted to the partnership in January 2023, specialises in administrative litigation and corporate governance. Carlos Hutchinson and Alfredo Soto are the key associate-level contacts. All lawyers mentioned work from the firm’s Mexico City office, with the exception of Jorge Luis Díaz, who is based in Monterrey.

Highlighted for its ‘prompt responses and effective follow-up’, the team at Pérez-Llorca - formerly González Calvillo until the firms' Jul 2024 tie-up - takes care of baseline analyses, preventative and corrective strategies, investigations and related litigation, as well as the drafting of ethics, AML and anti-bribery policies. The practice’s client roster routinely features financial services, energy, telecoms, and pharmaceutical companies, to whom the group also provides data protection support. Luis Mancera De Arrigunaga and Luis Enrique Cervantes Estevez share leadership of the practice. Mancera de Arrigunaga also heads up the firm’s regulatory group and is well-versed in public law, administrative litigation, compliance, AML, corporate governance and tax issues. Cervantes Estevez, for his part, is specialised in labour and employment law. Counsel Lucía Fernández majors on data and consumer protection mandates. Associate Victor Nakakawa Trejo left the firm in May 2023, as did former senior María Paula Boustani, who moved in house the following month. Counsel Juan Carlos Peraza also left the firm in February 2024.