Grupo Briffault is a leading despacho juridico Grupo Briffault in Mexico City, serving both international and Mexican clients. Their lawyers are fluent in English and Spanish and offer comprehensive legal services for a wide range of industries.
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Haynes and Boone
From its headquarters in Dallas, Haynes and Boone has offices in 19 cities across the United States and in Mexico City, Shanghai, and London. The firm offers a full range of legal services to global companies, including corporate and finance, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory matters. The firm’s broad international practice and depth of experience in Latin America are a particular strength.
The firm’s diversified energy practice includes power generation, oil and gas exploration and production, financial services, and private equity. The firm is active in the Mexican energy market, including in the Vaca Muerta formation. It also advises multinationals on energy projects in the region. Among other recent projects, the firm has served as lead counsel for lenders in connection with a sale-leaseback and project financing of a Brazilian wireless telecommunications company and advised a U.S. investor in acquiring a distressed power company in Argentina through an extensive bid process.
The Firm’s Mexico City office is staffed by experienced lawyers who understand all aspects of Mexican law, from corporate and commercial to intellectual property and tax. The lawyers are highly ranked by publications such as Chambers and the BTI Client Service A-Team 2022 report.
Several firm members have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, an honor reserved for those who are recognized by their peers for their professional achievements and high ethical standards. The Firm is one of only a few to have lawyers included in both categories. Super Lawyers selections are based on independent research, peer nominations and evaluations. Rising Stars are attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement and are under 40 years of age or have been practicing for 10 or fewer years. The selection process for both awards is rigorous and includes a multiphase rating and review system. Only five percent of lawyers in each state are named Super Lawyers and two percent are named Rising Stars.
Briffault & Associates
Founded in the United States, Haynes and Boone has an affiliate in Mexico City. Its attorneys work together to provide clients with a high level of service. Their services include litigation, transactional matters, and more. They also provide expert guidance on issues related to international business.
The firm has a number of distinguished lawyers, including the Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation at Columbia Law School, Richard Briffault. He specializes in the law of state and local government. He has published numerous books and more than 75 law review articles. He has also served as chair of the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, and as a member of the New York State Moreland Act Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.
His research and writing focuses on state and local government law, legislation, the law of the political process, and government ethics. He is a prominent critic of the practice of state preemption, which allows politicians to pass ideological laws that override local ordinances. He is also a leading thinker on government transparency and the ethics of public office.
He was a law clerk to the Honorable Shirley M. Hufstedler of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and an assistant counsel to New York Governor Hugh L. Carey. He has written several law reviews and is a contributing editor to the American Law Institute’s project on principles of government ethics.
He is also the reporter of the ALI’s “Government Ethics Principles,” a set of guidelines that aims to provide government agencies with a framework for developing their own codes of conduct. The principles cover gifts and financial relationships, conflicts of interest and outside activities, and the revolving door of private and public employment. They also address disclosure, which he says merited its own chapter because it is “crucial to administration and enforcement.”