We advise families, family businesses and family offices in managing their legal, political and financial risks. Our main objective is to identify risks particularly applicable to the sector in which their business is involved, to structure and implement tailored risk mitigation and asset diversification plans.
We advise our clients comprehensively in their M&A transactions, covering legal, financial and tax aspects of the process of investing or divesting assets and businesses of their ownership. Through our M&A pillar, we proactively participate since the inception of the transaction , identifying investment opportunities, performing a financial and legal analysis, as well as identifying risks and trends in the sector.
We work with both investors and companies subject to investment processes in the diagnosis, design and implementation of corporate restructurings to generate efficient operating and investment structures, considering legal, tax and financial matters.
We work with investment funds, family-owned companies, search funds and entrepreneurs on a wide range of transactions, including joint ventures, financings, capital raising, mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts and divestments.
We work with investment funds, family-owned companies, search funds and entrepreneurs on a wide range of transactions, including joint ventures, financings, capital raising, mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts and divestments.
We advise our clients in structuring the financing and purchase of luxury assets, such as aircrafts, vessels and art masterpieces. We provide a comprehensive approach acting as project managers to manage and control such processes, considering operational and regulatory issues both in Mexico and abroad, by incorporating third party experts in the country and field of expertise, as it may be required.
We represent our clients in the acquisition and sale, as well as in the operation and management of their assets and operations involving the equestrian world, including activities involving dressage, horse jumping, horse-racing, polo and breeding activities. Through our comprehensive approach, we advise our clients in matters and projyects involving the equestrian world, including such that affect the day-to-day operations of entities and individuals in the equestrian world.
We have extensive experience in various types of private equity and venture capital transactions, advising our clients covering the legal and financial aspects of their operations. The firm has broad experience in the creation and raising of investment funds, as well as the structuring of investments and disinvestment through strategic sales.
We are actively involved with partners in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to identify potential opportunities for our clients and create strategic synergies that maximize their business.
We act as an in-house legal department for companies in various industries, offering our clients to act as a single point of contact to solve those strategic legal operations that, due to their degree of specialization or complexity, require external support.
We work alongside business owners to institutionalize and regularize key legal aspects to meet the standards of institutional investors, supporting them in the implementation of corporate restructuring, internal control mechanisms and corporate governance, in order to guarantee their permanence without sacrificing profitability.
We advise companies to establish principles and procedures that regulate the structure and operation of the governing structures.
By gaining deep understanding of the business and its operations, we establish governance structures and operating rules that guarantee effective decision making and knowledge of business performance, without interfering with internal operations and prioritizing the maintenance of relations between the board of directors, committees and shareholders.
We understand the unique complexity of leading a family business. Our comprehensive approach allows us to advise on various matter ranging from wealth management to business succession, creating customized succession plans that enable business families to prosper in the present and ensure their legacy for future generations.
We are passionate about supporting families and family offices in their institutionalization process to ensure the transmission and permanence of assets to future generations throughout family protocols, succession plans and wealth management plans.
Thanks to our experience as in-house counsel, we act as advisors to our clients in the creation and restructuring of legal departments. Together with our strategic allies, experts in human resources, we have vast experience in supporting national and international companies in the creation and restructuring of legal teams to improve their efficiency, the results of the management of their legal operations and create a professional development plan for its members.
We are committed to the highest standard of excellence in everything we do. Our clients should never settle for less.
Our team has years of proven experience solving complex problems and implementing sophisticated solutions working from law firms, multinational corporations and investment banking.
We have been providing services for a long time and we know the type of solutions our clients are looking for.
We aim to be completely disruptive in the way we work, moving away from traditional legal consulting processes, proposing strategies, mechanisms and documents that add value to our clients' business.
We believe that our diversity of experiences and backgrounds is the most important differentiator in our sector, as it allows us to thoroughly understand our clients' backgrounds, as well as their key challenges and objectives.
The members of the team have been involved in legal, financial and operational areas of various companies and industries, and therefore, we deliver customized, grounded and realistic solutions that contemplate all aspects of the business.
It is essential that our clients feel comfortable and safe discussing issues important to their business and assets.
Our team strives to maintain the highest standards of discretion to keep our clients' transactions with the highest level of confidentiality.
With a firm commitment to our mission and recognizing the client's interest at the center of everything we do, we seek to create added value as the result of long-term relationships with our clients. Our approach goes beyond a single project or circumstantial situation, as we focus on the most relevant aspects and advise them to protect and grow their assets and operations, improve their lifestyle and design a plan that will allow them to pass on a lasting legacy to new generations.
We aim to cultivate responsive and long-lasting relationships with clients; we understand that the quality of our services and our clients’ satisfaction depends on our understanding of its culture, values, mission and objetives in any given project.
We understand that successful implementation depends on technical advice, but more importantly on our knowledge of our clients' logic and perspective.
We appreciate the trust our clients place in us to handle their affairs and transactions. Therefore, although it is comon practice to publish relevant operations, we believe in letting the result of our work speak for itself, and in order to preserve the right to privacy and confidentiality of our clients, we have decided not to advertise our services in public affairs listings or statistics to attract clients or operations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for specific situations or projects, we may provide generic examples and illustrations of past transactions to enable clients and prospects to understand the scope of our services and expertise in a particular practice area.
Andrés counts with more than 20 years of professional experience, acting both as an external advisor and as an in-house counsel, regularly advising large multinationals, global equity investors, as well as Mexican and foreign entrepreneurs across multiple industries.
His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, design and implementation of financing and investment structures of venture capital, to cross-border commercial operations and transactions in matters of estate and succession planning.
As for his in-house practice, Andrés acted as Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs and as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Grupo Modelo (ABInBev Middle Americas Zone) and at Grupo Lala. Before forming the firm, Andrés also worked in Tier 1 firms in Mexico and as an international associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in 2009 and 2010.
Currently, Andrés participates as an external advisor and as a member of the board of directors in various privately-held Mexican companies, Mexican investment funds with a transnational presence, as well as on various Boards of family offices.
He received his law degree (JD) from Universidad Panamericana, and obtained a master’s in business administration (MBA) at IPADE. As to the fields of Corporate Governance, Reputation, Communication and Crisis Management, Andrés has participated at several seminars and courses from both IPADE and Stanford University in California.
Alejandra Martínez Gil has 7 years of experience specialized in international tax law and wealth management. Her professional experience includes roles in international law firms in Mexico and the US, where she has focused on tax planning, estate planning, and cross-border international investment structures for high-net-worth clients.
This experience across multiple firms has given Alejandra a comprehensive understanding of tax law in both U.S. and Mexican contexts, as well as valuable skills in litigation, client advisory, and strategic tax planning. She holds a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Laws from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Alejandra graduated with a Law Degree from the Universidad Panamericana and has postgraduate and Master´s studies within the same institution.
With more than 15 years of work experience, has developed her practice in private companies, international firms and public institutions. She specializes in Corporate, Commercial and Business Law, contracts, mergers, acquisitions, and risk analysis for national and international clients.
Cristina has over 20 years of experience in Mexico and LATAM. Her practice focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border commercial transactions and estate planning structures.
She is admitted to practice in Colombia and Mexico.
She served as legal manager for Mexico, Central America and Brazil in Grupo Lala as well as in real estate companies.
Cristina obtained her law degree from Universidad del Rosario and holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
Fernanda has more than 15 years of professional experience combining academic and management practice with business practice. She was director of a family business in the services sector and founding partner of a consulting firm specialized in Institutionalization and Corporate Governance, helping dozens of families in their professionalization and succession processes. She is a professor of Human Factor and Business-Family at IPADE Business School, where she also collaborates as a researcher at CIFEM|BBVA and directs the “Boards in Action” program.
She is a graduate in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Panamericana, with undergraduate studies at the University of Nanyang. She holds a Master's degree in Innovation from the University of Barcelona and a PhD in Management (Family Business) from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Iñaki has over 8 years of experience in international law firms, advising clients on real estate matters, wealth management, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border commercial transactions and estate planning structures.
Iñaki obtained his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana (2017) and a master’s in law degree from the University of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago (2021).
Lucía has more than 10 years of work experience 7 years as an Investment Banker, advising clients in various sectors in their strategic planning processes, capital raising, debt restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, she has experience in entrepreneurship, both in the financial sector and in the direct-to-customer (D2C) consumer goods sector. She has been running a frozen pet food company for the last 3 years.
Lucia has a degree in Economics from the Universidad Iberoamericana de México. She has a diploma in Business Valuation from ITAM and a diploma in Fintech from the University of California, Berkeley.
Marcela has more than 10 years of experience in international law firms advising national and international clients participating in national and cross-border operations as well as an in-house lawyer in companies such as GE Capital and Braskem Idesa.
Her practice focuses on banking and finance, project finance, capital markets and corporate law.
Marcela has a law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey and a master’s in law degree from the University of California, Berkeley (LL.M.)
Montserrat has 8 years of experience in both corporate law firms and multinational companies advising a diverse array of clients on legal transactions involving corporate law, estate planning structures, real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate restructurings and financing transactions.
Montserrat holds a law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana, a specialization in Civil Law from Escuela Libre de Derecho and a master's degree in international business from the EAE Business School (Barcelona).
Victoria has more than 10 years of experience working in international law firms and companies advising in corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, cross-border corporate restructurings and financing transactions.
Before joining Eagle Strategy, she worked as the legal manager for Latin America in an international pharmaceutical company and has broad expertise in commercial agreements in Mexico and South America.Victoria graduated as an attorney from Universidad Anáhuac México (with honors) and obtained an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Victoria es Licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad Anáhuac México (mención honorífica) y tiene una maestría por the University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)
Viri has more than 10 years of experience collaborating with senior management in multinational companies such as Heidelberg, Grupo Lala and Eagle Strategy, focusing on customer service, personnel services and project management.
She currently works as Project Manager and Head of Customer Services for our firm.
Viri graduated with a Bachelor´s degree in Social Psychology from the Universidad del Valle de México.