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Ortega & Zepeda

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Mexico

San Lorenzo 153, Suite 1005, Del Valle Sur, 03104,
Mexico City, Mexico.

Tel: +52 55 5559 1754
Fax: +52 55 5575 7870
Email: contacto@ortegazepeda.com
Web: www.ortegazepeda.com

Firm profile:

O&Z is a boutique corporate law firm in Mexico. From the beginning, our main goal has always been to provide the highest quality in all our legal services, granting the most appropriate solutions for our client's needs, caring, in all time, for the security of our client's resources and assets, as well as their business success and prosperity. We are always guided by the upmost standards of absolute discipline, professionalism, ethic, service vocation and honesty.

Our list of clients includes many national and international companies, and, even though our firm takes pride in the representation of several multinational clients, we are also proud in taking care of all the inquiries and businesses of even the smallest companies, always with the same professionalism and carefulness, maintaining accessible fees at all time.

At O&Z, we specialize in M&A, corporate matters, real estate, contracts, mediation, arbitration, energy, mining, public tenders, immigration and all kinds of domestic and international business transactions and international trade, in every stage of development. We are specialists in helping foreign companies to start and establish their businesses in Mexico.

Our group of lawyers is highly specialized in the different practice areas of our firm, as well as in the involvement of all kind of negotiations and legal advice. Several of them have accomplished graduate degrees at foreign universities such as Yale, the University of Aberdeen, and the Complutense University of Madrid, among others.

Our firm distinguishes itself from its competitors, not only for achieving the upmost possible service in our daily work, providing to all our clients with the best attention, accessibility and personal treatment, but also for our innovations and improvements in fees matters, obtaining an optimum level of trust and loyalty from our clients, thanks to our reliability, preparation, dedication, honesty and vocation of service.

INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
In May 26th 2011, we received the honor of been the only firm in Mexico selected as member of the Euro-American Lawyers Group (EALG), an association of prestigious lawyers with presence in over twenty five countries.

Due to the aforesaid, the prestige and international presence of our firm continue to grow every day, enabling us a better representation of our clients in their international business transactions, with the upmost standards of worldwide quality.

Areas of practice:

Corporate, M&A, contracts, real estate, foreign investments, immigration, mining law, energy law, project finance, public tenders, arbitration, entertainment business and governmental law.

Corporate Matters:
We are specialists in all kind of corporate matters, from management of complicated conflicts and disputes between shareholders or partners, to much more complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, shareholders agreements, business reorganizations, generational transitions, and corporate restructurings, among others. We also have a vast experience in complex cross-border transactions.

Real Estate:
We combine innovative deal-making skills with years of experience in real estate and land use topics, as well as all related tax matters, to assist domestic and international real estate lenders, investors and developers, in purchasing, selling, developing and financing real estate projects, investments, acquisitions, entitlements, ownerships, leasing, constructions, management, restructurings and funds worldwide.

Energy:
We legally advise our clients on onshore and offshore oil, gas and electric service contracts, as well as alternative energy sources projects. We also work with domestic and international clients on all aspects of developing projects such as power plants, LNG terminals, drilling platforms and petrochemical plants. In O&Z, we offer a full range of regulatory law services and have significant experience in all aspects of practice before the "Energy Regulatory Commission" (CRE), especially in obtaining permits and authorizations in all kinds of electricity generation.

Contracts
We are also dedicated to propose, draft and negotiate all types of commercial and civil contracts, such as option agreements, purchase and sale of assets, distribution, supply, leasing, easements, pledges agreements, trusts, business trusts, investments and shopping centers, among others, providing our clients with the best legal advice in all of their operations.

Immigration:
We provide the necessary assistance and counseling to our clients for the migration to Mexico of their personnel and employees, taking care of all the compulsory paperwork and red tape needed.

Mining Law:
Our firm offers a global consultancy for all mining related matters, from the constitution of the required companies and other corporate movements, to the drafting and preparation of all the compulsory paperwork and red tape that it is necessary, for the acquirement or regularization of a mining concession in Mexico.

Languages spoken:

Spanish, English, Mandarin Chinese