Professional notice
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. was founded in 1986, with the principles of excellence and integrity as its cornerstones. Composed of seventeen different practices, six industry groups and one desk, the firm is full service, offering a wide spectrum of legal services. The business and legal community recognizes the firm’s team of lawyers for their experience, expertise and ability to counsel leading companies and contribute to their growth. They provide comprehensive advice from the planning and setup stages to the day-to-day operations, facilitating their development and expansion in Mexico and the rest of the world. Our firm has earned international recognition from the most prestigious legal researchers: Chambers and Partners Global, Chambers and Partners Latin America, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Global Arbitration Review (GAR 100), Global Competition Review (GCR 100), Global Investigations Review (GIR 100), Global Restructuring Review (GRR 100), Who’s Who Legal, Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA), IFLR1000, Benchmark Litigation and Best Lawyers, among others.
Von Wobeser y Sierra is known for offering preventive and problem-solving advice so its clients can reach their business goals. To do this we concentrate on developing a deep understanding of each company’s core business. Our firm operates as a strategic partner that undertakes the most relevant legal issues and transactions of the companies we assist. Our clients are leaders in their industries. Many of them make the most important investments in Mexico and Latin America, and are in the rankings of Fortune 50 and Fortune 500, and listed on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, DAX, the Nikkei index and the Mexican Stock Market.
Our Team
Our team includes eighteen partners, four of counsel, five counsel and more than eighty associates, all with notable skills and a deep knowledge of the current law and the most relevant legal developments in the national and international scene.
Strong International Network
Our lawyers are leaders and active participants in various leading professional organizations, including: the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Mexican Bar Association, the American Arbitration Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Fiscal Association, the International Trademark Association, the German Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce, among others. We have established close international networks with law firms in top cities in the United States, Canada, Germany, other European countries as well as Latin America and Asia.
Practices:
- Anti-corruption & Compliance
- Arbitration
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Competition & Antitrust
- Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Environmental
- ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)
- Industrial & Intellectual Property
- Immigration & Global Mobility.
- International Trade & Customs
- Labor, Executive Compensations & Benefits
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Telecommunications, Media & Technology
Practice Industry Groups
- Automotive & Manufacturing
- Consumer Goods
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Financial Services
- Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences
- Real Estate
Desk
- German
Pro bono
Since its founding, our firm sowed and developed a culture focused on the importance of pro bono work and we have acted accordingly. Our firm signed an agreement for the promotion of pro bono work with the Fundación Barra Mexicana, A.C., with the objective of filing a quarterly report stating the number of pro bono hours worked during that period, as well as a detailed description of the work done and the clients to whom it was provided.
Diversity and inclusion
Regarding sexual diversity, in December 2019 and December 2020 the firm obtained the recognition of LGBT Best Place to Work, a certification of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation of Mexico. As one of its symbolic acts, our firm has signed the promise of Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA), which was launched on May 18, 2016, in London to help women in arbitration. We have actively supported women lawyers through Abogadas MX, a recently formed Mexican non-profit organization that focuses on the preparation of women lawyers in the business world.
Languages
Spanish, English, German, French and Dutch.
Website: www.vonwobeser.com