Nader, Hayaux & Goebel is pleased to announce that Federico Vergara, José Manuel Zavala and Gabriel González have become Of Counsels of the Firm.

Federico Vergara is an accomplished lawyer, who has worked as an associate at NHG for several years and has strong experience advising clients on structured finance, banking and finance, private equity and project finance transactions.

José Manuel Zavala is a prominent lawyer who has also worked at the Firm for a number of years, advising public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and corporate governance matters.

Gabriel González, who joins the Firm to strengthen our antitrust practice, specialises in a variety of disciplines, including cartel behaviour and abuse of dominance investigations, leniency applications, opinions for cross-ownership and public bids, as well as trial-like procedures and constitutional actions. He has also developed risk prevention programs for several companies. Prior to his private practice, Gabriel worked at the Mexican Federal Antitrust Commission.

As part of our strategy, we are investing in the future of the Firm, seeking to grow our practice areas, strengthening our team and driving the growth of our people.

These promotions are part of our commitment to providing the highest quality service to our clients.

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel is pleased to announce the incorporation of Alejandro Mendiola as Partner and Jorge Siegrist as Of Counsel.

Alejandro will lead the Antitrust Practice of the Firm, which has been involved in very large M&A transactions and investigations in sensitive industries. The expertise of Alejandro will raise this practice to a new level. Alejandro has more than 20 years of experience with merger control proceedings, investigations and complex antitrust matters. He was formerly a partner of an independent law firm in Mexico City and before then, he was an official of the Mexican Antitrust Commission.

Alejandro has worked for national and international clients in high profile cases and has developed antitrust compliance programs for multiple companies.

Jorge has more than thirty years of experience. He is a consummate M&A, securities and banking lawyer. He was previously the General Counsel of Grupo Modelo and Grupo BAL. Jorge will strengthen the offering of the Firm in corporate finance matters and he will have the responsibility of expanding the compliance and corporate governance practice of the Firm.

Michell Nader, Chairman of the Firm, indicated that the arrival of Alejandro and Jorge is part of the long-term strategy of the Firm with internal and external growth. The arrival of Alejandro and Jorge responds to our clients’ needs for a broader scope of services.