"Nader Hayaux Goebel is a great firm with strong technical expertise and market knowledge in insurance and reinsurance.” -Chambers & Partners (2027)

Ana Paula is an associate at Nader Hayaux Goebel and has more than seven years of experience advising multinational clients and Mexican and foreign investors.

She is a member of the firm’s insurance and reinsurance team, whose specialized knowledge and experience support a distinctive offering in the Mexican insurance and reinsurance market. She also participates in the firm’s compliance practice, which provides comprehensive and highly specialised advice on the implementation of anti-money laundering (AML) measures, data protection, regulatory compliance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.

Her practice also focuses on banking and finance, corporate and transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory matters.

Ana Paula has advised on the incorporation of companies, project financings, share acquisitions, portfolio sales and the formation of joint ventures. She has also advised Mexican and international financial institutions on data protection, AML, ESG, corporate law, and transactional and regulatory matters.

Ana Paula is a member of the Mexican Association of Insurance and Surety Law (Asociación Mexicana de Derecho de Seguros y Fianzas – AMEDESEF). She also serves as Secretary (non-member) of the Executive Committee of Chapter Zero Mexico, A.C., the Mexican chapter of the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative.

She obtained her law degree from Universidad Panamericana in 2023, graduating summa cum laude, and holds an LL.M. from King’s College London in the United Kingdom.

Work Highlights

Insurance and Reinsurance

  • Advised a leading real estate group on the incorporation and operation of a Mexican insurance company authorized to conduct property and casualty insurance business.
  • Represented more than 31 foreign reinsurers in obtaining registration with Mexico’s General Registry of Foreign Reinsurers (Registro General de Reaseguradoras Extranjeras) to conduct reinsurance business in Mexico.
  • Represented MAPFRE in its acquisition of Insignia Life, a Mexican life insurance company.
  • Advised Toyota on the incorporation and authorization of an insurance broker in Mexico.
  • Advised BMS, a specialist reinsurance intermediary, on its acquisition of two Mexican insurance agents, PWS México and Calomex.
  • Represented Principal Financial Group in: (i) the transfer of the insurance portfolio of Principal Seguros, Principal Grupo Financiero, to Seguros Banorte, Grupo Financiero Banorte; and (ii) the transfer of the pension insurance portfolio of Principal Pensiones to Seguros Banorte.
  • Advised Bupa on the transformation of Bupa México, its health and medical expenses insurance company, into a specialized health insurance institution (Institución de Seguros Especializada en Salud, ISES).

 Data protection and Cybersecurity

  • Advised two regulated companies on their regulatory response and compliance obligations following cybersecurity incidents.
  • Advised more than five regulated and unregulated companies on the implementation of privacy, data protection and anti-money laundering policies.
  • Advised more than ten clients on the preparation and implementation of data protection policies and privacy notices.

Anti-Money Laundering and Regulatory Compliance

  • Advised an investment fund on the regulatory implications and compliance measures arising from the identification of a client included on Mexico’s blocked persons list.
  • Advised a financial group on determining whether the activities conducted by its subsidiaries qualified as Vulnerable Activities under Mexican law and on complying with the applicable anti-money laundering requirements.