MEXICO CITY – Dec. 4, 2024 – The Greenberg Traurig Mexico City office achieved a top rating of 100 points on the HRC Equidad MX 2025 survey for the fifth consecutive year. This score certifies the firm as a "Best Place to Work" for the LGBTQ+ community in Mexico.
Equidad MX is a collaborative program from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, a U.S.-based organization, and ADIL, a Mexican Diversity and Workplace Inclusion consulting company, designed to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) inclusion in the workplace.
Each year, the certification updates its evaluation criteria to reflect advancements in LGBTQ+ issues within the country. Equidad MX assesses companies based on their performance and commitment in the following categories:
- Updated non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity policies.
- Active LGBTQ+ organizational committee or network.
- Constant LGBTQ+ education and training initiatives.
- Public commitment and positive impact on LGBTQ+ issues.
“This recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion and underscores our strategic efforts to advance equity and belonging in the legal profession and beyond”, said Erika Baez Elizondo, Leslie Palma, and Luis Cortés Panameño, members of the Mexico City office's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
Greenberg Traurig’s efforts to broaden and foster diverse talent include initiatives that support LGBTQ+ individuals at all stages of their careers, from law student recruiting to associate development. The firm also sponsors, hosts, and implements a wide range of activities supporting professionals and organizations key to the LGBTQ+ community in Mexico.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City Office: Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office offers clients innovative, strategic advice and legal services that span both traditional fields and contemporary regulatory sectors. The office has more than 60 bilingual attorneys who have been contributors to major national projects in Mexico and leverages the resources and reach of the firm’s global platform to provide clients with tailored legal services reflective of the specific industry and market conditions in which they operate. The Mexico City office is an integral part of the firm’s award-winning Latin America Practice, and has been recognized with leading competition, corporate, M&A, compliance, infrastructure, real estate, tax, international trade, privacy, energy, tax and administrative litigation, civil and commercial litigation, and banking practices in Mexico.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 48 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2024 BTI “Leading Edge Law Firm” for delivering on client expectations for the future and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.