MEXICO CITY – March 12, 2024 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has elevated Roberto Guerrero Comella and Julio Antonio Sardina Pla to shareholders in its Mexico City office. The office now has 26 shareholders, two of counsel, and more than 80 professionals.
“Congratulations to Roberto and Julio for this achievement, which recognizes the exceptional service they have provided to our clients. We are confident that they will be very successful in this new stage of their professional careers," said José Raz Guzmán, co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Mexico City office and co-chair of the Latin America Practice.
"Both promotions demonstrate the growth of our Real Estate Practice and will further strengthen client service capabilities in a key industry in Mexico's international context," commented Antonio Diez de Bonilla and Gerardo Carrillo, shareholder coordinators of the Mexico City Real Estate Practice.
"We continue to focus on our service offering to our clients, and with the recent openings of the International Trade, Tax, Civil and Commercial Litigation, and Labor practices in recent years, we expanded the scope and depth of our legal advice," commented Juan Manuel González Bernal, co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig Mexico and co-chair of the Global Infrastructure Practice.
Roberto Guerrero Comella focuses his practice on transactions related to the development, structuring, and financing of real estate projects in the industrial, commercial, and tourism sectors, including mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law transactions. He graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and holds a certificate in Fundamentals of Business Law from New York University.
Julio Antonio Sardina Pla focuses his practice on real estate cross-border matters between the United States and Mexico, with an emphasis on the legal aspects of structuring and financing projects, general corporate, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as tourist, residential, commercial, and industrial development projects. He holds a law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana, a certificate in Real Estate Law and American Law from New York University, and a certificate in Introduction to the American Legal System from Whittier Law School.
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 47 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 6.0 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.