Leading Adviser Awards 2020

48 Acquisition International - Leading Adviser 2020 Leading Cross-Border Trusts and Estate Lawyer of the Year, Mexico 90 Issue 1 2021 Sep20995 hat started with the merger of a banking practice with a corporate practice would soon become the outstanding business today known as Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz. The dynamic evolution of Mexican economic policy over the years has meant that effective legal counsel must be characterized by scope and depth of experience, as well as flexibility in responding to change as Mexico continue on the path towards joining the ranks of the industrialized countries of the world. Despite being founded nearly fifteen years prior to the start of the 1960s, that decade was when the firm played a prominent role in the formulation and implementation of Mexican development policy. Particularly, the firm was involved in the inclusion of northern border economic expansion programmes such as the Maquiladora Program, as well as participation in private debt restructuring and corporate planning projects that were later necessitated by economic conditions in the 1980s. Today, Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz remains actively involved in the economic status of Mexico, and continues to play a pivotal role. Now, however, the firm is focusing in on the economic liberalization policies that are propelling Mexico into the mainstream of the world’s economy. Such movement has been further stimulated by the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada. Working alongside these governments and governing W Founded by Chilton Bryan and Aureliano Gonzalez Vargas in Mexico City back in 1945, the law firm of Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz is one of the most exceptional in the country today. In fact, the firm has come such a long way that it is now home to the Leading Cross-Border Trusts and Estate Lawyer of the Year, Mexico, a title bestowed by Acquisition International in this issue. The firm may have had its origins over seventy five years ago, but it is still as modern and innovative today as ever before. Find out more as we profile the firm. M ki g Mexic Great Ag in bodies across North America, the firm provided guidance that was based on its years of experience in representing the business interests of international clients in Mexico. Armed with this understanding and expertise, the law firm was able to do a world of good. One of the key figures at Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz is Mr Gonzalez-Baz himself. A member of the Corporate and M&A Practice Groups, Director of the International Private Client Practice, and a Full Member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP), Mr Gonzalez-Baz co-ordinates all International Litigation and all Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations for the firm. Mr Gonzalez-Baz works extensively with foreign industrial operations throughout Mexico, and has worked with foreign-owned industries and financial institutions for over forty two years. By being on the Board of Directors of a publicly-traded American company for more than seven years, Mr Gonzalez-Baz also has first-hand knowledge of FCPA issues and has been very active in the field for more than ten years now. His work is exceptional, and constantly goes above and beyond what the client expects. Recently, Mr Gonzalez-Baz spearheaded a project that obtained the first ever permit for the US Department of State to be able to purchase, via a trust, real-estate outside Mexico City for a US Consular Post. Mr Gonzalez-Baz also co-ordinated the firm’s team that was advising Canada in the negotiations of the Norse American Free Trade Agreement, as well as dealings in Indonesia and Paraguay. Having dealt with clients and institutions all around the world, there are few more qualified than Mr Gonzalez-Baz, and few more deserving of this success. With his exceptional knowledge, his brilliant insight, and his professionalism in every act, there can be no doubt that this lawyer truly is the Leading Cross-Border Trusts and Estate Lawyer of the Year, Mexico in Acquisition International Magazine. Company: Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz Contact: Aureliano Gonzalez Website: www.bryanlex.com By being on the Board of Directors of a publicly-traded American company for more than seven years, Mr Gonzalez-Baz also has first- hand knowledge of FCPA issues and has been very active in the field for more than ten years now.