Gerardo Alanis Villarreal
Biography
Gerardo Alanis is a member of Baker McKenzie's NA Transactional Practice Group. His areas of expertise are focused on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, joint venture agreements, corporate compliance and governance, corporate foreign investment matters, corporate reorganizations and financing transactions.
He also has experience in the academia, as he currently teaches corporate governance to law students in Mexico.
Practice Focus
Gerardo advises multinational clients of Baker McKenzie in complying with Mexican regulations in order to duly implement M&A transactions.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised public Dutch company involved in the chemical industry in the sale of one of its product lines to an international investment fund.
- Provided legal assistance to a Japanese company focused on the steel industry on the whole process of incorporating its Mexican entity and in negotiating a joint venture agreement with the Mexican party who eventually became its partner.
- Advised an American company of the retail industry in the sale/exit process of its operations of the Mexican market.
Professional Honors
- BestLawyers: Ones to Watch in Mexico: Corporate Governance & Compliance practice (2024, 2025)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Asociación Nacional de Abogados de la Empresa (ANADE, National Association of Company Lawyers) – Member
- Mexican Bar Association – Member
- Institute of Public Accountants of Nuevo León, A.C. – Member
Admissions
- Mexico~Mexico (2017)
Education
- Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey (Masters Business Law) (2020)
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (LL.M.) (2017)
- Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey (LL.B.) (2017)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.