Published Works
Getting The Deal Through Automotive 2019 - Mexico
July 2019
Juan Francisco Torres Landa
Office Managing PartnerMexico City
Email juanf.torreslanda@hoganlovells.com
Phone +52 55 5091 0157
Fax +52 55 5091 0123
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish
Practice groupCorporate
"Juan Francisco Torres Landa advises 'foreign investors who come to do business in Mexico to facilitate all stages of birth, development, expansion and consolidation.'"
Legal500
Juan Francisco Torres Landa has helped many companies establish a presence in Mexico and grow over the years. Throughout his career, Juan Francisco has excelled in civil, commercial, and corporate areas. He also helps clients with the financing of projects and acquisitions, foreign investments, foreign trade, arbitration, migration, environmental matters, economic competition, mining, taxation of non-residents, and telecommunications.
Juan Francisco has been senior lecturer at several universities, including National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and Universidad Iberoamericana. He has also been a keynote speaker in numerous forums, both in Mexico and abroad.
Juan Francisco joined Barrera Siqueiros y Torres Landa (currently Hogan Lovells) in September 1983 and became partner in 1995. He also spent time as an associate foreign lawyer in Washington, D.C. in 1990.
He has been instrumental as legal consultant in several foreign investments in Mexico by easing their incorporation, development, expansion, and consolidation processes.
Awards and recognitions
2011-2012, 2016-2020
Corporate/M&A (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
2012, 2016-2020
Real Estate (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
2018-2020
Compliance: Band 3
Chambers Latin America
2016-2019
Energy and Natural Resources
Legal 500 Latin America
2015-2019
Corporate/M&A (Mexico)
Chambers Global
2018
Corporate/M&A: Band 2
Chambers Latin America
2018
White Collar Crime and Compliance
Latin Lawyer 250
2018
Energy
Who's Who Legal
2018
Corporate and M&A
The Legal 500 Latin America
2018
Energy
Latin Lawyer 250
2018
Corporate and M&A
Latin Lawyer 250
Education and admissions
Education
Law Degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Law School
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Postgraduate Degree, Taxation, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Memberships
Secretary, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, 2005-Present
Representative experience
Assist the Gates Corporation with the corporate reorganization of all local subsidiaries.
Assist Carso Energy with the cross-border project of the Presidio gas pipeline from Texas to Chihuahua.
Assist Imerys with the corporate reorganization of all local subsidiaries.
Handle the reorganization of Procter & Gamble Mexico in a multi-jurisdiction strategy involving sophisticated corporate, tax, labor and foreign trade.
Assist Assi Solar Energy in its initial participation in the energy sector in Mexico; analyze prospects and handle negotiations for new projects.
Assist Grupo BAL in the review of new investments in the financial and energy sectors; coordinate advice to proceed with project's evaluations.
Assist Affinia Group in the divestiture process of its brake parts related division.
Assist Honeywell in the implementation of projects related to the opening up of the energy sector.
Latest thinking and events
Mexico at the Crossroads: The Automotive Industry — Present and Future
08 November 2018
Hogan Lovells Publications
AFTA NAFTA: USMCA and the path forward International Trade Alert
25 October 2018
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells Celebrates 70 Years of Work in Mexico; Four Years after Merger
20 August 2018
Hogan Lovells Publications
Mexico City: Lessons learned – and action taken – helps the world’s largest city get back to business after earthquakes
02 October 2017
Webinar
The U.S. Election Results Are In: A Look at What the Outcome Means for Mexico/U.S. Relations
17 November 2016 | 1:00 PM (EST)
