Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises Mondelēz International in landmark transaction with Grupo Bimbo
03 May 2022
Juan Francisco Torres Landa
PartnerMexico City
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +52 55 5091 0157
Fax +52 55 5091 0123
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
"Juan Francisco Torres Landa is 'one of the 13th most influential lawyers in Mexico.'"
Poder y Negocios Magazine
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
2020
Corporate and M&A
Latin Lawyer National
2020
Energy
Latin Lawyer National
2020
Anti-corruption investigations and compliance
Latin Lawyer National
2018-2021
Compliance (Mexico)
Chambers Global
2015-2020
Corporate/M&A (Mexico)
Chambers Global
2011-2012, 2016-2021
Corporate/M&A (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
2012, 2016-2021
Real Estate (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
2018-2021
Compliance: Band 3
Chambers Latin America
2016-2019
Energy and Natural Resources
Legal 500 Latin America
2021
Corporate/M&A: Band 2
Chambers Latin America
2018
White Collar Crime and Compliance
Latin Lawyer 250
2018
Energy
Who's Who Legal
2018-2021
Corporate and M&A
Legal 500
2017-2020
Energy
Latin Lawyer 250
2017-2020
Corporate and M&A
Latin Lawyer 250
2018-2021
Band 2, Real Estate
The Legal 500
2021
Band 4, Real Estate
Chambers Latin America
Education and admissions
Education
Postgraduate Degree, Taxation, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 1992
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1990
Law Degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Law School, 1988
Memberships
Secretary, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, 2005-Present
Representative experience
Assisting Carso Energy with the cross-border project of the Presidio gas pipeline from Texas to Chihuahua.
Assisting Imerys with the corporate reorganization of all local subsidiaries.
Handling the reorganization of Procter & Gamble Mexico in a multi-jurisdiction strategy involving sophisticated corporate, tax, labor, and foreign trade.
Assisting Grupo BAL in the review of new investments in the financial and energy sectors; coordinating advice to proceed with project's evaluations.
Assisting Affinia Group in the divestiture process of its brake parts-related division.
Assisting Honeywell in the implementation of projects related to the opening up of the energy sector.
Advising Valoreo in the initial round of financing for US$50m, as well as in the operations for its establishment and growth in Latin America.
Represented Cooper Tire in the acquisition of the minority stake of local investors in Coocsa, for approximately US$50m.
Latest thinking and events
News
Identification of the Beneficial Controller as a new tax liability
25 February 2022
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Hogan Lovells advises Cardone Industries in voluntary action plan agreement with USTR after USMCA labor petition
10 August 2021
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Getting The Deal Through: Automotive 2021
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26 July 2021
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Hogan Lovells advises NX Football USA LLC in its acquisition of a 50% stake in the Necaxa Soccer Club
04 June 2021
