Ricardo Pons Mestre

LanguagesEnglish, Spanish

Practice groupGlobal Regulatory

"Recommended specialist Ricardo Pons, and the highly regarded Omar Guerrero, co-lead the nine-strong team."
Legal 500

With decades of experience, Ricardo Pons Mestre focuses his practice on antitrust and competition matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, and mining.

In the antitrust and competition arena, Ricardo focuses on merger control, cartel investigations, and abuse of dominance cases, as well as preventive consultation and training programs for clients. Ricardo is also actively involved in mergers and acquisitions, representing both Mexican and international clients.

Ricardo joined Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa (now Hogan Lovells) in 1993. Chambers, Who's Who Legal, and Legal 500 all rank Ricardo as a top lawyer.

Awards and recognitions

2017-2023

Competition/Antitrust
Chambers Latin America

2017-2019,2021-2023

Antitrust & Competition
Latin Lawyer 250

2023

Corporate and M&A
Latin Lawyer 250

2017-2023

Competition and Antitrust
Legal 500 Latin America

2023

Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 Latin America

2020

Antitrust and Competition
Latin Lawyer National

2020

Acritas Star
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers

Education and admissions

Education

LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science, 1997

Law Degree, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 1993

Related practices

Antitrust and Competition Our legal work in Latin America

Related areas of focus

Antitrust and Competition Litigation Merger Control Abuse of Dominance and Restrictive Practices Competition Compliance Agency Investigations Sports

Representative experience

Advising 21st Century Fox in a worldwide merger with Disney in Mexico. The matter was filed before COFECE and IFT.

Advised Amcor in Mexico regarding world-wide acquisition of Bemis in relation to local merger control proceedings.

Advising Bayer AG in remedy compliance with respect its acquisition of Monsanto.

Advising Cancun International Airport in an alleged abuse of dominance as to taxi entry into the airport.

Advising Repsol, S.A. in the acquisition of equity in Bardahl.

Advising Owens Illinois in acquisition of glass container business from Vitro.

Representing GE in the Mexico filing on the sale of its transportation unit to Wabtec.

Latest thinking and events

Press Releases

Hogan Lovells advises VALOREO on transaction with Razor

24 January 2023

Press Releases

Hogan Lovells advises Mondelēz International in landmark transaction with Grupo Bimbo

03 May 2022

Insights and Analysis

Hogan Lovells contributes to the GCR Foreign Direct Investment Regulation Guide

Registered Content

23 December 2021

Awards and Rankings

Hogan Lovells Antitrust and Competition Lawyers Recognized as 2022 Thought Leaders and Future Leaders

04 August 2021

Hogan Lovells Publications

Mexico | Cofece released a communication that exempts Competition Law due to the COVID-19 pandemic

29 March 2020

Published Works

Mexico, Latin Lawyer Reference Antitrust 2019 Latin Lawyer Reference Antitrust

2019

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