COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LAWYER OF THE YEAR WINNER

Alonso Rivera Gaxiola ALONSO RIVERA GAXIOLA

Alonso Rivera Gaxiola is a Mexican attorney with more than 20 years of experience. He is a specialist in civil, commercial, corporate and administrative litigation, in bankruptcy proceedings, in national and international financial restructuring, as well as in national and international commercial arbitration. He is founder and directing partner of Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera, S.C.

Throughout his career, Alonso has faced the most complex cases with tremendous challenges and superb success.

Alonso focuses his practice on bankruptcy proceedings and financial restructuring, as well as on disputes between shareholders. Given the complexity and sophistication

NOTABLE LEGAL WORK • Counsel and representation of one of the most important glass companies in the world in an in-court international restructuring proceeding valued at over four billion dollars that was highly publicized and had great economic and political transcendence.

• Representation of international financial organizations in the recovery of assets such as aircrafts, ships and machinery, among others.

• Representation of international financial organizations in commercial litigations to secure payments of amounts owed by debtors that stemmed from all types of commercial and financial contracts.

• Representation of thousands of farmworkers in the defense of their right to use international waters.

• Counsel and representation of one of the main political parties and one of the

36 Latin Corporate Legal Awards 2013

of international commerce, relations and transactions, financial restructures regularly involve more than one judicial system and culture.

exercise great understanding and abilities, as well as a great deal of creativity.

When dealing with shareholder disputes, Alonso’s greatest challenge is to avoid a negative effect on the company’s operations and business while the shareholders resolve their differences and the courts adjudicate claims.

The cases Alonso takes on regularly require complex strategies focused on solutions that meet his clients’ goals and objectives.

This implies that Alonso must

FIRM PROFILE Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco y Barrera, S.C. is a law firm dedicated to litigation, made up of professionals who have the highest level of responsibility and care for its clients. Our main office is located in Mexico City and we have an office in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Our firm has practice throughout Mexico, through our own staff, and by strategic alliances with the most prestigious local firms. Our practices include: civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy proceedings, financial restructuring, shareholder disputes,

administrative litigation,

national and international commercial arbitration, telecommunications, aviation and maritime law. - See more at: http://www.rgcyb.com

most transcendental national leaders in unprecedented matters that included multi-million claims for moral damage.

• Representation of the leading privately owned group in the sugar industry, in the defense of its rights before the federal government and sugar cane plantation owners.

• Counsel and representation of an international investment bank in the restructuring of credits for over 300 million dollars.

• Counsel and representation in the favorable defense of one of the most important companies in Mexico as it faced an attempt of hostile seizure by a financial institution, obtaining, even, the first securities seizure in Mexico in accordance with the new Securities Exchange Law, thus setting an important national and international precedent.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Civil and Commercial Litigation • Bankruptcy Proceedings • Financial Restructurings • Shareholder and Corporate Disputes • Administrative Litigation

• National and International Commercial Arbitration

• Telecommunications • Aviation and Maritime Law

CONTACT

Alonso Rivera Gaxiola (Partner) Tel: 81(55) 10841230 Email: arivera@rgcyb.com

MEXICO