Greenberg Traurig Mexico bolsters its Corporate, Environmental, Energy, and Financial Practices with the promotion of four lawyers

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig announced the elevation of Víctor Felipe Callarisa Rivera and Rocío Olea Salgado to shareholder and Luis Jorge Akle Arronte and Rodrigo Vázquez del Mercado-Rivera to of counsel. With these elevations, the office now has 27 shareholders, three of counsels, and more than 80 business professionals.

"We congratulate our four promoted attorneys. This achievement reflects our commitment to excellence in client service and the strengthening of our practices, ensuring continuous growth in the market," commented José Raz Guzmán, Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office co-managing shareholder and Latin America Practice co-chair.

Callarisa Rivera focuses his practice on financing, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Combining these areas of practice, Callarisa Rivera has advised both domestic and international companies on complex mergers and acquisitions transactions with financing components such as seller financing. Additionally, he provides counsel on various traditional and structured financing transactions, both domestic and international. He earned his law degree, with honors, from Escuela Libre de Derecho.

"It has been a privilege to work alongside Víctor for these 14 years. Víctor has an outstanding career path with his great ability to close transactions and draft documents that faithfully reflect the will of his clients, always adhering to the highest quality standards," commented Rodrigo Orozco Waters, Mexico City Banking & Finance Services Practice shareholder. "I am confident he will continue to add value to the firm’s financial practice."

Olea Salgado focuses her practice on corporate law and antitrust matters, including transactional and regulatory compliance matters in technology, e-commerce, maquila, and pharmaceuticals, among other industries, as well as economic and competitive issues, including the review and notification of concentrations and investigations of alleged anticompetitive conduct before the Federal Economic Competition Commission. She holds a law and economics degree from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), and a master’s degree in international business law from Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas.