Our People
Felipe Fernández Peña
Partner
Banking and Structured Finance; Real Estate; Corporate
Felipe Fernández Peña focuses his practice on complex financing and financial transactions. He has represented banks, SOFOMs, investment funds, and other financial institutions as creditors, as well as companies, developers, and investment vehicles as borrowers and issuers.
His experience includes bilateral, syndicated, and structured financings, acquisition financings, and financing transactions involving real estate projects, infrastructure, and financial intermediaries. He also regularly advises clients on debt issuances, restructurings, and refinancings.
Felipe regularly participates in domestic and cross-border transactions, bringing a strong understanding of both the legal and financial aspects of each transaction.
Luis A. García Campuzano
Partner
Corporate Governance; Compliance; Mergers and Acquisitions
Luis A. García Campuzano focuses his practice on corporate governance, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity.
He has advised Mexican and foreign companies on the design and implementation of corporate governance structures, compliance programs, and corporate integrity systems. He has also represented business organizations and civil society organizations in regulatory initiatives and in the development of corporate governance and anti-corruption best practices.
Luis also has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and complex commercial agreements.
Alfredo Gómez Pérez
Partner
Private Equity; Capital Markets; Finance and Strategic Transactions
Alfredo Gómez Pérez focuses his practice on financing, capital markets, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience advising companies, investment funds, family offices, financial institutions, and investors on the structuring and implementation of complex transactions.
He has participated in financing, refinancing, and restructuring transactions, as well as securities offerings, acquisitions, divestitures, and the establishment of domestic and international investment vehicles.
In addition to his legal practice, Alfredo serves as a board member of various organizations in the industrial, financial, and social sectors.
Rafael Quevedo Muñiz
Partner
Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Infrastructure and Energy
Rafael Quevedo Muñiz focuses his practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, joint ventures, and corporate governance.
He has extensive experience advising public and private companies on domestic and international financing transactions, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and complex corporate matters.
He has also participated in infrastructure and energy projects, including renewable energy projects, as well as matters related to compliance with securities market regulations in Mexico.
Francisco Torres
Partner
Insurance and Surety; Economic Competition; Mergers and Acquisitions
Francisco Torres González focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, insurance and surety law, economic competition, and corporate law.
Throughout his career, he has advised domestic and international companies on corporate and transactional matters across various industries, including the insurance, industrial, and commercial sectors.
He also advises boards of directors and audit committees of financial institutions and insurance companies on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
Alejandro Villarreal Santos
Partner
Capital Markets; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions
Alejandro Villarreal Santos focuses his practice on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, and estate planning.
He has represented issuers and investors in various securities transactions, including debt and equity offerings in Mexico and international markets. His experience includes the issuance of publicly traded debt securities, secured and unsecured senior notes, shares, and other financial instruments.
He has also advised clients on acquisitions, sales of companies and assets, corporate reorganizations, and estate planning strategies for business groups and entrepreneurial families.
Carlos Aldrete Ancira
Counsel
Corporate Law; Corporate Governance; Mergers and Acquisitions
Carlos Eduardo Aldrete Ancira has more than forty years of experience advising companies, entrepreneurial families, and corporate groups on corporate matters, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions.
He is recognized for his experience in family protocols, shareholder relations, boards of directors and their committees, as well as the design of governance structures for family-owned businesses and corporate groups.
Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales
Counsel
Banking and Finance; Corporate; Dispute Resolution
Ramiro Villarreal Morales is a Senior Partner of the firm. He brings more than four decades of professional experience in banking and finance, corporate law, and dispute resolution.
His extensive experience enables him to provide strategic guidance on complex matters, contributing an integrated business perspective and a deep understanding of the Mexican legal and business environment.
Elsa Cantú García
Business Development Director
Elsa Cantú is a lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in private practice and senior corporate legal leadership positions. As Business Development Director at VGF, she is responsible for developing and implementing strategic business development initiatives across the firm’s practice areas, helping to strengthen client relationships, expand market presence, and identify new growth opportunities.
Before joining VGF, Elsa practiced at White & Case in Monterrey, Mexico City and Washington, D.C., and subsequently held senior legal management positions in the oil and gas and construction industries. Throughout her career, her practice has focused on the structuring and execution of sophisticated transactions, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and projects involving highly specialized industries.
Elsa holds a Law Degree from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores (Campus Monterrey) and a Certification on Global Economics and Business by the American University in Washington D.C.
Mauricio Jaime González
Associate
Banking and Finance; Corporate
Mauricio Jaime González focuses his practice on corporate and financial transactions. He has represented banks, SOFOMs, investment funds, and other financial institutions, as well as domestic and international companies and investment vehicles, in financing transactions.
His experience includes bilateral, syndicated, and structured financings, project finance, refinancings, and restructurings, participating in the negotiation and documentation of complex transactions.
Napoleón Cantú Herrera
Associate
Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity and Venture Capital; Finance; Corporate Governance
Napoleón focuses his practice on corporate and transactional law, with particular experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, capital markets, corporate governance, and estate planning.
He has participated in a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, advising individuals, private companies, and public companies on the structuring and execution of complex matters. His experience includes acquisitions, tender offers, divestitures, issuances and reopenings of publicly traded debt securities, strategic partnerships, corporate restructurings, financings, and estate planning transactions, among other matters.
Napoleón earned his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and obtained a business certificate (Wharton Business and Law Certificate (WBLC)) from The Wharton School.
He has been admitted to the New York State Bar since November 2025.
Isabel de la Garza
Associate
Corporate Law; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions
Isabel focuses her practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets, with experience across a range of financing and securities transactions.
Throughout her career, she has participated in matters involving bond issuances (certificados bursátiles) and updates to securities registrations, as well as estate planning matters and various real estate projects.
Isabel holds a Master’s Degree in Business Law from Universidad de Monterrey.
She has been a member of the International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi, since October 2018.
Eva Paola Doris Treviño
Associate
Eva focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters, advising companies, investors, and family-owned businesses on a broad range of commercial and strategic legal issues. She has experience in the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial, civil, and financing agreements. Her practice includes corporate restructurings, corporate regularization processes, legal due diligence, and estate planning matters. She also advises on foreign investment, compliance, private equity, intellectual property, insurance, and family law matters.
Eva holds a Law Degree from the University of Monterrey and a Master's Degree in Business Law from Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey. She has also completed specialized training in Anti-Money Laundering and Cash Management at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and is affiliated to the Mexican Bar Association.
Ana Rebeca Luna Castillo
Associate
Real Estate; Corporate Law; Infrastructure
Ana Rebeca focuses her practice on real estate and corporate transaction matters, with experience in the structuring and execution of real estate transactions and project financings.
Recently, she has advised clients in matters involving residential, commercial, and industrial real estate projects, as well as financings related to these types of developments.
José Carlos Valadez Suárez
Associate
Corporate Law; Real Estate; Finance
José Carlos has experience in corporate, real estate, and financing matters.
He has participated in various real estate planning projects, as well as in the acquisition and sale of real estate assets in the private sector.
He has also represented companies within corporate groups in a variety of commercial transactions.
César Guevara Morales
Associate
Corporate Law; Finance; Infrastructure; Mergers and Acquisitions
César Guevara focuses his practice on representing lenders, investors, and borrowers in complex financing transactions, including bilateral, syndicated, and structured financings. He has advised banks, non-bank financial institutions (SOFOMs), investment funds, trustees, master servicers, and Mexican and foreign companies on bilateral, syndicated, and structured financing transactions.
His practice focuses on the structuring, negotiation, and implementation of credit agreements, administration and payment source trusts, factoring arrangements, receivables assignments, security interests, and other financing-related documents. He also participates in legal due diligence processes and transaction closings, advising clients on the transactional and regulatory aspects of financing structures.
César holds a Law Degree from Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey and a Master's Degree in International Business and Financial Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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