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Von Wobeser helps Grupo Modelo invest in eighth Mexican brewery
February, 2015
Mexico’s largest brewer Grupo Modelo has retained Von Wobeser y Sierra SC to invest US$151 million in a new production plant in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
 
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Global Arbitration Review - The GAR 100, The Guide to Specialist Arbitration Firms
February, 2015
Global Arbitration Review singles out Von Wobeser y Sierra´s arbitration practice as one of the best options Law Firms in Latin America.
 
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Latin Lawyer- Von Wobeser in US electrical component deal
February, 2015
US-based Electrical Components International has hired Mexico's Von Wobeser y Sierra SC to advise it on the acquisition of Global Harness Systems.
 
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Von Wobeser y Sierra´s Of Counsel, Guillermo Ortíz Mayagoitia, Retired Presiding Justice of Mexico and our Partner Diego Sierra participated in the International Bar Association´s Judicial Integrity Initiative in London
February, 2015

On February 19th 2015 Retired Presiding Justice Ortiz Mayagoitia and Diego Sierra participated (as expert and rapporteur, respectively) in the London high-level meeting hosted by IBA President David W. Rivkin and both are eager to continue contributing to the IBA efforts to raise ethical standards in the legal profession. This meeting focused on developing ideas for the IBA Judicial Integrity Initiative, a new project aimed at combating judicial corruption. Other notable individuals that took part in the inaugural meeting are current and former chiefs of justice from several jurisdictions and representatives from, among others: the Organization for Economic Co-operation (OECD); the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) - Top100: Mexico.
February, 2015
Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) recognizes Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. for being one of the most popular leading law firms in Mexico, which have consulted some of the top 100 companies in this country.
 
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Global Competition Review- Mexico looks at airport slots in first “barriers to competition” investigation
February, 2015
Mexico looks at airport slots in first “barriers to competition” investigation. Mexico’s competition enforcer has begun investigating how take-off and landing slots at Mexico City’s international airport are allocated to find out whether there is enough competition among airlines at the hub.
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Montserrat Manzano, Senior Associate of Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. has been named as member and representative of The Center for American & International Law´s Editorial Board of News & Notes
January, 2015

Montserrat Manzano, Senior Associate of Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. has been named as member and representative of The Center for American & International Law´s Editorial Board of News & Notes. In January 2015, Montserrat Manzano from Mexican law firm Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. was named member and representative of the Editorial Board, News & Notes on behalf of the Young Arbitrators Initiative Committee of The Center for American & International Law.

Round One Bids for the Oil & Gas Sector
January, 2015
Round One is the procedure through which the CNH will offer to the private sector 169 areas for engaging in oil and gas extraction and exploration projects in deep waters, in shallow waters and for unconventional resources.

January 26th 2015.

Dear clients and friends,

The Energy Reform approved in December 2013, establishes that the private sector can participate in the extraction and exploration of oil and gas under the procedure that the State determines. In this regard, on December 11, 2014, the National Oil and Gas Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos) ("CNH") issued the rules for the first bid of 14 contractual areas of Round One.
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New Minimum Wages as of January 1st, 2015
December, 2014
CONSAMI agreed to a general increase of minimum wages of 4.2% for the two geographical zones in Mexico.
 
Dear clients and friends,
 

This past December 19th, 2014, The Representative Council of The National Minimum Wages Commission (CONSAMI in Spanish) agreed to a general increase of minimum wages of 4.2% for the two geographical zones in Mexico. Such wages were published in the Official Gazette of The Federation on December 29th, 2014 and will enter into force as of January 1st, 2015.

The new minimum wages are:

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Latin Lawyer – Businesses still weary of CADE, says panel
December, 2014
More than two years after CADE’s pre-merger notification regime took effect, and despite advances in the time the antitrust authority takes to analyse complex deals, global companies still push to carve Brazil out of worldwide deals to prevent holdups, but CADE is standing firm on its refusal to allow it.
 
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