Azucena Marin

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Azucena Marín is partner in Cuesta Campos, leading the Corporate M&A and Antitrust Compliance teams of the Firm, working on antitrust matters as part of a broader M&A practice, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, competition law, financial transactions and corporate governance.

For over 22 years, Ms. Marin has advised an array of clients in Mexico, US, Japan and Europe in cross-border transactions, corporate structures, strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial agreements, asset-based lending, among other multimillion-dollar transactions. Furthermore, she gives advice on due diligence and compliance issues including topics such as anticorruption, antitrust and competition law, privacy, money laundering and corporate governance. She is especially active in the automotive, manufacturing, financial, pharmaceutical, real estate development and alcoholic beverages industries.

Azucena is a frequent guest speaker at classes and conferences organized by the Universidad Panamericana, the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), the Mexican Institute of Best Corporate Practices (IMMPC), Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, the Mexican Bar Association, the ANADE Jalisco and the Mexican Association of Real Estate Developers, with topics such as issues of due diligence in the acquisition of companies, corporate governance, comparative law in matters of companies and international contracts and transactions, anti-corruption and money laundering regulations.

She is professor of Competition Law at the Law School of the Universidad Panamericana, and member of the Academy of Commercial and Business Law of the same university. She is also head of the Competition Law Committee of ANADE Jalisco and member of the Antitrust Committees of the IBA (International Bar Association) and ABA (American Bar Association).

Additionally, Ms. Marin serves the board of directors of Laboratorios Sophia, leader in the ophthalmic products industry.

Universidad Panamericana

Law Degree, 1997

Postgraduate in Commercial Companies, 2001

King’s College London

Postgraduate Studies in Economics for Competition Law, 2020

National Association of Business Lawyers (ANADE)

Diploma in Corporate and Business Law, 2006, 2008 and 2012

Diploma in Real Estate Law, 2007

Business Valuation (in collaboration with the Association of Commercial Attestors), 2010.

Diploma in Mediation and Negotiation, 2011

Compliance Seminars, including data protection, competition and anti-laundering issues, 2014 and 2015

Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM)

Economic Competition Course under recent legislation (Diploma), 2014

Communication and Crisis Management (Diploma), 2020-2021

Mexico International Chamber of Commerce and Universidad Panamericana

International Commercial Arbitration (Diploma), 2015

  • Due diligence and legal advice on stock and asset purchase transactions of audio equipment and automotive parts plants by a US-based manufacturing corporation.
  • Joint venture transaction under a global cooperation agreement in the automotive industry, concerning the development and operation of an assembly plant of premium passenger cars in Mexico.
  • Structure, design and negotiation of diverse security devices, including syndicated credits, investment vehicles, pledges, mortgages and trusts for leading financing entities and banks.
  • Joint venture transaction between a high-class hotel operator and a leading real estate developer in Mexico for the development of a building with residential, hotel and retail areas.
  • Representation of a worldwide leading contract electronics manufacturer on the due diligence and acquisition of three industrial plants in different cities, as part of global merger transaction.
  • Restructuring of a real estate development for the construction of an additional yacht marina and the potential sale of a residential golf course and touristic resort of 1,235 acres.
  • Legal advice on master plan regulations and CC&R’s for a high-class golf course and real estate development of 443 acres.
  • Negotiation and structure of a hotel management agreement and ancillary documents for a luxury-class hotel in a golf, marina & beach resort.
  • Advice on regulatory compliance and negotiation of agreements for renewable energy projects.
  • Legal restructure of industrial properties for pharmaceutical operations; among other key M&A, foreign investment and real estate transactions.
  • International Bar Association (IBA) – Member of the Economic Competition Committee
  • National Association of Business Lawyers in Jalisco (ANADE Jalisco) – Member of the Board of Directors
  • Meritas Law Firms Worldwide – Member of the Member Engagement Committee
  • Magazine Best Corporate Practices – Member of the Editorial Board

  • Co-author of the second edition of the “Doing Business in Latin America Guide”, published by Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2017.

http://docs.meritas.org/Public_Resources/DBI_LatinAmerica/Mexico.pdf

  • “Non-compete clauses, published by the Best Corporate Practices Magazine, 2017.
  • Co-author of the first edition of the book “Foreign Direct Investment”, chapter Mexico, published by The Global Legal Post, 2016.
  • “The Importance of Compliance”, published by the Best Corporate Practices Magazine, 2013.
  • “The ACC Value Challenge, a project to increase value by outside counsel services to their clients”, published by Abogado Corporativo, 2011.

Chambers & Partners – General Business Law Guadalajara (Band 1)

Stellar partner Azucena Marin is renowned for her mastery of various practice areas including finance, M&A, competition and corporate governance. She also comes recommended for her real estate expertise. “You can tell she has vast experience and that she knows how to close a deal,” attests a client. Interviewees go on to add: “She knows our business well.”

Chambers & Partners – Corporate M&A (Band 5)

Azucena Marin boasts solid expertise in advising national and international clients on a wide range of Mexican transactions. “She is a good and professional lawyer,” notes one source, while a peer says: “She is a machine. She is really focused on M&A and a really good lawyer.”

Legal 500 Latin America – Recommended lawyer

“Hugo Cuesta Leaño and Azucena Marín Díaz deeply know the needs of their clients, are really involved in matters, providing advice in a timely manner.”

IFLR1000 qualifies Azucena Marín as “highly regarded lawyer” in Mergers and Acquisitions.

  • Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Antitrust
  • Banking and Finance

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