{"id":770,"date":"2023-09-11T01:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdabogados.com.mx\/team\/luis-a-cervantes-castillo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:55:27","slug":"luis-a-cervantes-castillo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cdabogados.com.mx\/en\/team\/luis-a-cervantes-castillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis A. Cervantes Castillo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luis A. Cervantes Castillo<\/span><\/h2>\n
Partner<\/h5>\n

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Practice areas<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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  • Arbitration, Litigation, and Dispute Resolution.<\/li>\n
  • Banking and Finance.<\/li>\n
  • Bankruptcy and Restructuring.<\/li>\n
  • Corporate, Mergers, and Acquisitions.<\/li>\n
  • Real estate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Education<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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    • Columbia Law School, LLM, New York, 2009.<\/li>\n
    • Escuela Libre de Derecho, Civil Law Postgraduate Degree, Mexico City, 2007.<\/li>\n
    • Escuela Libre de Derecho, Abogado (J.D. Equivalent), Mexico City, 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”623″ img_size=”large” el_class=”imagenTop” css=”.vc_custom_1694513549798{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” el_class=”fijarFondo” css=”.vc_custom_1694416126946{margin-top: 15px !important;margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/www.cdabogados.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/marmol.jpg?id=80) !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1091″ img_size=”200×0″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”834″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1704975580932{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”836″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1704975588212{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”844″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1690974567441{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”quitarMargenes” css=”.vc_custom_1694598757599{margin-right: 10% !important;}”]Luis A. Cervantes Castillo, founding partner of CDA, has close to 20 years of experience representing national and international clients in complex commercial and civil dispute resolutions, with special emphasis in corporate, securities, shareholders, and bankruptcy litigation.<\/p>\n

      Before founding CDA, Luis was a partner in Cervantes Sainz, where he worked for 16 years, was one of the top attorneys in its litigation department and led the corporate practice group.<\/p>\n

      Luis has represented clients in a wide variety of local and cross-border commercial transactions, specifically M&A and restructuring deals, and is actively involved in giving advice in corporate and family business governance.<\/p>\n

      Finally, Luis represents national and foreign developers, lenders, and private equity investors in connection with real estate projects involving all asset classes. He is involved in the formation of private and public real estate funds in Mexico, and has vast experience representing real estate investment trusts in their equity and debt investments in the country.<\/p>\n

      Luis A. Cervantes Castillo serves in the Board of Directors of multiple national and foreign companies. Among others, Luis serves in the Board of Directors of Banca Mifel, S.A., Instituci\u00f3n de Banca M\u00faltiple, Grupo Financiero Mifel, and the Technical Committee of FibraPlus, a Mexican Real Estate Investment Trust.<\/p>\n

      Relevant Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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      • Represented N\u00e9mesis Capital, manager of FibraPlus, in its settling and public offering process.<\/li>\n
      • Represented Zurich Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Seguros, S.A., in the acquisition of 100% of QBE de M\u00e9xico, Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Seguros, S.A. de C.V.\u00b4s equity.<\/li>\n
      • Represented TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V., in the shareholders litigation resulting in the successful acquisition by TC Azteca of a majority stake and full control in Televisora del Valle de M\u00e9xico, S.A. de C.V. (Canal 40).<\/li>\n
      • Represented Sergio P\u00e9rez Michel, Mexican Formula 1 driver, in the negotiation and execution of commercial, promotional and sponsorship agreements.<\/li>\n
      • Represented Grupo Vallas in the acquisition of 100% of V\u00eda Verde.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Professional experience<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

        Cervantes Sainz, SC, Mexico City, 2011 – 2020.
        \nGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, 2009 – 2011.
        \nCervantes Sainz, SC, Mexico City, 2004 – 2008.
        \nDavis Arnold Cooper, London, 2003.<\/p>\n

        Awards and honours<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

        The Legal 500 Latin America: Corporate M&A, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Real Estate, 2021.
        \nThe Legal 500 Latin America: Real Estate, 2019.
        \nThe Best Lawyers: Commercial Litigation 2022.<\/p>\n

        Memberships and other activities<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

        Barra Mexicana de Abogados
        \nInternational Bar Association
        \nAmerican Bar Association<\/p>\n

        Languages<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

        Spanish
        \nEnglish[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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