Von Wobeser & Sierra, S.C. has helped Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo sign a power purchase agreement with utilities provider Iberdrola México worth US$350 million.

Prior to joining our firm in 2021, our partner Pablo Jiménez was the Global Vice President of Reputation and Communications at Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world's leading brewer. His previous position at AB InBev was Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs for Grupo Modelo and the Middle Americas zone. Pablo’s story, summarized in this article, showcases his infectious positivity, ambition, and willingness to take life by the reins. 

Our partner Pablo Jiménez, then Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs of Grupo Modelo and the Middle Americas zone, was able to negotiate the terms of the investment agreement for the plant that the brewery was building in Yucatán.

We are proud to announce that Von Wobeser´s competition team led by Partner, Fernando Carreño, won this year´s Global Competition Matter of the year Award for its counsel regarding Anheuser-Busch InBev´s acquisition of SABMiller. The GCR 7th Annual Awards took place on March 28th 2017 and celebrated the best matters related to competition and antitrust.

Our Partner, Fernando Carreño and Associate Paloma Alcántara were recognized.

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Von Wobeser & Sierra, S.C. is pleased to announce that our Partner, Andrés Nieto will be speaker and moderator in conference “Financial Arbitration”, in Mexico City on 30rd March, 2017 from 15:30 – 20:30 hours in the hotel Four Seasons.

Durakon Industries Mexico, which is controlled by PendaForm, hired Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago and Mexico´s Von Wobeser & Sierra, S.C. for the deal.

A specialised court has given both of Mexico’s competition enforcers power to review the AT&T/Time Warnerdeal.

Mexico´s competition watchdog has found evidence of anticompetitive practices in the market for medical latex products and the market for industrial oxygen, it said on 2 February.

The transaction was advised in Mexico City by Von Wobeser and Sierra, S.C. On behalf of PendaForm, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.

For the first time, Mexico’s Federal Commission for Economic Competition on Wednesday referred for prosecution individuals who allegedly violated the country’s competition law, as part of the competition authority’s investigation of collusion in public health tenders.