Gardere Partner Fernando Camarena Named to The Best Lawyers in Mexico 2016

    MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, October 23, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Fernando Camarena Cardona has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Mexico 2016 in the areas of Corporate and M&A Law. This is the second consecutive year that Mr. Camarena has received this honor.

"We are very proud that Fernando has been recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in Mexico," says Roberto Arena, who heads the Firm's Mexico City office. "In addition to being an excellent tax and transactional attorney, he exhibits an impressive financial and practical understanding of complex cases, which is appreciated by our clients."

Mr. Camarena is a partner in Gardere's Mexico City office, where he focuses his practice on international and domestic tax issues in Mexico, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. He represents small companies to Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and other global and brand name corporations in the energy, manufacturing, nutritional supplement, insurance and other industries. Mr. Camarena understands the corporate vision, as well as the technical transaction specifics for U.S. and foreign corporations, such as the permanent establishment issue that arises in joint ventures, especially in the energy industry, and the country-specific treaties on double taxation. His experience also encompasses insurance regulatory and government contracts matters.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and over 12 million votes have been received to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest's largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in the areas of aviation, chemical and refining, corporate, energy, environmental, financial restructuring and reorganization, government affairs, hospitality, insurance, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, manufacturing, maritime, private equity, real estate, retail, tax and technology law.

For more information, visit http://www.gardere.com, or contact Jennifer Dilworth at 214-999-4718 or [email protected], or Connie Thompson at 214-999-4288 or [email protected].

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