Maria Luisa Petricioli Castellón
Partner
Gerardo Perez-Chow Martínez
Partner

“María Luisa Petricioli Castellón is very pragmatic and mindful. She provides an excellent service.”
- Chambers
Awarded the 2025 Galardon Meridiano by the Mexican Association of Brokerage Firms (AMIB), in recognition of her outstanding career and contribution to the Mexican securities market.
María Luisa is a founding partner. Her broad domestic and cross-border practice focuses primarily on capital markets, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring.
Our clients regard María Luisa as a highly proficient advisor, bringing an unmatched combination of profound legal knowledge and pragmatic acumen.
María Luisa’s multidisciplinary experience allows her to deliver holistic and savvy advice to our clients, meeting both their legal and business objectives.
In the international arena, Maria Luisa has a wealth of experience advising Mexican companies in their 144A / Reg-S issuances, exchange and tender offers, as well as other cross border capital markets transactions.
Maria Luisa has been frequently involved in shaping the legal and regulatory framework concerning securities law, finance law, antitrust law and telecom law.
Additionally, Maria Luisa’s practice also includes advising private clients in wealth management, estate planning, asset relocation and international investments matters.
Maria Luisa has been recognized and ranked by Chambers and other respectable rankings.
Selected transactions:
Fernando Chico Pardo and Family on their US$2.3 billion acquisition of 25% of Banamex.
America Movil in:
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multiple domestic debt public offerings
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multiple international debt issuances
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its spin-offs and direct listings of its towers businesses, Telesites in Mexico and Sitios Latinoamérica, internationally
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multiple exchange and tender offers
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the reclassification of its capital stock
Grupo Traxion in:
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its IPO
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follow-on offering
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multiple debt public offerings
Grupo Lala in
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its IPO and international 144A / Reg-S offering
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its go-private and delisting process
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its domestic debt public offerings
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multiple M&A transactions acquisitions
Grupo Nutrisa on its direct listing in the Mexican Stock Exchange.
GICSA in:
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its IPO and international 144A / Reg-S offering
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its multiple domestic debt public offerings
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its issuance of 144A / Reg-S notes
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its restructuring of CEBURES and 144A / Reg-S notes
Shareholders of Aeromexico in its Chapter 11
Grupo Chedraui in:
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its IPO
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its domestic debt public offerings
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in the acquisitions of, Smart and Final, Fiesta Mart, Carrefour Mexico and Arteli.
Grupo Sanborns in its IPO
Bachoco in:
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its go-private and delisting process
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its domestic debt public offerings
Banco Inbursa in
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its multiple domestic debt public offerings
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divestment from The New York Times
Grupo Kaltex in:
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the issuance of its 144A / Reg-S Senior Secured Notes
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its exchange offer and tender offer of its 144A / Reg-S Senior Secured Notes
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the acquisition of Grupo Milano
BBVA Mexico in its Tier 2 Subordinated Preferred Capital Notes
Mexican Stock Exchange in regulatory, reporting and compliance matters
Grupo Angeles in its multiple acquisitions, including:
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Laboratorios Kener and CIMA Hospitales
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Grupo Angeles in multiple facilities agreements
Grupo IDESA in its cash tender offer for its outstanding 6.5% senior notes due 2028.
Cetelem in its certificados bursátiles shelf program.
Grupo Herdez in the segregation of Grupo Nutrisa through a dividend in kind to its shareholders.
Grupo Real Turismo in the sale of a hotel portfolio to private investors.
Casa Ley in the repurchase of 49% of its capital stock from Safeway
Banco Sabadell in the sale of its stake in BanBajio to Temasek
Tactive on is management buy-out of Evercore Casa de Bolsa
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) in its acquisition of Montego Bay Airport in Jamaica
Santander Mexico in its Acquisition of ING Hipotecaria
Grupo Carso in its sale of its stake in Phillip Morris Mexico to Philip Morris International
Bondholders in FAMSA’s bankruptcy proceeding
PRACTICES
Capital Markets
Financing
Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Special Situations
Restructuring
Telecom
Antitrust
Real Estate
Private Clients
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Instituto Tecnológico Autómo de México (ITAM)
Law degree, with honors.
Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M.
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Escuela Libre de Derecho
Law degree, with honors.
New York University
LL.M.
Gerardo has been recognized and ranked by Chambers and other respectable rankings.
Maria Luisa Petricioli Castellon
Partner

PRACTICES
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Financing
Restructuring
Special Situations
Capital Markets
Corporate
Antitrust
Private Clients
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Escuela Libre de Derecho
Law degree, with honors.
New York University
LL.M.
Gerardo has been recognized and ranked by Chambers and other respectable rankings.
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Law degree, with honors.
Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M.
Bosque de Alisos 47 A 1st Floor A2-11
Mexico City, Mexico, 05240
Tel. +52 (55) 1105-1300

