Francisco Andres Gamez-Garza

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Overview

Francisco Andrés Gámez-Garza is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Monterrey office. Mr. Gámez-Garza has more than 18 years of experience advising clients in corporate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), general financing, joint ventures, due diligence, business structuring, divestitures, sales, spinoffs, dissolution, company liquidation and real estate transactions. He has also helped to set up and oversee operations in Mexico for local and multinational clients.

In addition, Mr. Gámez-Garza has broad experience in the environmental sector, including environmental permitting. His financing experience includes advising financial institutions and companies in structuring and securing financing transactions.

Industry sources praise Mr. Gámez-Garza's work:

He pays great attention to the details … For any questions I have, he is the one I always go to; he is very responsive.

– Chambers Global 2021 guide

It's very easy working with him; he is very accessible and skillful in negotiations and in the resolution of conflicts.

– Chambers Latin America 2020 guide

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Gámez-Garza worked for a leading Mexican law firm. He also worked for a Mexican multinational building materials company, where he advised on several strategic operations and special projects, including the company's day-to-day corporate legal needs.

In addition, Mr. Gámez-Garza has completed a seminar on American law and language in 2002 and business law studies at the University of Connecticut in 1998.

Representative Experience

Advised a Chinese automotive manufacturer in the establishment of its operations in Mexico on the import and distribution of vehicles through a dealers network
Advised a white appliances Chinese manufacturer in the establishment of its operations in Mexico of a manufacturing plant and subcomponents in the State of Nuevo León; counsel included tax planning, business structuring, negotiating incentives with the state government, acquiring land, overseeing all environmental and urban development permits and licenses, and customs and foreign trade matters
Advised a Korean manufacturer on the e-mobility industry sector in the establishment of its operations in Mexico of a manufacturing plant and subcomponents in the State of Durango; counsel included negotiating incentives with the state government, acquiring land, overseeing all environmental and urban development permits and licenses, and customs and foreign trade matters
Advised a Chinese manufacturer of lawn mowers in the establishment of its operations in Mexico of a manufacturing plant in the State of Nuevo León; counsel included negotiating business structuring, incentives with the state government, acquiring land, overseeing all environmental and urban development permits and licenses, and customs and foreign trade matters
Advised a U.S. brake manufacturer on the establishment of a manufacturing plant and subcomponents in the State of Jalisco; counsel included tax planning, business structuring, negotiating incentives with the state government, acquiring land, overseeing all environmental and urban development permits and licenses, and customs and foreign trade matters
Counseled a U.S.-based specialty truck company in the process of establishing a manufacturing plant for heavy vehicles in the State of Guanajuato
Helped a large U.S. corporation obtain land, water, air and waste environmental permits to set up a Mexican subsidiary in Bajío, Mexico; advice included representation before federal, state and municipal environmental agencies and urban development authorities, legal analysis regarding the subsidiary's particularity air emissions requirements, and advice on securing water concessions
Assisted with environmental due diligence and environmental regularization (permitting) before environmental federal, state and municipal and mining governmental agencies for a hotel project in Mazatlán, Sinaloa
Assisted a Canadian bank with the implementation of Mexican securities and collateral package to secure the due payment and performance of the debtor's obligations under a credit agreement for a multimillion-dollar amount; assisted the same client in amending the terms and conditions of a Mexican security trust agreement

Represented an owner in the negotiation of the land acquisition, real estate due diligence, construction, corporate structuring and business legal management of a recognized hotel in Mazatlán, Sinaloa
Represented an owner in the land acquisition, real estate due diligence, construction, corporate structuring and business legal management of one of the most representative luxury hotels in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur
Represented an owner in the negotiation of land acquisition and real estate due diligence of one of the most representative hotels in Ensenada, Baja California

Advised a Chinese leader in the hotmelt adhesives industry on the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of industrial property to establish its plant in the State of Nuevo León, as well as overseeing all environmental and urban development permits and licenses for the construction of its plant
Advised a Chinese manufacturer of engine cooling systems for off-highway and on-highway vehicles in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in the State of Coahuila
Advised a Chinese artificial grass manufacturer in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in Nuevo León
Advised a Chinese leader in one-stop lighting, solar and clean energy manufacturing, on the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the lease of an industrial property to establish its operations in Coahuila
Advised one of the larger and professional Chinese manufacturers of agriculture and forestry products in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in Coahuila
Represented a German chemical specialist company that offers innovative products and services in a broad range of sustainable solutions in the audit of its urban and environmental permits to protect it from a possible change related to the Municipal Urban Development Program of Santa Catarina, Nuevo León
Advised a Chinese company that is dedicated to a marketing and distribution company in the auto parts industry in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in Nuevo León
Advised a Japanese comprehensive manufacturer based on foaming technology in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in Coahuila
Advised a leading Chinese manufacturer of innovative outdoor power products in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including the legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in Nuevo León
Representation of one of the largest tortilla manufacturers in America to install its facilities in Nuevo León, Mexico, by advising it on real estate lease agreement and obtaining its urban permits to establish its operations
Advised a leading Chinese manufacturer of innovative outdoor power products in the establishment of its operations in Mexico, including legal and environmental due diligence and the purchase of an industrial property to establish its plant in Nuevo León

Credentials

Education

Universidad Regiomontana, LL.M.
Universidad de Monterrey, J.D.

Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA)
Automotive Monterrey Cluster
Index Monterrey
Invest Monterrey
French Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Honors & Awards

The Best Lawyers in Mexico, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Project Finance and Development Practice, 2019-2025
Chambers Latin America, Corporate/Commercial Monterrey, 2023, 2024, 2025
Legal 500 Latin America, Corporate/M&A Mexico; Banking & Finance Mexico, 2022