David Zavala

David Zavala is a corporate lawyer in Holland & Knight's Monterrey office. Mr. Zavala has more than 17 years of experience advising local and multinational clients in a variety of industries on legal, corporate and secretarial matters, including incorporation of Mexican legal entities, compliance with corporate registries, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), spinoffs, dissolutions and liquidations, transfer of shares and assets, real estate matters and contracts (civil, commercial and finance). His practice also involves negotiating incentives granted by Mexican state governments, designing corporate and business structures, advising on foreign investments, legal due diligence and industrial property, among other matters.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Zavala worked as a corporate attorney for leading Mexican law firms and was corporate counsel in the private sector, as well as for the Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additionally, he was an associate to a Mexican notary public.

Mr. Zavala also has served as a business law professor at Universidad Tecmilenio in Monterrey, Mexico. In addition, he has earned certificates in various educational programs, including Contract Law from HarvardX, Harvard University's online program, Public-Private Associations for the Development of Infrastructure and Services from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Intermediate Concepts in Drafting Contracts from the American Bar Association.