Clients

Your goal is also ours, building long-term relationships.

Long-Lasting Relationships

SAI brings, like no other firm in Mexico, a unique combination of regulatory, economic, and legal practice. This perspective gives it a distinctive character. More than an external firm, we consider it an in-house firm.

SAI’s professional relationship with us can be summed up in one word: integrity. That is their defining trait. Professionalism and dedication as well. They are the best in Mexico. The support they have provided to BBVA Bancomer and the Mexican Banking Association has been essential.

At SAI, we have found a broad-spectrum advisor that has successfully met all our requirements over the years. There is no area in which they have not been able to provide guidance, and the results have always been extraordinary. They are highly competitive on a global scale, on par with any of the world’s leading firms.

We turned to SAI seeking an in-depth consulting project on basic public education in Mexico, one that combined economic analysis with technological and social impact elements. The result was a conclusive, valuable, and high-impact deliverable for society, the tech environment, and the Mexican government.

Corporate Practice

Financial

Funding for Entrepreneurs

Advisory services for public financing trusts supporting entrepreneurs, reviewing documents from various investment funds and private equity firms.

Investment Banking

Industrial Forestry

Fundraising for Duraplay

Financial and legal advisory for obtaining debt and equity resources amounting to MXN 970 million for the construction of MDF board and resin plants (2014).

Investment Banking

Pharmaceutical

Fundraising for UNIDERMA

Securing equity resources and structuring a beauty products project (2020).

Economic Competition

Energy

Ienova’s cross-ownership participation procedures

SAI represents Sempra, one of North America's largest energy companies and Mexico’s largest private energy firm, in daily competition matters. SAI handles all cross-ownership participation procedures before COFECE and CRE, successfully obtaining six favorable rulings from COFECE and authorization from CRE.

International Trade and Foreign Investment

Transportation

Implementation of trade retaliations against the U.S. for non-compliance in road transport agreements

Imposition of trade retaliations against the United States for non-compliance with cross-border trade liberalization commitments in road transport services.

Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Food and beverages, Foreign Trade

Influence on the approval of a tax reform on sugary beverages in Mexico

Advisory services for a multinational company to influence the approval process of a tax reform establishing special excise taxes (IEPS) on sugar-sweetened beverages. We conducted a review of the proposal submitted to Congress to ensure that the measure aligned with applicable national and international technical standards and was based on a thorough analysis of its economic and social effects in Mexico.

Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Foreign Trade

Institutional measures against unfair trade practices in Peru and Argentina

The Governments of Peru and Argentina in the design and implementation of institutional measures against unfair international trade practices.

Corporate Practice

Government

Inter-American Development Bank Program

Advisory services for the Inter-American Development Bank in the design and implementation of a program to promote knowledge and understanding of Colombia’s investment attraction policies.

Economic Competition

Financial

Investigation into absolute monopolistic practices in transactions involving credit card usage

SAI represented BBVA in an investigation into alleged absolute monopolistic practices related to credit card transactions, achieving a successful outcome.

Economic Competition

Financial

Investigation to determine competition barriers in the payment systems market involving clearinghouses for debit and credit card transactions

SAI represented E-Global, one of Mexico’s two main clearinghouses, in an investigation to determine competition barriers in the payment systems market involving clearinghouses for debit and credit card transactions, conducted by COFECE. COFECE concluded that the market under review did indeed present competition barriers. However, due to SAI’s successful intervention—representing E-Global—alongside other parties, COFECE significantly reduced the scope of its recommendations and orders compared to what was originally proposed by the investigative authority. Notably, COFECE disregarded the divestment order suggested by the investigative authority and instead ordered E-Global and its main shareholders to implement a competition compliance program within E-Global and appoint a compliance officer to oversee adherence to competition law. SAI assisted E-Global in presenting the necessary information to demonstrate to the authority that it had complied with COFECE’s orders.

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Financial

Investment attraction program for the State of Guanajuato

The Government of the State of Guanajuato in the evaluation of its Investment Attraction Program over the past 20 years, as well as in the proposal of public policies and regulatory improvements to adopt in response to the challenges of Industry 4.0.

Corporate Practice

Ports

Investments in Ports and Airports

Advisory services for consortia and government authorities regarding private investments in ports and airports in Mexico, Ecuador, and Belize.