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.

Investment Banking

Forestry

Issuance of Santa Genoveva’s debt certificate

Financial and legal advisory in leading strategic, financial, legal, and distribution areas for the issuance of the first debt certificate targeted at pension funds (Afores), a precursor to CKDs, valued at MXN 1.65 billion (2008).

Corporate Practice

Energy

Market Strategies in the Fuel Sector

Advisory services for a Mexican gas station group on its affiliation and consolidation strategies in the fuel market.

International Trade and Foreign Investment

Food and beverages, Foreign Trade

Memorandum of understanding on trade and poultry health between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada

La negociación de un acuerdo de entendimiento para el comercio y la salud aviar entre la industria mexicana de pollo y las industrias estadounidenses y canadienses.

Corporate Practice

Petrochemical

Merger in the Lubricants Sector

Advisory and opinion services for a leading Mexican company in the lubricants sector during its merger process with a multinational foreign company.

Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Food and beverages

Modification of definitions for resin-derived products in the Codex Alimentarius

Efforts to modify certain definitions of wood resin-derived products established in the Codex Alimentarius of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), including engagement with the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Health Risks to propose that this federal agency present, on behalf of Mexico, a proposal before the FAO/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives.

Economic Competition

Entertainment

Monopolistic practices in the market for operation and management of live event venues, as well as the related ticketing services

SAI represented Grupo Avalanz in an investigation regarding alleged relative monopolistic practices in the operation and management of live event venues and ticketing services, in which conditions were imposed on Ticketmaster.

Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Automotive, Government

Negotiation for the establishment of automotive and truck manufacturing plants in Puebla

The Government of the State of Puebla in designing an incentive package and negotiating with a company to choose this state over competitors for the establishment of an automobile manufacturing and assembly plant, as well as a truck parts manufacturing plant.

Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Food and beverages, Foreign Trade

Negotiation of a trade and sanitary agreement for the poultry industry between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada

Negotiation of a memorandum of understanding on poultry trade and health between the Mexican poultry industry and the U.S. and Canadian industries.

International Trade and Foreign Investment

Foreign Trade

Origin accumulation benefiting the Mexican textile industry under DR-CAFTA

Incorporation of rules of origin accumulation benefiting the Mexican textile industry under the United States-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).

Investment Banking

Financial

Participation in Afores regulation

Securing necessary regulatory changes for Afores to allow investment in long-term risk projects, creating a new industry worth approximately MXN 100 billion (2007).

Economic Competition

Broadcasting and telecommunications

Participation of Telefónica, Televisa, and Megacable in dark fiber bidding

SAI represented Telefónica, Televisa, and Megacable in securing competition authority approval to participate in the Federal Electricity Commission’s dark fiber auction, obtaining the concession.

Administrative Litigation

Government

Pioneering recognition of attorney-client privilege in Mexico

SAI is a pioneer in this field. We achieved the first recognition of attorney-client privilege in Mexico.