Our multidisciplinary team combines legal knowledge with technical expertise to provide complete service ranging from project planning and authorization to defense before environmental authorities.
Services
Environmental Authorizations and Licenses
We manage the procurement, modification, renewal, and compliance of environmental authorizations before various federal, state, and municipal authorities.
Comprehensive Waste Management
We provide complete advisory services for compliance with waste-related obligations, including:
- Registration as a generator of hazardous and special handling waste
- Development and implementation of Waste Management Plans in all their modalities
- Authorizations for storage, transportation, treatment, and final disposal of waste
- Design of waste valorization and utilization strategies
- Advisory services on circular economy and extended producer responsibility
- Compliance with reporting obligations and transfer-receipt manifests
Water Resources Management
We offer specialized services in the processing and compliance of obligations regarding national waters before the National Water Commission (CONAGUA), including:
- Concessions and permits for the use of national waters
- Wastewater discharge permits
- Renewals, extensions, and modifications of concession titles
- Processing of expiration of unused volumes
- Compliance with discharge conditions and monitoring
Environmental Defense and Litigation
We have extensive experience defending our clients' interests before environmental authorities at all levels:
- Assistance and advisory services during inspection and verification visits
- Defense in administrative sanction proceedings
- Filing and processing of administrative remedies (revocation and review)
- Federal administrative contentious proceedings before the Federal Court of Administrative Justice
- Amparo proceedings against acts of environmental authorities
- Challenge of unfavorable judgments and resolutions
- Representation before SEMARNAT, PROFEPA, CONAGUA, and state and municipal authorities
Comprehensive Approach
Our service is characterized by a preventive and strategic approach that seeks not only regulatory compliance but also process optimization and minimization of legal and operational risks. We combine legal experience with technical knowledge to offer practical and effective solutions that strengthen our clients' competitiveness and sustainability.
Representative Matters
Client: Grupo AlEn
Year: 2025
Description: Restructuring environmental permits and licenses for the collection and transport center for special waste (PET and HDPE) in Guadalajara.
Relevance: Project that strengthens the circular economy chain and corporate environmental compliance.
Client: Alpha Industry Jalisco
Year: 2025
Description: Specialized and urgent legal advice was provided to Alpha Industry Jalisco on water concessions, with the aim of reducing the payment of fees derived from the guarantee quota, as well as addressing regulatory aspects related to the water concession that the company was exploiting.
Relevance: The project is relevant because it is a strategic intervention in water matters, which allowed the client to mitigate economic contingencies associated with the payment of fees for water concessions, in a context of high operational and regulatory urgency.
- Industrial and manufacturing.
- Energy and infrastructure.
- Agribusiness and food.
- Waste management and recycling.
- Real estate development.
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Practice Areas
- Antitrust & Competition
- Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Compliance & Anti-Money Laundering
- Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
- Cryptoassets & New Technologies
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Environmental
- ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
- Financial & Fintech
- Immigration & Nationality
- Infrastructure & Public Procurement
- Intellectual & Industrial Property
- International Trade & Customs
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
- Privacy & Data Protection / Cybersecurity
- Real Estate & Urban Law
- Regulatory
- Social Security
- Tax (Advisory & Litigation)
Profile
Yáñez Vega, Mario Jorge
Perfil
Mr. Yáñez Vega has a diversified practice in the areas of corporate law, transactions, mergers and acquisitions, international trade, environmental and natural resources law, gaming and entertainment, immigration, and nationality matters. In the field of international trade, Jorge specializes in investigations and proceedings related to international trade practices, including dumping and subsidy matters. He also assists international companies in establishing maquiladora operations in Mexico.
With respect to his corporate practice, Jorge has advised multinational companies from various industries in the acquisition of shares and assets of Mexican companies, the negotiation of joint ventures, and, in general, the business operations and coordination of legal and commercial matters for his clients.
Jorge began his professional career in 1988 at Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa (now Hogan Lovells), where he held positions as law clerk, associate, and partner beginning in 2000. In 2009, Jorge relocated from the Mexico City office of Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa to its Monterrey office. After 35 years as part of the Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa and later Hogan Lovells team, Jorge began a new stage in his career as a partner at Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster, joining the Corporate and International Trade teams.
Jorge earned his law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico between 1986 and 1991. During the 1992–1993 academic year, he completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Columbia University in New York City. From 1993 to 1994, Jorge worked as a foreign resident associate at Vial, Hamilton Koch & Knox in Dallas, Texas.
Experiencia Profesional
He has extensive experience in international trade practices, representing domestic and foreign industries in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations involving imports into Mexico of products from industries such as beef, pork, poultry products, fertilizers and petrochemical derivatives, textiles for the automotive industry, steel products, among others.
He has participated in Binational Panel Reviews under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Jorge advises clients on various aspects of international trade and the establishment of maquiladora operations, including obtaining and operating IMMEX Programs.
He has advised American, Canadian, European, and Asian clients in the acquisition of companies and assets in Mexico, the negotiation of joint ventures, real estate transactions, and the establishment of operations in Mexico, among other matters, across various industrial and commercial sectors.
As the partner responsible for institutional relationships with numerous corporate clients (primarily international companies), he has overseen and coordinated the work of other practice groups for such clients.
He has represented clients in the renewable energy industry in the establishment of subsidiaries in Mexico, the acquisition of Mexican assets, and regulatory matters.
He has also advised financial institutions and foreign banks in project financing matters and in the granting and registration of security interests related to loans granted to Mexican companies.
Jorge has provided legal services to various industries — including pharmaceutical, auto parts, and renewable energy companies — regarding environmental regulations in Mexico, including audits and due diligence reviews.
He has represented clients in the hotel, entertainment, and gaming industries in establishing operations in Mexico, including compliance investigations, gaming permits, and the supply of gaming equipment to permit holders.
Additionally, he advises corporate clients on immigration and nationality matters concerning employees and personnel with frequent international mobility.
Formación Académica
Education:
- LL.M., Columbia University (New York), 1993.
- Law Degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1991.
Affiliations:
- Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados.
- American Bar Association.
Área de Práctica
- Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions
- Environmental
- ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
- Immigration & Nationality
- International Trade & Customs
- Real Estate & Urban Law
- Regulatory
Idiomas
Spanish, English.
Certificaciones, Rankings, Publicaciones, Afiliaciones
Corporate Governance
Testimonios
Profile
Gutiérrez Valdez, Lourdes
Perfil
Lourdes Vianey Gutiérrez Valdez holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Law School of the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus.
She joined Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster in 2022 as part of the Corporate & Business team at the Guadalajara office.
Prior to joining the firm, she worked for two years at CORTEVA, where she received recognition for her contributions to the legal team.
Experiencia Profesional
Lourdes has experience in a variety of sectors and industries, including maquiladoras, seeds and agricultural chemicals, and packaging technology, among others.
She has built her professional practice in the Corporate & Business law area, advising both domestic and international clients. She has also participated in various mergers and acquisitions, as well as in corporate restructuring and reorganization processes.
Formación Académica
- Specialization in Obligations and Contracts from the Law School of the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus.
- Participated in the 4th International Congress on Commercial Law organized by the Institute for Legal Research at the Universidad Panamericana.
- He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Corporate Law and Business Development at the same institution.
Área de Práctica
Idiomas
Spanish, English, French