José Ignacio Rivero Andere has over 20 years of experience providing legal and business advice to domestic and foreign clients in Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Private Equity, Corporate, Banking and Finance, and Capital Markets, in a wide range of sectors, including in multi-million domestic and cross-border transactions. He is head of the Mergers & Acquisitions and co-head of the Banking & Financial Services practices in Pérez Llorca Mexico.

Furthermore, outside of his legal practice, He founded and is the Chairman of the Fundación Dr. José Ignacio Rivero Cosme, Más Allá del Cáncer, a non-profit organization that helps low income patients fight cancer.

Studies:

• Certificate in Structural Issues in Law Firm Management, The School of Law of Fordham University, New York
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), School of Law of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
• Certificate in Business Administration degree, Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, Illinois
• Law degree (J.D. equivalent), Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City

His working languages are Spanish and English.

Experience

He has served on the board of directors of several companies, including Aleatica, one of the biggest infrastructure and toll road companies in Mexico; Crédito Maestro, one of Mexico’s leading non-bank payroll lending firms; and Bravo, a major credit repair business with operations across Europe and Latin America. He currently splits his time between Pérez Llorca’s Mexico and NY offices and acts as the firm’s liaison for Mexico and LATAM for the US and the Canadian markets.

• Banking Regulation in Mexico Guide: Overview, Mexico Chapter, published by Thomson Reuters
• Fintech 2024: Trends and Developments, Mexico Chapter, published by Chambers and Partners
• Year in review: Mergers & Acquistions in Mexico published by Lexology
• Banking Regulation 2024 Guide, Mexico chapter, published by Chambers and Partners
• “Mexico’s M&A market seen shrugging off electoral jitters” published by Latin Finance
• Fund Manager Regulation, published by Thomson Reuters
• Fintech 2023 Guide, published by Chambers and Partners
• The Mergers & Acquisitions Law Review, 16th Edition, Mexico Chapter, published by The Law Reviews
• Thought Leader Firm Management 2022, Q&A Edition, Who’s Who Legal
• Fintech 2022 Global Practice Guide, Mexico Chapter, published by Chambers and Partners
• Banking Regulation in Mexico: Overview, coauthor, published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law
• Article: “The New Normal in Mexico”, published by IBA
• Thought Leader Firm Management 2021, Q&A Edition, Who’s Who Legal
• Lending & Secured Finance Guide 2021, Mexico Chapter, published by International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG)
• Private Equity Guide 2021, Mexico Chapter, published by The Legal 500
• Banking Regulation Guide 2021, Mexico Chapter, published by Global Legal Insights
• Banking & Finance Guide 2020, Mexico Chapter, published by Chambers and Partners
• Banking Regulation in Mexico Global Guide 2020, Mexico Chapter, published by Thomson Reuters
• Banking Regulation Guide 2020, Mexico Chapter, published by Global Legal Insights
• Corporate/M&A Guide 2020, Mexico Chapter, published by Chambers and Partners
• Private Equity Guide 2020, Mexico Chapter, published by The Legal 500
• Banking Regulation Guide 2019, Mexico Chapter, published by Thomson Reuters
• Corporate/M&A Guide 2019, Mexico Chapter, published by Chambers and Partners
• Banking & Finance Guide 2019, Mexico Chapter, First & Second Edition, published by Chambers and Partners
• Lending & Secured Finance Guide, Mexico Chapter for 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, published by International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG)
• Article “Making moves in Mexico”, published by ISF, part of Global Investor Group a Euromoney Institutional Investor publication, June 2019
• Article: “Creating Collateral in Mexico”, published by Financier Worldwide Magazine, May 2016
• Article “The ownership of voting rights in the case of a pledge over stock of corporations” published by the Magazine Abogado Corporativo in July 2015
• Article: “The ownership of voting rights in the case of a pledge over stock of corporations” (La titularidad del derecho de voto en el caso de prenda sobre acciones de sociedades anónimas) Authors: José Ignacio Rivero Andere and Luis Manuel Cárdenas Ibarra, Temas de Derecho V, published by the Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico, 2012