The Chihuahua-based ALN Abogados  is an eight-strong boutique with over 20 years’ experience in the mining sector. The team handles sector-related M&As, joint-ventures and strategic alliances; along with exploration, exploitation and royalty contracts; and the assignment of mining rights to provide a rounded offering, further supported by capability in regulatory compliance, environmental law and land occupancy and community matters. A member of the Canadian-Mexican mining chamber, senior partner Joel A González is a veteran practitioner who leads on all matters with close support from fellow partner Javier Andujo, who specialises in environmental law along with matters related to rights-of-way and land occupation – particularly as regards ejidal land. Associate David Almeida‘s practice is centred upon administrative regulatory matters (including associated contentious procedures) and the representation of clients before entities such as the Dirección General de Minas, the Registro Público de Minería and CONAGUA. Fellow associate Javier Estrada, whose formation has more of a corporate and environmental aspect, also has over a decade’s experience acting for mining clients. March 2024-hire Marco Antonio Perea handles a combination of mining and corporate matters and the team was further strengthened in February-2025 with the hire of Miguel Alejandro Rivera who focuses on regulatory compliance.

A long-standing actor in the mining sector, the practice group at Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. has experience throughout the industry, from issues regarding mineral extraction and real estate-associated matters (such as rights-of-way and sub-surface rights) to, mining company incorporation and  registration along with licensing and permits. Nevertheless, the team is probably best known for its transactional work related to mining concessions and the purchase/sale of mining companies and mining assets, where the firm’s full service capability allows it to handle related labour, regulatory, tax, water law and contentious matters. Experienced corporate and transactional partner Juan Carlos Serra heads the practice and has deep expertise regarding public bidding as well as energy, infrastructure and mining projects; he leads on transactional mandates – frequently in conjunction with corprorate, transactional and real estate specialist, Jesús Colunga. Experienced associates Pablo Nosti (corporate law, foreign investment and projects), and Iván Sánchez (corporate, M&A and real estate) provide critical input regarding relevant regulatory matters – particularly regarding concessions, water law and real estate issues.

‘A definite presence in the sector’ according to one peer, DBR Abogados is an eight-strong boutique which counts mining as its primary practice, while concurrently providing a broader offering that includes corporate, labour (& migration), litigation and environmental law advice. On the mining front, the team handles mining concessions and royalties, community relations and agrarian affairs (along with associated anthropological and historical protection), mining-associated water and energy matters, and permitting – particularly as regards iron ore exportation and explosives. McEwen Mining is one client of note. A former Director General of Mines (2018-2019), firm founding partner Laura Cristina Díaz Nieves leads the practice. At associate level, Alejandro Hernández Muñoz, a member of the Mexican Association of Mining Engineers, Metalworkers and Geologists (AIMMGM), provides key support; Erika Lizbet Cruz Romero assists on environmental matters; and Hugo Alejandro Jiménez, a former specialist in analysis, operation and monitoring at the General Directorate of Mines, has experience in administrative, fiscal, civil and commercial judicial processes.

With eight offices across the country, EC Rubio is perhaps best known for its international trade practice; but with an office in Chihuahua, the firm is particularly well positioned for mining matters. Indeed, managing partner of the firm’s Chihuahua office, Pablo Méndez is also the director of the firm’s eight-strong mining department, having established the practice back in 2007. The group has particular expertise in the negotiation of exploration and exploitation concessions but also covers the gamut of sectoral matters, from permitting and licenses, surface rights’ contracts and all corporate aspects of the industry (including tax planning); to joint ventures, project development (including community matters); and civil, penal and constitutional (‘amparo’) litigation regarding mining properties and activity. Méndez, ‘a good lawyer and a good litigant’ according to peers, focuses primarily on civil and administrative contentious matters; he is flanked by fellow partners César Holguin Córdova, who focuses on tax; and Juan Salvador Vázquez Silveyra (in Monterrey), and Javier Canseco (in Querétaro) who both handle mining-related labour matters along with a mix of real estate, regulatory compliance and transactional work. Further strength-in-depth is provided by senior associates Alejandro Guerra Herrera (mining & civil/commercial litigation), and Jorge Hernández Ogaz (mining), along with associate Daniel Rico. All lawyers are located at the firm’s Chihuahua office unless otherwise noted.

With its full-service offering, market-leader Galicia Abogados S.C. is well positioned to handle matters along the length of the mining value chain. The team is primarily focused on regulatory issues for large-scale mining projects; M&A transactions (and associated due diligence); project finance and capital markets; and cross border tax planning, along with associated commercial litigation in both administrative and commercial courts. The practice is led by deeply experienced corporate transactional partner Héctor Kuri, with key support from next generation financing and transactional specialist Florent Patoret (who is qualified in Mexico, France & New York). While the pair constitute the core of the practice, they can also call on additional partner level expertise as required - most notably Rodrigo Rivera on financial matters, Juan Carlos Burgos as regards competition issues, and Mariana Herrero on relevant environmental aspects. Former mining and corporate-focused associate Raúl González left the firm in May 2025.

RB Abogados has a broad service offering – including corporate and M&A, banking and finance, real estate, tax and labour – which all serve to support the firm’s mining offering. In this speciality the firm has broad capability, stretching from mining project joint-ventures and the negotiation of exploration and exploitation concessions, royalty agreements and contracts for the trading of mining commodities and derivative transactions; to a full range of legal and territorial issues concerning the constitution and establishment of mining concessions. Founding partner Enrique Rodríguez del Bosque specialises in mining, mergers and acquisitions, project finance and general corporate matters. Fellow partner María Teresa Güemes Fernández, provides further corporate capability – particularly as regards M&A and project financings; while Oscar Sandoval is deeply specialised in mining regulatory matters and associated compliance. Key associate Olga Martínez Pérez – whose past experience includes time at the legal department of the General Bureau of Mining Regulation (GMBR) – focuses on the legal and administrative aspects of the mining industry, in particular, mining project due diligence, M&A and relevant governmental authority relations.

A boutique firm with an established presence in the market, Rodriguez Matus & Feregrino is primarily focused on assisting foreign mining firms with their arrival and constitution in Mexico and with the subsequent acquisition of properties and concessions so as to construct and develop viable projects, along with compliance and regulatory review, and stategic market exits. An advisor to the Cámara Minera de México (CAMIMEX) regarding changes in the regulatory framework, key partner Karina Rodríguez Matus is a veteran practitioner with some 30 years’ experience (including two decades’ in house at Peñoles) across mining, energy and infrastructure projects. She is flanked by fellow partners Erika Feregrino, a corporate specialist who also handles tax and IP matters; and Lorena Atonto, who focuses on labour and employment matters.  Key associate support is provided by Alberto Romero and Mauricio Ortíz, both of whom have over a decade’s experience.

Originally founded in 1884 in the silver-mining centre of Pachuca (Hidalgo), Sánchez-Mejorada, Velasco y Ribé S.C. operates today from offices in Mexico City and Monterrey. The firm is a long-standing market presence in the sector due to the deep expertise of senior partner Rodrigo Sánchez Mejorada Velasco, ‘an eminence in the sector‘ according to peers, and whose past experience includes participating in the 1994 legislation that privatised the industry. Recent matters include acting as Mexican counsel to the lenders (The Bank of Nova Soctia, et al) on the negotiation of a fourth amended and re-stated credit agreement of $1.2bn with Equinox Gold Corp. Key support is provided by senior associate Paola Salgado, a corporate specialist with particular expertise in public bidding processes; and dual-qualified (Mexico/New York) associate Analuz Sánchez Mejorada R, who provides additional support regarding corporate, transactional and financing matters. (Former junior partner Rodrigo Sánchez Mejorada R moved in house in 2023 but remains of counsel at the firm).

Based in Estado de Mexico, 12-strong boutique firm Servicios Legales Mineros, handles a broad array of mining matters – including administrative procedures, appeals for review, the regularisation of mining concessions and the recovery of cancelled mining titles, as well as compliance with the regulations and norms of the General Directorate of Mines – but is increasingly sharply-focused on sophisticated and complex matters. A case in point is its current mandate involving a ‘first-of-its-kind’ deep-sea phosphate mining project in Baja California. The team also undertakes both judicial and contentious administrative representation; acquisitions and associated due diligence; tender and bid processes, contracts, environmental impact assessments and SEMARNAT permits; community matters and water law. Formerly a Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. partner, Carlos Suarez de Miguel has over 40 years’ experience, including both in house (as legal head at a company with Mexican mining operations) and at the General Directorate of Mines. With a background in intellectual property and – particularly – administrative litigation, Santiago Suárez Sevilla has transitioned into the mining sector over the last five years; he is particularly focused on administrative procedures before the General Directorate of Mines, contentious representations (both judicial and administrative) and environmental and water-water related matters; he also has specialisation in the niche area of AI’s application to the mining industry.

With an offering that ranges across corporate and transactional matters, banking and finance, capital markets and dispute resolution, along with the full range of energy matters, Todd y Asociados, S.C. is nevertheless best known for its prowess in the mining sector, where it is ‘admirably well-positioned’ according to one peer. Acting for clients of the stature of Goldcorp or First Majestic Silver Corporation, the practice handles a full range of mining-related legal advisory: from financing, negotiations, construction and operation, to public bidding processes, strategic alliances, contracts and regulatory matters. Senior partner Fernando Todd focuses on foreign investment, handling corporate and transactional matters, stock market-related issues, banking and finance, and dispute resolution – much of it in relation to the mining sector. Experienced associate Jorge García Díaz handles corporate and transactional matters - again, in relation to the mining sector - particularly as regards ongoing operational advice, corporate reorganisations, due diligence, mining contracts and regulatory matters. Further associate support is provided by Silvia Alanís Gutiérrez, an administrative and public law specialist who can draw on a range of public sector experience.

The mining practice at Vazquez, Sierra & García Abogados (VSG) is primarily focused on community relations (particularly ejidal matters and contracts with communities and small landholders), agrarian matters (involving the Secretaría de la Reforma Agraria, Procuraduría Agraria and/or Registro Agrario Nacional), and institutional relations – particularly with environmental (SEMARNAT; CONAGUA) and energy sector (Comisión Federal de Electricidad; Comisión Reguladora de Energía) authorities. The practice is led by Alberto M Vázquez, whose practice is centred on corporate law, mining, foreign investment and community relations; and Gabriela Sierra Cuevas who has a combined corporate and mining practice, with a particular focus on mining concession contracts and associated investigations to determine the legal state of a given concession.