Fernando Gonzáles
Sr. Associate – Los Cabos
Office: +52 (624) 146 9205
e-mail: fgonzalez@rosenlaw.com.mx
Fernando González is a Mexican attorney licensed since 2012, whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, corporate governance and compliance, foreign investment, finance and secured transactions, trusts (fideicomisos), and complex cross‑border transactions.
Fernando regularly advises domestic and international clients—including multinational corporations, private equity and real estate funds, family offices, and international private clients—on a wide range of transactional, corporate, and real estate matters in Mexico. He is known for delivering practical, business‑oriented legal solutions that align legal strategy with commercial objectives. His work encompasses the structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing of share and asset acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and secured lending arrangements.
He has extensive experience representing foreign investors in connection with investments and operations in Mexico, including corporate structuring, formation of Mexican entities, startup implementation, shareholder and partnership agreements, legal due diligence, and the design of complex contractual and trust structures tailored to regulatory and tax considerations.
Since the beginning of his practice, Fernando has played a lead role in numerous transactions across a broad spectrum of industries, including real estate development, hospitality (hotels and resorts), manufacturing, automotive, education, apparel, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. His experience also includes advising issuers and participants in securities placements in the Mexican capital markets.
Acquiring property in Mexico is a complex process that involves many potential pitfalls, particularly for foreign purchasers. To complicate matters, Mexico’s title system is far less technologically advanced than its northern neighbors. Defects and uncertainty in title remain prevalent. Foreign buyers of real property are also well-advised to retain independent legal counsel to conduct necessary…
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance & Foreign Investment With attorneys admitted in both the United States and Mexico, Rosen Law can structure, form and manage corporate transactions and entities in both countries, seamlessly. Businesses and individuals wishing to form a Mexican entity have a variety of corporate vehicles at their disposal, but each may result…
Mexican timeshare, condominium and shared ownership regimes are governed primarily by the civil codes of the various states, the Federal Consumer Protection Act, state condominium acts, the Federal Tourism Act, the Foreign Investment Act, mandatory standards, and when involving trusts, the General Law on Credit Instruments and Transactions. Structuring timeshare, vacation club, destination club,…
2012 – Law Degree, Universidad del Valle de México, Campus Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
2014 – Post-graduate Diploma in Financial Law Institutions, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.
2024 – LL.M., Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
- Course work in Codice Comunicacion
English
Italian
Spanish (Native)
Fernando has participated in a wide range of transactional matters in Mexico, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, capital markets offerings, real estate portfolio acquisitions, project development, and the structuring of trust‑based investment and financing platforms. A representative list of transactions is available upon request.
Fernando’s approach combines technical legal rigor with a deep understanding of cross‑border business dynamics, allowing him to efficiently guide clients through complex transactions in Mexico.
