Mr. Salayandia is a corporate attorney in Mexican law, with more than nineteen years of experience, providing legal assistance to all kinds of Mexican and foreign companies and institutions, transacting business in Mexico.
He has coordinated, negotiated, and closed major multimillion-dollar international transactions and operations, including drafting of the required agreements and documents drafting the Agreements for such transactions in both English and Spanish. Developed and implemented corporate legal strategies to reduce costs. Regularly assists multinational companies in designing and implementing their customs and foreign trade business structures in Mexico.
He Provides legal counseling to companies in all aspects of Mexican corporate and business law, such as mergers and acquisitions, banking, real estate, labor and employment, tax, company liquidation, international trade, Maquiladora (IMMEX) programs and agreements, customs, international trade, corporate governance, compliance and reorganization procedures, contract drafting and structuring of transactions, and in general assist companies, organizations, banks and institutions in all their legal affairs in Mexico.
Participate as lead corporate counsel coordinating attorneys in different areas of expertise, as well as consultants in several aspects of a major corporate reorganization of a manufacturing company of the automotive sector, including negotiation and drafting of legal documents and the results of the required due diligence and the taxes involved therein.
Leonardo Salayandia worked as in-house (Secondment) of Clarios (formerly Johson Controls Power Solutions) negotiating all contracts and required permits for the day-to-day business operation, including real estate, transportation agreements, supply agreements and in general all required agreements.
+ Practice Areas
Maquiladoras
Real Estate
Government Affairs
Cross-border Transactions
Customs and Foreign Trade
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Foreign Investment
Labor and Employment
+ Education
1997-2001 Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Chihuahua, City of Chihuahua, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
2002 University of Texas at El Paso. Paralegal Certification Course.
2010 UACJ in a joint program with UNAM. Master in Corporate Law.
2014 Centro de Postrgrado Mundo Nuevo. Master in Human Resources.
+ Admissions
Mexico (2001)
+ Languages
Spanish
English
+ Representative Transactions
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Represented a multinational energy company in the negotiation and execution of an electricity supply agreement with a value of $900,000,000.00
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Represented a major European partner of one of the largest airport operators throw out México
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Represented a major US Real estate company for the negotiation of a 1.3 billion dollar secured loan
- Mr. Salayandia was part of the global legal team for the acquisition world wide of a major medical company, coordinating attorneys form México and South America
- Represented a major investment for the acquisition of 291 beachfront property’s originally of an agrarian nature
- Represented a major global real estate company for the overall acquisition of more than 6,000,000 m2
- Represented a major US oil company in their multimillion-dollar investment in a corporate restructuring (M&A)
+ Professional Experience
- Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz, S. C. – 2020 – Present
- Clarios (formerly Johnson Controls Power Solutions)
- RHT Legal Consulting – 2016 – 2020
- Ministry of Labor of the Government of the State of Chihuahua – 2011 – 2016
- LexCorp Abogados – 2010 – 2012
- Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz, S. C. – 2001 – 2012
+ Memberships
- Member of ANADE
- Member of the American Bar Association
- Member of the International Bar Association
- Professor Tec de Monterrey campus Chihuahua