Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz

The firm has its origins in 1945 with the merger of a banking and corporate practice. It was founded by Chilton Bryan and Aureliano Gonzalez Vargas in Mexico City and relocated its offices to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua that same year. The dynamic evolution of Mexican economic policy over the years has meant that effective legal counsel be characterized by scope and depth of experience as well as flexibility in responding to change as Mexico continues on the path toward joining the ranks of the industrialized countries of the world. Since the decade of the 1960's the Firm has played a prominent role in the formulation and implementation of Mexican development policy, to include the northern border economic expansion programs such as the Maquiladora ("In-Bond") Program as well as participation in private debt restructuring and corporate planning projects necessitated by economic conditions in Mexico during the 1980's. Today, Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz, S.C., is actively involved in the economic liberalization policies that are propelling Mexico into the mainstream of the world economy. Such movement has been further stimulated by the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States and Canada. It is note worthy to mention that the Firm provided guidance to one of the governments based on its years of experience representing the business interests of international clients in Mexico.

The economic crisis of the 1980's and of 1994 affected not only Mexico, but many Latin American countries. Because of this situation, legal skills requiring expertise in finance and planning matters became critical to corporate success, while at the same time the impact of industrialization on environmental quality gave birth to an important and complex body of new law in Mexico. Economic liberalization has opened up a wide range of investment opportunities and options for foreign investors and is also producing new legislation at an unprecedented rate in all fields of law. New international agreements on communications, rules of legal procedure, energy and trade - to mention a few - have become a part of the Mexican legal system.

The Firm has adapted to these changes and has expanded its practice to effectively respond to changing conditions as they arise. Offices of the firm are located in most of Mexico's growth areas, enabling Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz, S.C. to provide on-site legal services where needed. Our New York office (opened in 1989) provide foreign clients a clearing house for legal assistance concerning their Mexican interests in areas such as banking, securities, investments into Mexico, mergers, acquisitions and -- in general -- Mexican business law as well as coordinating the legal affairs of our clients throughout Latin America in the most important industrial centers of Mexico. We have also established consulting agreements with leading law firms in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

This approach to the practice of law has enabled us to participate in transactions such as international development financing for a Latin American country through multinational institutional resources and structuring banking and insurance laws for individual third world countries.

Our philosophy as the premier law firm in Mexico is to offer our clients the finest in legal services based on sound legal analysis and experience. On-going relationships with Mexican government agencies at the national, state and local levels and continuing education programs for our professionals enables the Firm to remain at the "cutting edge" of the practice of law in Mexico, and our unique consulting practice exists foreign investors a hassle free experience when setting-up operations in Mexico.