Our BGBG Compliance Area offers specialized advice on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, privacy and protection of personal data matters to corporations; multiple banking institutions; non-bank financial institutions, including financial technology institutions (ITF) and Multiple Purpose Financial Institutions (SOFOM) that intend to offer products and services to their clients.
Additionally, this area has years of experience interacting with different authorities for the acquisition of permissions, licences, registrations, authorizations, and other government procedures allowing the entities to operate in a proper manner within Mexico.
Many members of BGBG are certified by the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) in regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering matters.
The international publication Legal 500 recognizes BGBG as a leading law firm in the compliance area in Mexico. It mentions the following:
COMPLIANCE IN MEXICO TIER 1 FIRMS
Primarily focused on the financial sector, the compliance practice at Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C. ‘displays adaptability, willingness and availability’. The 20-strong team handles the spectrum of AML, privacy, anti-corruption and general regulatory matters. Head of the firm’s financial services practice Miguel Gallardo has over 20 years’ specialization in banking, compliance and insurance work; a National Banking and Securities Commission (NBSC) certified anti-money laundering (AML) expert, he currently acts as compliance officer for Braskem México, among other appointments. Heading the firm’s Madrid office, dual-qualified (Spain/Mexico) Héctor Guzmán Rodríguez specializes in data protection matters and is CIPP/E-certified with regard to GDPR legislation; while banking-and-compliance senior counsel Adolfo Hegewisch is currently on secondment as general counsel to Deutsche Bank Mexico. Recent matters have seen the team provide a combination of compliance, regulatory, AML and data privacy advice to, among others: Credit Suisse, NuBank, Banco Inmobiliario Mexicano, Citibanamex, banco Multiva, Credicer and Deutsche Bank, among others. Additional key practitioners include senior associate and director of the firm’s healthcare practice Javier Pérez: an NBSC-certified AML expert and authorized financial-institution compliance officer, he too is currently on secondment at Deutsche Bank. Alejandro Lobato is similarly qualified, his practice focusing more on healthcare and insurance matters; while senior counsel Samuel Rivero, in the Querétaro office (opened 2018), can draw on more than ten years’ in-house experience in senior compliance roles, most recently at Scotiabank. The firm is also currently advising more than 65 non-banking financial institutions (SOFOMs), including providing representation before authorities such as the NBSC and CONDUSEF.
Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C.
