
Alejandro F. Sánchez Mújica
Senior Counsel
AlejandroF.SanchezM@tklaw.com- Monterrey
F:+52.81.8215.7701

Experience
Alejandro F. Sánchez Mújica’s practice encompasses banking, restructurings, foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, franchises, stock exchange, antitrust, and private investment funds.
Prior to joining Thompson & Knight, Alejandro was in-house counsel for one of the world’s largest glass producers for eight years; in-house counsel for a large Mexican conglomerate involved in the insurance, agrobiotechnology, telemarketing, financing, and construction areas for more than 11 years; and in-house counsel for another large Mexican corporation involved in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, agribusiness, and pharmochemical industries for more than seven years.

Council Member for Junta de Beneficencia Privada del Estado de Nuevo León
Previously served as Executive VP and Legal Counsel of Vitro

Previously served as Corporate Legal Director, Pulsar Internacional, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Pulsar/Savia
Representative Matters
- Lead Counsel representing a biotech and agribusiness company in the design and implementation of joint venture alternatives to attract potential investors to help in the acquisition of real estate assets
- Lead Counsel representing a Mexican cattle and meat packaging company gearing up a concurso proceeding
- Lead Counsel representing a major wind developer in the sale of a 120MW wind farm as well as the structuring of its power sales agreements, lease agreements, right-of-way agreements, and shareholders agreements
- Represented private Mexican and foreign investors in a sale of an office building for $205 million pesos
- Lead Mexican Counsel representing a foreign agent of a bank syndicate in the out of court restructuring involving $3.1 billion pesos of debt
- Represented one of the main investors of Grupo Gicsa, S.A.B. de C.V., with an equity participation of around $1.4 billion pesos, in its restructuring and IPO in the Mexican Stock Exchange
Prior Employment
- Partner, Rivera Gaxiola y Carrasco y Sánchez Mújica, February 2014-November 2015
- Executive VP and Legal Counsel, Vitro, 2005-2013
- Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP, 2003-2005
- Corporate Legal Director, Pulsar Internacional, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Pulsar/Savia, August 1992-November 2003
- Grupo DESC (now known as Grupo Kuo)
- Executive Legal Director, Novum, S.A. de C.V., May 1989-May 1992
- Corporate Legal Manager, Novum, S.A. de C.V., March 1987-April 1989
- Corporate Legal Manager, Industrias Negromex, S.A. de C.V., March 1985-April 1987
- Instituto para el Depósito de Valores (“INDEVAL”)
- Legal Manager, June 1983-February 1985
- Pro-Secretary of the same institute, February 1984-February 1985
- Secretaría de Programación y Presupuesto; Advisor to the Undersecretary of Regional Development, May 1983-February 1984
- Petroflota, S.A.
- Legal Manager, January 1982-May 1983
- Legal Sub-Manager, January-December 1981
- Mexico City Government
- Advisor to the Secretary of State “A” and the General Legal Director, January 1976-September 1978
- Auxiliary Prosecutor of Labor Defense, January 1974-December 1975
Related Services
Related Global Experience
News & Insights
- Alejandro Sánchez Mujica Quoted in El Heraldo de Mexico on Assessing the Option of Commercial Bankruptcy to Move Companies ForwardJanuary 05, 2021
- Alejandro Sánchez Mújica Quoted in El Universal on the Bankruptcy of Companies Due to Covid-19 Persisting Through 2021November 30, 2020
- Alejandro Sánchez Mújica Interviewed in El Financiero on Commercial Bankruptcy in MexicoOctober 21, 2020
- Client Alert: Update on Mexico Electric MarketsJune 02, 2020
Honors & Affiliations
Memberships/Affiliations
- Council Member, Junta de Beneficencia Privada del Estado de Nuevo León
- International Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Barra Mexicana de Abogados
Education & Admissions
Education
- M.A., 1985, The University of Texas at Austin
- M.C.J., 1979, The University of Texas School of Law
- Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), 1978, Escuela Libre De Derecho
Admissions
- United Mexican States
Languages
- English
- Spanish