Bio

Henri Capin-Gally is Head of the Mexico office's Antitrust and M&A groups. His practice focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Antitrust matters and clients also seek his knowledge and experience with complex private equity transactions. As a CFA Charterholder, Henri is able to offer clients authoritative advice on a wide variety of complex corporate and financial transactions. In recent years, Henri has represented clients in a number of landmark and high-profile deals, including: (i) the merger of Grupo Financiero Banorte with Grupo Interacciones, which was one of the largest M&A transactions in Mexico; (ii) BlackRock's acquisition of the asset management business of Citibanamex, a subsidiary of Citigroup, which involved a regulated mutual fund operator and 53 mutual funds with approximately US$35 billion in assets under management; (iii) the merger of Kansas City Southern with Canadian Pacific Railway; and (iv) Grupo Financiero Banorte's investment in PayClip. Henri's work was instrumental for Merama—an e-commerce platform start-up that partners with e-merchants in Latin America and achieved a US$1.2 billion valuation just 12 months after incorporation. Henri also was key to Konfío's acquisition of Señor Pago, a new B2C payment tool. The purchase of Sr. Pago allowed Konfío to became the fourth Mexican unicorn and strengthened its client offering through a solution that expands business payment options and facilitates transactions for customers who prefer alternative methods to cash. Henri has a strong track record leading high-profile antitrust cases in an array of business sectors. In addition, he advises on complex matters regarding competition law, having participated in precedent-setting cases of antitrust investigations and merger clearances at both the domestic and global level. Henri is recognized for having obtained many innovative "firsts" in antitrust, precedents that he has conceived of, implemented and won. In 2021 and in 2022, Legal 500 Latin America recognized Henri as one of seventeen Leading Lawyers in Mexico in the Competition and Antitrust category. He has actively represented various foreign companies and investors in the sale or acquisition of their interests and business assets in Mexico, and he regularly handles corporate finance work.