JESÚS PÉREZ PEREZ PALAZUELOS is a Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie in Mexico City, with over 15 years of expertise in M&A, corporate, contractual, and foreign investment law. He routinely represents domestic and international clients in crossborder and multijurisdictional transactions. Legally qualified in both Mexico (2014) and New York (2019), Jesús earned his LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2017. His experience spans corporate restructurings, joint ventures, and significant deals—such as advising on a major oil-and-gas acquisition involving the Zama block, recognized as the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators’ “2019 Deal of the Year.” He also spent time as a visiting attorney in Baker McKenzie’s Chicago office.