Corporate and Corporate Governance

Privacy and Data Protection

Labor and Employment

Real Estate

Foreign Investments

Immigration law

Probono

• Member of the Auxiliary Committee of the Women Directors Program “50/50 Women on Boards.”

• Member of the National College of Independent Professional Corporate Directors (CNCPIE).

• Board member of the Italian Assistance Association, I.A.P.

• Member of the Advisory Council of the Mexican Pro Bono Center.

• Member and mentor at AbogadasMX.

Anahí Serrano has 20 years of experience in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), and Regulatory Compliance. She advises some of Cannizzo’s most prominent clients, including Italian and U.S. companies with operations in Mexico, which are leaders in the luxury retail, fashion, manufacturing, and construction sectors.

She provides comprehensive corporate legal advice to national and international companies, supporting them in key decision-making processes from incorporation and establishment in Mexico through ongoing corporate governance and regulatory compliance. She has extensive experience in transaction preparation, with a focus on risk mitigation and value creation. Her practice includes negotiating complex contracts in civil, commercial, labor, and personal data protection matters, aligning legal solutions with the strategic objectives of the business.

• Implementing Privacy and Personal Data Protection strategies for important companies.
• Incorporation of Trusts in restricted areas.
• Participation in transactions regarding merger and acquisition of Italian and foreign global leader companies.
• Legal advice in matter of Corporate Government Law, for Mexican companies with foreign capital.

Relevant matters:

• Advises multinational companies and international organizations on complex labor, corporate, regulatory, and crisis-management matters.
• Led legal strategy for a leading global design furniture manufacturer in establishing a new production facility in Monterrey drafting their construction contracts and various specialized services agreements, mitigating contractual, labor, and regulatory risks and avoiding liquidation. Currently serves as trusted legal advisor on day-to-day business operations.
• Represented the world’s largest privately owned fragrance and flavor company in a carve-out transaction in Mexico, coordinating corporate, labor, regulatory, and real estate aspects of a Local Business Transfer Agreement. Currently serves as trusted legal advisor on day-to-day business operations.
• Advised a top luxury design brand and global leader in glass mosaic production on the orderly closure of its Monterrey operations, providing comprehensive labor counsel.
• Led multi-jurisdictional product recall procedures across Latin America for an international tire manufacturer, ensuring regulatory compliance, effective crisis management, and brand protection.
• Provides ongoing labor law advice to OPANAL, an intergovernmental organization integrated by 33 States of Latin America and the Caribbean, who signed and ratified the treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Recognitions:

• First-time recognition by Best Lawyers in the “Ones to Watch” category in 2023.
• Recognized by Chambers and Partners in the “Up & Coming” category for the Corporate M&A Highly Regarded practice in Mexico, Latin America Legal Guide 2026.

• Universidad Panamericana, 2005. – Juris Doctor.
• Università degli Studi di Torino, 2012. – Master in Law. (LL.M).
• Senior Management Program (AD-1), 2024. IPADE Business School.
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), 2019.  – Post Graduate Studies in Real Estate.
• Universidad Panamericana, 2008. – Post Graduated Studies in Corporate Law
• Universidad Panamericana, 2006. – Post Graduated Studies in Litigation, Civil and Administrative Law.
• Currently enrolled in the Women Leaders Program by Dalia Empower, UIN, and Santander Scholarships.

• Spanish
• English
• Italian

Employment 2025 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2025.