Experience
Daniel has significant experience in business, corporate and financial operations, and contract negotiations for international transactions. He co-chairs the Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance practice group of the firm. He advises clients on M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, commercial contracting and real estate matters. He also specializes in corporate governance and compliance matters, and has advised multinational companies, particularly from the automotive, pharmaceutical, medical device and retail industries in complex compliance investigations and risk assessments.
Daniel also provides general advice and training on anticorruption and anti-money laundering issues. Due to his experience, he has been invited to participate as speaker in several symposiums on Compliance, Anti-Corruption, Money Laundering Prevention (AML) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) of the United States of America, in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Mexico. Daniel has more than twenty years of experience practicing law. Before he joined Sánchez Devanny, he gained significant experience serving as in-house counsel at a financial leasing company, as Corporate Legal Manager at a banking institution, and as an associate at a Mexican law firm. Daniel is fluent in English and Spanish.
Special Studies in Financial Law Institutions. Universidad Panamericana (UP) (2010).
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law. University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK (2002).
Law Degree. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico (2000).
LANGUAGE: Spanish, English.
“He is a leader who focuses on delivering exemplary legal services.” – Chambers Latin America 2025
"Daniel Maldonado Alcántara is very knowledgeable about the national and international regulations and understands the issues in Mexico in relation to compliance and corruption.“ - Chambers Global 2024
“It is a firm with a mix of experience in different matters that translates into a complete product; it always seeks to improve its relationship with the client and modernise its practices.”. - Legal500 Latin America 2025
“Excellent commercial knowledge. They have first-class facilities which have the appropriate communication technologies for videoconferencing.” – Legal500 Latin America 2025
