Legal Advisors
M&A · Financing · Governance
Alector is a boutique legal advisory firm specializing in M&A, financing, and corporate governance. Before founding Alector, our partners built and led the in-house legal function of one of Latin America's most active e-commerce aggregators, across multiple jurisdictions, capital structures, and deal complexities.
We have practiced both as outside counsel and as in-house counsel. That dual perspective shapes how we work: we distinguish which clauses carry a deal and which only add pages, which risks justify negotiation and which are noise, and where the execution of a transaction is actually decided.
We work with founders, boards, private equity funds, and institutional investors at critical inflection points. Every client gets direct access and senior-level attention, with no intermediaries.
Structuring, negotiation, and execution of acquisitions, divestitures, and mergers. We advise buyers and sellers on deal design, risk allocation, purchase price mechanics, shareholders agreements, and closing, with direct execution experience across transactions of varying complexity and enterprise value in Latin America and the United States.
Legal structuring for equity rounds (Series A through C and beyond), convertible instruments, debt facilities, and exit transactions. We advise on term sheet negotiation, shareholders agreements, SPA, and governance architecture, under Mexican and New York / Delaware law. We have structured and closed over US$450M in equity and debt with institutional counterparties.
Comprehensive legal review of targets across Mexican and U.S. jurisdictions. We identify contingencies, review material contracts and shareholders agreements, and prepare decision-grade executive reports, designed for boards and investors, not just file completion.
Advisory on corporate structure, shareholders agreements, board mechanics, cap table management, ESOPs, and ongoing compliance. We have designed governance frameworks for multi-jurisdictional operating groups with complex investor and founder dynamics.
Senior legal function.
Without the fixed overhead.
For growing companies that need experienced legal leadership without a full-time General Counsel, we embed as an integrated part of the team, covering day-to-day legal operations, commercial agreements, governance, and transactional matters as they arise.
Co-Founder & Partner
Salvador advises boards, founders, and shareholders on complex cross-border transactions and corporate governance. He brings 15+ years of experience across private practice and senior in-house leadership, including as General Counsel of a Latin American e-commerce aggregator with operations across six jurisdictions, where he served as the primary legal architect of the group's corporate, governance, and capital structure.
Previously, General Counsel of Merama Inc. (2021–2026), M&A and Finance Associate at an international law firm in Mexico (2013–2021), advising private equity funds and financial institutions on cross-border acquisitions, project finance, and structured lending.
Co-Founder & Partner
Daniel advises on M&A transactions, corporate governance, and complex commercial matters. His practice is defined by hands-on transactional execution across Mexican and U.S. law, built through years of running the full legal function of a multi-country e-commerce aggregator, from deal origination and due diligence through closing and post-acquisition integration.
Previously, Associate General Counsel at Merama Inc. (2021–2025), Lawyer at an international law firm in Mexico (2019–2021) in M&A and Project Finance, and Lawyer at Santamarina y Steta (2017–2018) in Intellectual Property.
We work with a selective group of clients on matters that require experienced, senior-level counsel. If you have a transaction, governance issue, or financing in progress, or anticipate one, we welcome an initial conversation.
Initial inquiries are welcome by email. Please refrain from sending confidential information until a conflicts review has been completed and a formal engagement is in place. The mere submission of your query does not establish an attorney-client relationship, nor any obligation to you as a prospective client.