A legacy built over four generations. A firm shaped by Mexico's most consequential legal, diplomatic, and commercial history.
IBG Legal carries the heritage of lawyers whose lineage spans the breadth of Mexican public life — from the diplomacy of the nineteenth century to the construction of modern Cancún as a global investment destination.
A Firm With Deep Roots
IBG Legal was founded in 1943 with a clear purpose: to provide rigorous, principled legal counsel in a market that demands both depth of knowledge and unwavering integrity. The firm's founding lineage includes a United States diplomat, a branch connected to the Allende family — icons of Mexican independence — and a Catalan ancestor who stood against oppressive regimes. These roots are not ornamental. They explain why IBG Legal has survived eight decades of political, economic, and market transformation without changing its name or its principles — and why it advises investment transactions across Mexico today.
Building the Legal Infrastructure of the Riviera Maya
When Cancún began attracting international capital in the 1980s, IBG Legal was already there. The firm structured fideicomisos in the restricted zone before they were standard practice, regularized ejidal land that became hotel developments, litigated the first coastal environmental disputes, and built the foreign investment structures that opened Quintana Roo to institutional markets. That transactional record — built deal by deal, case by case — is what distinguishes IBG Legal from any firm that arrived afterward.
Where Law Meets Investment
IBG Legal operates today at the intersection of high-stakes real estate transactions, complex litigation, and international investment — in Quintana Roo, Mexico City, and Querétaro. The firm combines modern research methodology and technology-assisted due diligence with the territorial knowledge and institutional relationships that only eight decades of continuous practice can build. The same firm that structured your acquisition can defend it in litigation: a critical advantage that very few firms in Mexico can credibly offer.
Committed to the Caribbean Ecosystem
IBG Legal's commitment to Mexico's Caribbean coast extends beyond the courtroom. The firm actively collaborates with Saving Our Sharks Foundation on marine conservation initiatives in the Caribbean, linking its environmental law practice to the preservation of the ecosystem that underpins the region's economy — the same coast on which its clients invest and its lawyers live. This is not performative philanthropy: it is consistency between the environmental law we practice and the territory we protect. Learn more at savingoursharksfoundation.org
