White & Case Expands in Mexico

White & Case has added two M&A specialist lawyers to its Mexico operation, it says. Jorge de la Garza has been named partner in Monterrey and Maria Teresa Fernandez as counsel in Mexico City. De la Garza joins from rivals Thompson & Knight, and will focus on domestic and cross-border M&A, real estate and corporate matters. Fernandez is a former head of Mexico’s Institute for the Protection of Banking Savings and past vice chair of regulation for the country’s National Banking and Securities Commission.