PARTNER
Zulima, our lead partner of the Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice, has over 10 years of experience and focuses on Civil and Commercial Litigation and Domestic and International Arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy and insolvency, as well as contractual and non-contractual disputes, litigation of moral damages and property damage. She specializes in Amparo Law and has experience in Constitutional and Human Rights conflicts.
She has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. In August 2020, Zulima was appointed Regional Director for Mexico of the Latin American Chapter of The International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She is recognized in her areas of expertise by the most renowned international legal directories such as Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
ZULIMA GONZÁLEZ
PARTNER
Zulima, our lead partner of the Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice, has over 10 years of experience and focuses on Civil and Commercial Litigation and Domestic and International Arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy and insolvency, as well as contractual and non-contractual disputes, litigation of moral damages and property damage. She specializes in Amparo Law and has experience in Constitutional and Human Rights conflicts.
She has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. In August 2020, Zulima was appointed Regional Director for Mexico of the Latin American Chapter of The International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She is recognized in her areas of expertise by the most renowned international legal directories such as Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
“Zulima González is a professional lawyer with solid knowledge of bankruptcy proceedings. She is pragmatic when it comes to providing solutions and making decisions.”
– Chambers and Partners, Latin America Guide 2026, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
“The Pérez Correa team has fulfilled all its commitments. Zulima González partner and María Fernanda García stand out.”
– Legal 500, Latin America Guide 2025, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
“Zulima González is an expert in ‘concursos mercantiles’ and has been responsible for concluding our proceedings satisfactorily. She is professional and has extensive knowledge of the insolvency arena.”
– Chambers and Partners, Latin America Guide 2025, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Represented China Development Bank as a creditor in the insolvency proceeding of Altán Redes.
- Represented Landsteiner Scientific, one of Mexico’s largest and most important pharmaceutical companies, in obtaining a financing agreement.
- Represented CSI Leasing Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., and Prime/CRDF Los Jardines, LLC within Grupo Famsa, S.A.B de C.V. bankruptcy proceeding. Grupo Famsa is one of the most important retailers in Mexico.
- Represented MTI Transport in its insolvency proceeding as well as in the individual proceedings that some creditors have begun against our client.
- Represented Servicios Petroleros San Antonio Internacional, S. de R.L. de C.V., a branch of a transnational enterprise dedicated to Oil and Gas matters, on its bankruptcy proceedings.
- Served as auxiliary of the conciliator and/or trustee appointed by IFECOM in the commercial bankruptcies of the companies Perforadora Oro Negro, Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro, Grupo Almos, Servicios Anexos Iantel, ARC Internacional México, Retícula Gráficas, among others.
- Advised Biciclo (currently Turbo Limited) and TGC Ingeniería in their commercial bankruptcy procedures.
- Collaborated with the trustee appointed by the Federal Government in the commercial bankruptcies of Compañía Mexicana de Aviación and its subsidiaries Aerovías Caribe, Mexicana Inter, and the maintenance base Mexicana MRO.
- Represented a Mexican academic in a moral damage lawsuit against an international organization based in Mexico for infamous publications made on the Internet.
- Represents a Mexican citizen within a procedure of state liability for the irregularities committed by the SRE as a result of 2 international extradition procedures initiated against him
- Diploma in Insolvency and its Effects, Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México, Mexico, 2021
- Diploma in Bankruptcy, Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C., Mexico, 2020
- LLM, University College London, London, 2019
- Amparo Specialty (Honorific Mention), Universidad Panamericana, Mexico, 2017
- Exchange Program, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2012
- Law degree, Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico, 2014
- Assistant professor of Fernando Pérez Correa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- The challenge posed by the conciliation period in insolvency proceedings in Mexico to enter into a restructuring agreement | Global Restructuring Review´s Americas Review 2025
- International Comparative Legal Guide | Restructuring & Insolvency 2025
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Mexican Insolvency Proceedings
- International Comparative Legal Guide – Restructuring & Insolvency 2024 | Mexico Chapter, Global Legal Group, London, 2024
- Risks for Transactions and Directors in Financially Distressed Businesses (Mexico), Thomson Reuters, Canada, 2024
- Coauthor, Considerações sobre a reestruturação de dívidas de companhias latino-americanas por meio do us chapter 11, Agronegócio sem fronteiras, Editora Dialética, São Paulo, Brazil, 2023.
- Access to bankruptcy proceedings in Mexico, Lexology, Mexico City, 2018.
- The Classification of Consumer’s Credits in Bankruptcy Proceedings in Mexico, Lexology, Mexico City, 2018.
- Represented China Development Bank as a creditor in the insolvency proceeding of Altán Redes.
- Represented Landsteiner Scientific, one of Mexico’s largest and most important pharmaceutical companies, in obtaining a financing agreement.
- Represented CSI Leasing Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., and Prime/CRDF Los Jardines, LLC within Grupo Famsa, S.A.B de C.V. bankruptcy proceeding. Grupo Famsa is one of the most important retailers in Mexico.
- Represented MTI Transport in its insolvency proceeding as well as in the individual proceedings that some creditors have begun against our client.
- Represented Servicios Petroleros San Antonio Internacional, S. de R.L. de C.V., a branch of a transnational enterprise dedicated to Oil and Gas matters, on its bankruptcy proceedings.
- Served as auxiliary of the conciliator and/or trustee appointed by IFECOM in the commercial bankruptcies of the companies Perforadora Oro Negro, Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro, Grupo Almos, Servicios Anexos Iantel, ARC Internacional México, Retícula Gráficas, among others.
- Advised Biciclo (currently Turbo Limited) and TGC Ingeniería in their commercial bankruptcy procedures.
- Collaborated with the trustee appointed by the Federal Government in the commercial bankruptcies of Compañía Mexicana de Aviación and its subsidiaries Aerovías Caribe, Mexicana Inter, and the maintenance base Mexicana MRO.
- Represented a Mexican academic in a moral damage lawsuit against an international organization based in Mexico for infamous publications made on the Internet.
- Represents a Mexican citizen within a procedure of state liability for the irregularities committed by the SRE as a result of 2 international extradition procedures initiated against him
- Assistant professor of Fernando Pérez Correa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
La Enajenación de activos no vinculados a la operación ordinaria en la etapa de Conciliación en el concurso mercantil tramitado en México, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2023 (only available in Spanish).
Coauthor, Considerações sobre a reestruturação de dívidas de companhias latino-americanas por meio do us chapter 11, Agronegócio sem fronteiras, Editora Dialética, São Paulo, Brazil, 2023.
El arraigo del deudor en el Concurso Mercantil, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2023 (only available in Spanish).
¿Qué sucede con la representación legal de las Comerciantes en la etapa de Quiebra?, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2023 (only available in Spanish).
¿Es jurídicamente posible aprobar un convenio concursal existiendo recursos de apelación en contra de la Sentencia de Reconocimiento de Créditos pendientes de resolver?, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
¿A qué se enfrentan las mujeres en la práctica del Derecho de la Insolvencia?, Expansión Mujeres, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
¿Puede una sociedad civil ser considerada como comerciante para ser declarada en concurso mercantil?, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
La graduación de los créditos de los consumidores en un concurso mercantil, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
La constitucionalidad de la prohibición al deudor de pagar obligaciones vencidas en un concurso mercantil, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
El orden del pago de los créditos en un concurso mercantil, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
La obtención de financiamiento dentro del procedimiento concursal, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2022 (only available in Spanish).
¿Es conveniente iniciar procedimientos de carácter patrimonial en contra de una empresa declarada en concurso mercantil?, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2021 (only available in Spanish).
La suspensión de procedimientos de ejecución en el concurso mercantil mexicano, Legal Industry Reviews, Mexico City, 2021 (only available in Spanish).
Is bankruptcy an option for SMEs in crisis?, Expansión, Mexico City, 2021 (only available in Spanish).
Access to bankruptcy proceedings in Mexico, Lexology, Mexico City, 2018.
The Classification of Consumer’s Credits in Bankruptcy Proceedings in Mexico, Lexology, Mexico City, 2018.