JMJ Partners & Lawyers

What JMJ Partners & Lawyers does

JMJ Partners & Lawyers is a privately held, specialized Mexican law firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in the Bosques de las Lomas district of Mexico City. The firm operates with a five-person team structured around two partner pairs — the Moreno Balbuena brothers (Jesús and Mauricio) and the Coronado Contreras siblings (Laura as Doctora-level consultant and Jesús E. as Socio/Editorial Director) — and provides 14 distinct legal service lines. Its core practices are criminal compliance program design, anti-money laundering (AML/KYC) diagnostics and implementation, cybersecurity law and litigation, international criminal law (including extradition), economic criminal law, criminal defense litigation, and crisis management through alternative dispute resolution; secondary practices cover intellectual property crimes, environmental regulation, personal data protection, consumer protection, contract negotiation, and pro bono criminal advisory.

The firm's underlying delivery model is professional services rendered on a quote-based, per-matter engagement structure with no publicly disclosed pricing, retainer mechanics, or recurring subscription layer. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales — direct engagement with corporate entities (the primary segment) and high-profile individuals (a secondary persona segment), supplemented by thought leadership through professional publications with Wolters Kluwer (Bosch México), weekly MVS Radio appearances on cybersecurity, teaching at UNAM, Universidad Anáhuac, ITESM, and Escuela Libre de Derecho, and leadership positions at INCAM and the Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados. No proprietary technology platform, software product, API, or mobile application is offered; revenue derives entirely from professional fees.

The firm competes on credentialed expertise rather than scale — partners hold advanced degrees from international institutions (Loyola Chicago, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Israel, University of Salamanca) and certifications including CAMS and iCECOM, and Mauricio Moreno Balbuena previously served as Director General of Legal Processes at Mexico's Financial Intelligence Unit (Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera). Jesús E. Coronado has advised the Mexican Senate, Supreme Court, and Federal Fiscal Prosecutor. Client identities are not disclosed due to confidentiality, and the firm has stated involvement in matters with high media impact.

Name

JMJ Partners & Lawyers

Legal name

JMJ Partners & Lawyers

Website

https://jmj-compliance.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JMJ Partners & Lawyers is a five-person Mexican boutique law firm in Mexico City specializing in criminal compliance, anti-money laundering, cybersecurity law, international criminal law, and related litigation for corporate entities and high-profile individuals, differentiated by international credentials and thought-leadership publishing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal consultancy services including criminal compliance, anti-money laundering advisory, cybersecurity legal support, and litigation representation for corporate and individual clients. Services are provided on a quote-based model reflecting the complexity and specialization of the matters handled.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

JMJ Partners & Lawyers is a boutique law firm delivering specialized legal advisory and litigation services with a core focus on criminal compliance, anti-money laundering prevention, cybersecurity law, and international criminal law (including extradition). The firm also offers adjacent services spanning economic criminal law, intellectual property crimes, environmental regulation, personal data protection, contract negotiation, and crisis management, serving corporate clients and high-profile individuals under strict confidentiality.

Product overview

JMJ Partners & Lawyers is a specialized law firm focused on legal innovation, offering a comprehensive portfolio of 14 distinct legal service areas. The firm's core offerings center on criminal compliance, anti-money laundering prevention, cybersecurity advisory and litigation, and international criminal law. Additional services include negotiation and crisis management, economic criminal law, litigation, intellectual property crimes, environmental regulation, personal data protection, contracts, pro-bono work, and consumer protection. The firm serves high-profile clients nationally and internationally while maintaining strict confidentiality and professional ethics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Criminal Compliance
• Anti-Money Laundering Prevention (Prevención de Lavado de Dinero)
• Cybersecurity Legal Services (Ciberseguridad)
• International Criminal Law (Derecho Penal Internacional)
• Economic Criminal Law (Derecho Penal Económico)
• Criminal Litigation and Consulting (Consultoría y Litigio en Materia Penal)
• Negotiation, Conciliation and Crisis Management (Negociación, Conciliación y Manejo de Crisis)
• Crimes Committed by Public Officials (Delitos Cometidos por Servidores Públicos)
• Intellectual Property Crimes (Delitos en Materia de Propiedad Intelectual)
• Environmental Regulation and Environmental Crimes (Regulación Ambiental y Delitos contra el Medio Ambiente)
• Personal Data Protection (Protección de Datos Personales)
• Contracts (Contratos)
• Consumer Protection (Protección al Consumidor)
• Pro Bono Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Firm has handled matters with high media impact while maintaining client confidentiality

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wolters Kluwer (Bosch México)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJMJ team members serve as editorial directors and authors for Wolters Kluwer's Mexican operations. Mtro. Jesús E. Coronado Contreras is director editorial para México de Wolters Kluwer y su sello editorial Bosch México. Multiple books published including TODO Compliance, TODO Penal Internacional, ALL International Criminal Law, TODO Outsourcing, and TODO Penal Económico.
• Escuela Libre de DerechocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe firm partners with Escuela Libre de Derecho for educational programs. In October 2022, Mtro. Mauricio Moreno and Mtro. Jesús Coronado served as instructors in the Diplomado en Compliance program.
• Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México A.C. (INCAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirm members hold leadership positions including Subcoordinador de la comisión de Derecho Penal Internacional and Mtro. Jesús Coronado serves as Coordinador de la Comisión de Derecho Penal Internacional. Active participation in professional events and conferences.
• MVS NoticiasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMtro. Jesús Coronado appears as a weekly collaborator on the MVS Noticias newscast hosted by Luis Cárdenas, with a regular segment on Digital Culture. Discusses cybersecurity and related legal topics.
• U.S. Embassy in MexicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMtro. Mauricio Moreno served as instructor for the U.S. Embassy ant-money laundering program in Mexico.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Galicia Abogados: One of Mexico's largest full-service law firms with a prominent compliance and anti-corruption practice. Comparable because it competes for Mexican corporate compliance and AML mandates, though it offers a far broader corporate, tax, and finance practice than JMJ's criminal-law-focused niche.
• Baker McKenzie Mexico: Global firm's Mexico office handles cross-border AML, sanctions, and criminal compliance matters for multinational corporates. Comparable in targeting the same international-facing compliance and white-collar defense mandates, with deeper geographic reach.
• Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez: Elite Mexican law firm with deep white-collar crime, anti-money laundering, and compliance capabilities serving corporates and high-profile individuals. Highly comparable client base (corporate + high-profile individuals) and specialization footprint as JMJ, though at much larger scale.
• Hogan Lovells Mexico (Ciudad de México): Global firm with Mexico compliance, investigations, and white-collar defense capabilities. Overlaps with JMJ on cross-border anti-corruption, AML, and crisis management mandates for multinationals operating in Mexico.
• Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolau, S.C. Mexico City-based firm known for finance, corporate, and compliance work with a strong anti-money laundering practice. Comparable in serving sophisticated corporates on regulatory and compliance matters, anchored in Mexico.

Emerging players

• Control Risks Mexico: Risk consultancy with strong Mexico practice covering AML, sanctions, and integrity compliance. Comparable client type (corporates facing regulatory exposure in Mexico) with an overlap in compliance-program design, though delivered as advisory rather than legal counsel.
• Kroll (Mexico): Global investigations, risk consulting, and compliance advisory firm with presence in Mexico. Comparable because it serves corporate clients on AML compliance, due diligence, and cyber-incident response — adjacent to JMJ's legal-advisory scope but more forensic/risk-driven.
• FCPA / anti-corruption boutique firms (e.g., niche Latin American compliance practices): Smaller specialist firms in Mexico and Latin America focused on anti-corruption, AML, and corporate criminal liability programs. Most comparable in scope and client profile to JMJ's compliance practice, though typically narrower in services.

Others

• Santamarina y Steta: Long-standing Mexican full-service firm where Dra. Laura Coronado previously practiced. Comparable as a Mexican corporate law talent pool feeding into and out of specialist firms like JMJ, and shares overlap on corporate, energy regulation, and data protection mandates.
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Compliance (Mexico): Publisher and regulatory-content provider with whom JMJ has a strategic relationship (editorial directorship, TODOS collection). Comparable ecosystem overlap: produces the legal/compliance reference content JMJ's partners author, channeling both thought-leadership and inbound referrals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jmj-partners-lawyers

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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