When Francisco Hernandez accepted a position as Mexichem’s first global general counsel about two years ago, he knew he was taking on a huge job – shaping one cohesive legal team from 18 lawyers who were spread across some 40 countries and who were answering to various functions, such as finance.

With 22,000 employees, Mexichem is a major producer of plastic pipes and is the third largest chemical and petrochemical company in Latin America.