Month: September 2022

Abraham Mejía López

TEAM

Abraham Mejía López

LAWYER

amejia@muclaw.mx

Responsible for the criminal area of the firm, Abraham has more than 15 years of professional experience. He has an excellent management in the implementation of compliance as well as strategies and legal processes related to the defense of his clients, both individuals and corporations, as well as in the implementation of processes to achieve accountability against those who have generated economic determinants against their clients.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Mr. Abraham Enrique Mejia Lopez has practiced as a litigation lawyer in Civil, Commercial and Criminal Law; however, he has had special focus in the practice of the latter.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

STUDIES
  • Diploma in Criminal Procedure Law before the National Institute of Criminal Sciences.
  • Diploma in Criminal Protection before the National Institute of Criminal Sciences.
  • Diploma in Money Laundering before the National Institute of Criminal Sciences.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Abraham Enrique Mejía López has represented for more than 9 years a multinational company focused on insurance, obtaining positive results in the prevention of crimes, recovery of economic resources in favor of the company due to detriments by employees, business allies and/or suppliers, generating negotiations in benefit of his client’s interests.


Ashanti Miroslava León Huitrón

TEAM

Ashanti Miroslava León Huitrón

LAWYER

aleon@muclaw.mx

Ashanti León is an attorney with more than 10 years of experience who has focused her practice on serving clients in the real estate industry, advertising firms and record companies.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Her area of specialization is focused on corporate law, covering areas such as commercial relations, creation of new businesses, joint ventures, corporate governance, compliance with corporate obligations, as well as real estate transactions and the creation and regulation of trusts.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

STUDIES
  • Law degree from the Universidad Tecnológica de México.
  • Master’s Degree in Corporate Law from Universidad Anáhuac.
  • Diploma in Business and Corporate Law from the Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Jurídico (National Institute of Legal Development).
  • Course on “Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Secrets” given by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property.
  • Course on “Patent Cooperation Treaty” given by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property.

RELEVANT CASES
  • Lawyer in charge of the total corporate restructuring of one of the leading companies in advertising and BTL, which obtained the first place in the Ranking of BTL Agencies for more than 5 consecutive years and qualified as the Best Integral Agency by the Mexican Association of Promotion Agencies (AMAPRO).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Owner and active member of several Boards of Directors of different companies.


Leopoldo Reyes Equiguas

TEAM

Leopoldo Reyes Equiguas

PARTNER

@muclaw.mx

Leopoldo has worked for over 20 years primarily in the areas of consulting and litigation in Tax, Administrative and Economic Criminal matters, attending all kinds of matters related to trials before the Administrative Justice Court, Federal Judiciary and Local Contentious Courts, as well as disciplinary proceedings before the Internal Control Organs in cases of liability of public servants, always seeking the best strategy according to the interests of the represented parties, fighting resolutions of the Tax Administration Service, Mexican Institute of Social Security, INFONAVIT, Local Treasuries and Ministry of Public Function.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Within his extensive experience, Leopoldo has advised clients in the prevention of money laundering, attention to and resolution of tax reviews at the federal and state level, tax practice and estate planning. Likewise, he has handled several matters related to the defense of taxpayers, individuals and corporations, such as determinations of tax credits, constituent capitals and any sanction in the administrative field. Last but not least, he has vast experience in procedures related to the recovery of tax credits, expert opinions in accounting and financial matters and those related to the prevention of money laundering and tax fraud.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

STUDIES
  • Law Degree, Public Accountant, Tax Specialist and Master’s Degree in Taxation from ISEC Business University.
  • Doctorate in Business Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in agreement with the Universidad Anáhuac México.
  • Diploma in Constitutional Procedural Law from the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Expert witness in the case of the Popular Savings Banks, which created the Asset Administration and Disposal Service (SAE) and enacted the Popular Savings and Credit Law.
  • Expert witness in the case of La Estafa Maestra.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México, AC
  • Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos, AC
  • Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México, AC
  • Academia Mexicana de Derecho Informático, AC
  • Comisión Nacional de Compliance, AC
  • Asociación Nacional de Especialistas Fiscales, AC
  • Comisión Fiscal de CONCANACO
  • Coautor de diversas obras en materia fiscal y prevención de lavado de dinero.


Alejandro Hernández Gallardo

TEAM

Alejandro Hernández Gallardo

PARTNER

ahernandez@muclaw.mx

Having studied at Universidad La Salle, Alejandro Hernández Gallardo has more than 20 years of experience practicing law. He focuses his practice in providing legal and advisory solutions to multinational companies mainly in the corporate and regulatory fields. He has worked for several years in international firm such as Laffan Mues. Publications such as The Legal 500 consider him “a diligent, dedicated and expert lawyer”..

SPECIALIZATION AREAS 

Alejandro main practice is on Corporate Law, Financial Law, M&A transactions, Contracts, Privacy and Data Protection, Money Laundering Prevention and Immigration Law, serving all types of commercial, industrial (mainly in the automotive and logistics industries) and service clients. Likewise, during his professional career he participated in the formation and incorporation of MEXDER, as well as of several financial entities and SOFOMES, and forms part of the Board of Directors of financial, commercial, industrial and service companies.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

STUDIES
  • Bachelor’s Law Degree at Universidad La Salle
  • Postgraduate on Financial Law by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Formation of the Mexican Derivatives Market (MEXDER). 
  • Incorporation of financial entities and SOFOMES. 
  • Active member of the Board of Directors of various entities.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Member of the Mexican Bar Association College of Lawyers. 


Héctor Holguín Zaldívar

TEAM

Héctor Holguín Zaldívar

PARTNER

hholguin@muclaw.mx

With more than 13 years of experience, Hector has specialized his practice in the areas of Civil, Commercial and Family litigation, dealing with all kinds of matters and creating the best strategies according to the interests of his clients. 

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Within his extensive experience, Hector has advised clients on contracts and legal proceedings related to the enforcement, interpretation and defense of commercial contracts. 

In additional, he has plenty experience in procedures related to Property Rights, Civil Liability procedures (malpractice and medical liability, property damages, non-economic damages and punitive damages) and civil matters of individuals such as: divorces, alimony, disputes related to guardianship and custody and parental authority and the return of minors. 

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

English and Spanish

LAW SCHOOL
  • Universidad Iberoamericana.
  • Masters Degree in Private Law at Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
  • Certificate in American English for Students of Law at Yale Law School.
  • Certificate in English for Legal Purposes and Introduction to US Law at Case Western Reserve University.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

In his extensive experience, Héctor has obtained favorable rulings that have set important precedents in national legislation.

An example of this was an ordinary civil trial in which an European Clinic for Assisted Reproduction (client) was sued for non-economic damages for an alleged heterotopic pregnancy (when an embryo coincides in time intrauterine and another extrauterine) caused to the patient, demonstrating in the trial that said circumstance was an inherent risk to the procedure itself and of which the patient had previously been notified, in addition to the fact that there was evidence in the clinical file that the patient had only had one embryo implanted, also proving with international literature that the only embryo implanted in the patient could have divided, hence the average responsibility (medical care) and the Lex Artis Ad Doc had been met, so the accusation of medical responsibility was inadmissible. 


Cristina Escobar Subirats

TEAM

Cristina Escobar Subirats

PARTNER

cescobar@muclaw.mx

With 17 years of experience, Cristina is one of the most ardent and most passionate partners in the firm. The firm is proud to possess such an important asset like her as a major partner of the firm.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Cristina has specialized in particular industries such as Industrial Property, Copyright and Administrative Law, mainly for clients who are involved in the entertainment and automotive industries.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

LAW SCHOOL
  • Universidad Anahuac
  • Administrative Law Universidad Panamericana

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Litigation in view of the WIPO (World Industrial Property Organization) a matter of domain names. This is a unique and an uncommon procedure because it is carried out in a specific guideline and the authority that resolves the procedure is an international organization.
  • Copyright matters, such as personal image agreements, related to platforms and the creation of digital content

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Intellectual property Professor in the Communication degree at the Universidad Anahuac for a 3 year time period.


Gastón Esquivel Santos

TEAM

Gaston Esquivel Santos

PARTNER

gesquivel@muclaw.mx

Gaston is one of the most experienced lawyers in intellectual property and entertainment law. With more than 35 years of experience, he has advised various clients in trademark and patent protection, advising musicians, producers, talents, artistic representation agencies in the entertainment industry, among others; he has developed litigation strategies in these matters, which has positioned him as one of the most reliable lawyers in the field. 

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Gaston’s practice is entirely focused on Intellectual Property and Entertainment law. Advising his clients in the processing, procurement and defense of intangibles, as well as contractual relations, productions, contract negotiation or litigation derived from them. Also, Gaston has provided advice on special crimes in matters of Industrial Property and Copyright. 

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.

STUDIES
  • Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Certificate in Anglo-Saxon Law at the University of Texas.
  • Certificate in Corporate Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Certificate in Intellectual Property Crimes, INACIPE.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • He has advised several personalities from the entertainment world.
  • He has negotiated contracts for producers and talent with the main networks and companies in the entertainment industry.
  • He has successfully represented characters such as La Chilindrina, Blue Demon Jr., among many others, in rights reservation trials..

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • INTA Member
  • International Advisory Experts member
  • Professor in the Master’s in Intellectual Property at the Universidad Panamericana


Bernardo Llaca Martínez

TEAM

Bernardo Llaca Martínez

PARTNER

bllaca@muclaw.mx

Bernardo Llaca is founding partner of the Firm and has served as leader in the corporate, M&A and tax areas.  

He has a vast experience on transactional international deals and continuously represents sellers and buyers, both Mexican and international, in mergers and acquisitions involving negotiations with legal and accounting firms and counterparties of all sizes and natures. He has been distinguished to personally negotiate and manage the different edges of a transaction, which represents a significant advantage of efficiency and costs for the benefit of our clients. 

He has more than 25 years of experience in the consultancy of companies engaged in various sectors, including, industrial and services. 

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS
  • Completed a program for Foreign Lawyers at Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas (currently incorporated into K&L Gates) 
  • Accredited as an Aspiring Public Commercial Notary (Corredor Público) by the Ministry of Economy

STUDIES
  • Bachelor’s Degree by the Universidad Iberoamericana (Ibero). 
  • Postgraduate in Corporate Law in the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). 
  • Public International Law at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas. 
  • International Comparative Management, Richland College, Dallas, Texas. 
  • First Interdisciplinary Course on Systems Against Unfair International Trade Practices of Mexico, United States, and Canada, Colegio de Mexico. 

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS

For more than five years, listed as leader lawyer on Corporate/M&A Law 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • • International Bar Association 
  • • Mexican Bar Association.

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS
  • Conference: Lending and Investment in Mexico” – Establishing a Presence as a Lender in Mexico – Dallas, Texas 
  • Conference Updated on Corporate Laws – Mexico City 
  • Conference Legal Forum – Important Consideration Regarding Licenses and Transferring of Technology – Mexico City 
  • Speaker at the Corporate Law Postgraduate – Corporate and Business Postgraduate Universidad Iberoamericana – León, Guanajuato, Mexico. 
  • Publication of the article High Tech Product Liability – AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers – Florence, Italia 
  • Publication on the Juridical Yearbook of Law of the Universidad Iberoamericana, The shares, an Analysis in the Comparative Mexican and Spanish Law, Number 26. 


Luis Cuesta Salces

TEAM

Luis Cuesta Salces

PARTNER

lcuesta@muclaw.mx

Born in Burgos, Spain. He holds a degree in German law having studied at the University of Cologne and at Trier University (German degree 1991); Degree in Spanish Law (Madrid 1993); Law Degree by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Luis is founding partner of the Firm

SPECIALIZATION AREAS

Luis works mainly in the commercial, corporate regulation and foreign investment areas and has extensive experience in advising on corporate transactions, especially in the field of joint ventures, corporate restructurings and transactional businesses. He has recently assisted in the purchase and sale of hotel projects, automotive, heavy machinery, and shipping companies.

LANGUAGES

German, Spanish, and English

CONFERENCES
  • Speaker on the Podcast with SMT Corporate Group “Perspektive Ausland” regarding immigration law, on March 2022.
  • Speaker on the Webinar organized by the Swiss Mexican Chamber of Commerce, regarding the labor amendments in Mexico, on May 2021.
  • Speaker on the webinar organized by the Mexican German Chamber of Industry (CAMEXA) named New Legal Rules 2021 for Human Resources, on January 27, 2021.
  • Speaker on the Webinar organized by Baden-Württemberg International named: “Mexico: Business after Corona” on July 1, 2020.
  • Speaker on the Webinar organized by the Mexican German Chamber of Industry (CAMEXA) for the Bio-energy Delegation regarding to legal aspects on May 11, 2020.
  • P Speaker on various Webinars organized by the Mexican German Chamber of Industry (CAMEXA) and by the Swiss Mexican Chamber of Commerce, respectively, regarding legal aspects arising from Covid-19 pursuant to Mexican laws in Mexico City during the months of March, April, and May of 2020.
  • Speaker on the annual congress of the CBBL regarding the Free Trade Agreement between Canada, USA, and Mexico, in Vienna, Austria, on May of 2019.
  • Speaker on the annual congress of the CBBL regarding guarantees pursuant to Mexican law, in Hamburg, Germany, on May 2018.
  • Speaker in the Delegation visit of Baden-Württemberg regarding corporate law and foreign investment in Mexico, Mexico in February, 2017.
  • Speaker in the Delegation visit of German Industry on security referring to legal topics regarding public and private bids in Mexico, Mexico in September, 2016.
  • Speaker for the Delegation visit of Baviera Industry to Mexico City in regard with Cooperate Law and foreign investment in Mexico, Mexico, in June, 2015.
  • Moderator in the Bilateral Business Summit organized by ProMéxico in Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1st of July, 2014.
  • Several Interviews in Mexican Radio Stations in regard with the Mexican Tax Reform and its effects on European, German investment, Mexico, in September and October, 2013.
  • Speaker in an event of the Germany-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (CAMEXA) regarding “Outsourcing”, Mexico, in June, 2013.
  • Speaker in the Second Business Summit Germany-Mexico in León, Gto., Mexico in October, 2012.
  • Speaker in the “Bosch Supplier Meeting” in Cologne, Germany in February, 2012 regarding Mexican Corporate Law and Real Estate Law.
  • Speaker in the First Business Summit Germany-Mexico in Querétaro, México in September, 2011 (“Most common Guarantees under Mexican Law – How do I guarantee to get paid in Mexico?”)
  • Speaker in the Intersolar in Munich, Germany in June 2010 regarding Mexican Energy Law.
  • Speaker in the UIA Winter Seminar in St. Christoph, Austria in March 2009 regarding “Distressed Companies in Mexico”.
  • Speaker in the event “Going Global” in Rödl&Partner Headquarters in Nürnberg, Germany in July 2008 concerning Mexican Corporate Law.
  • Speaker in multiple events organized in Mexico, Spain and/or Germany by Chambers of Commerce, ProMéxico, Associations, etc. regarding Mexican Investment Law, Corporate Law and Labor Law.
  • Speaker in the UNAM (“Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México”) regarding Comparative Mexican and German Antitrust Law.

EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
  • Secretary of the Swiss Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  • Secretary of the Foundation of the German Industry in Mexico for Culture.
  • Former President of the German Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAMEXA).
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA).
  • Member of the Cross Border Business Lawyers (CBBL).
  • Attorney trust of the German Embassy in Mexico City.
  • Attorney trust of the Swiss Embassy in Mexico City.
  • Attorney trust of the Austrian Embassy in Mexico City.
  • Has given many seminars in Mexico, Germany, Austria, and USA. He has also participated in radio programs regarding various legal topics.

RANKINGS
  • Recommended in Corporate/M&A by “Chambers and Partners” for the last eleven years and by the “LEGAL 500”.

PUBLICATIONS
  • Author of several articles about compliance; Mexican Product Liability; Guarantees under Mexican Law; Comparative Banking Law in Mexico and Germany; and Mexican Investment Law.
  • Co-Autor of “Business-Guide Mexiko” published by Bundesanzeiger Verlag, 2016.


Miguel Uribe Flores

TEAM

Miguel Uribe Flores

PARTNER

muribe@muclaw.mx

Miguel, is a lawyer graduated from UNAM in 1971, who has dedicated his entire life to labor consulting for companies. Throughout his professional life, he has founded several law firms in the labor law specialty and is currently a partner and leader of the labor area of the firm Macdonel, Uribe, Cuesta, Llaca and Esquivel Abogados. 

He has litigated more than 50 years to date and has intervened or been responsible for more than 150,000 individual and collective labor lawsuits. He has been a lawyer for countless companies, organizations and institutions, from the private and public sectors, among which are the Public Education Ministry, Health Ministry and CONADE. 

Due to his correct perception of the nature of the labor trials in Mexico, he deduced, since 1980, the need to create an evidentiary protocol, with which companies can protect themselves from the enormous vulnerability generated by Mexican labor legislation, motivated by the burden of proof in the judicial proceedings in this area, which implies enormous economic losses to the employer sector; obtaining with it, a legal shield that has motivated the recognition of the clients. 

AREA OF EXPERTISE

For his experience in labor litigation, which directly affects the administration of human resources in companies, he has acquired an enormous knowledge of this proceedings, which has motivated that in the last 20 years of his professional life, he is increasingly required as an advisor in such matter. 

He has advised companies on labor relations, in which it is essential to generate strategic planning, to successfully face the inertia of the unions to obtain advantages in favor of themselves and the workers, generally damaging with it, productivity, efficiency and quality, in the labor processes of the companies. 

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English

LAW SCHOOL
  • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Speaker in the round tables of labor law for COPARMEX.
  • Member of the Mexican Academy of Labor Law. 
  • COPARMEX advisor.
  • Advisor to the Association of Industrialists of the State of Mexico.
  • CONCAMIN advisor. 
  • Speaker in seminars and courses on labor reforms since 1980 and until the most recent of 2019.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Among his most outstanding works, are structural changes in collective labor relations in sectors such as seaports, the sugar industry, the rubber industry, the transport industry, the film industry (in its production, distribution and exhibition segments), television and of entertainment, in which he has managed to defeat extortionist and anachronistic unionism.

  • As for his contributions in the administration of human resources, since 1980 he designed the first work contracts with hourly pay, distance work (home office), monthly salary payments, reduced hours, discontinuous work, and implemented the homologation of technological innovations in the administration of human resources, to provide them with evidentiary efficiency in court, when neither the jurisprudence nor the Mexican labor and social security legislation had contemplated these concepts.

    His work philosophy is to generate all the legal supports in the administration of human resources, to prevent the risks of labor conflicts, for which it has created collective and individual contracts and labor documents with all the concepts of innovation, which generally represent savings to the companies.