SOCIO

Spanish and English

• Law Degree from the Universidad Anáhuac México Norte
• London School of Economics (LSE) – Corporate Law and Governance

• Assisted in restructuring the debt of a hotel group with several hotels throughout Mexico.
• Assisted in the incorporation of a real estate investment trust (FIBRA).
• Participated in an intercompany takeover for an amount similar to US$2.5 billion.

Spanish and English

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Spanish and English

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

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

• Member of the Mexican Bar Association College of Lawyers. 

English and Spanish

• 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.

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. 

Spanish and English

• Universidad Anahuac
• Administrative Law Universidad Panamericana

• 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

• Intellectual property Professor in the Communication degree at the Universidad Anahuac for a 3 year time period.

Spanish and English.

• 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.

• 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..

• INTA Member
• International Advisory Experts member
• Professor in the Master’s in Intellectual Property at the Universidad Panamericana

Spanish and English

• 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

• 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. 

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

• • International Bar Association 
• • Mexican Bar Association.

• 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. 

German, Spanish, and English

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

Spanish and English

• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

• 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.

• 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.

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Spanish and English

• Law degree from Universidad ISEC.
• Master’s Degree in Law from the same institution.
• Specialization in Criminal Law from Escuela Libre de Derecho.

• Taught Economic Theory and Political Science at ISEC University.
• Taught Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law in the Police Function, within the Basic Initial Training Course for Federal Police Applicants with Investigator Profile at Universidad Anáhuac, Campus Norte.

• The litigation area headed by Mr. García Macdonel, has provided his services to several factors in the Insurance and Bonding sector, among which stands out one of the largest insurance companies in the world, which he has sponsored in more than 500 commercial trials nationwide, as well as has sponsored more than 100 processes in criminal matters in various states of the republic, which makes him one of the most recognized lawyers in the Insurance and Bonding sector.
• One of the most significant matters that our litigation partner has resolved was that of a multi-insured who, shortly after taking out life insurance policies with eight insurance companies, died abruptly. The investigation conducted by our criminal litigation team led to the conclusion that this was a fraud to the detriment of the insurance companies. Due to the intervention of Mr. Garcia Macdonel, our client was able to avoid being charged a large amount of money for the sum insured. Due to the success of the investigation, the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) organized a meeting for our litigation partner to present the case, which helped more companies to avoid the payment of a claim that was unjustified.
• Mr. Garcia Macdonel advised another of the largest insurance companies in the world in a matter arising from the use of a false document for the improper collection of a Life Insurance that had a sum insured of more than USD$5,000,000 (five million U.S. dollars). Within the documentation with which the beneficiary accompanied the claim, an altered death certificate was found. Based on the foregoing, Mr. García Macdonel filed a criminal complaint through which he not only obtained the suspension of the commercial lawsuit through which they intended to collect the insured amount, but also obtained that a Criminal Judge issued and executed an arrest warrant against the beneficiary who attempted to defraud the insurance company. This was part of an integral strategy in which the litigation areas in which Eliser specializes were combined.
• Our litigation partner advised a German auto parts company based in Tlaxcala, due to the fact that employees of the company, particularly in the accounting area, carried out several unjustified transfers to their payroll accounts. After the complaint was filed, a judge issued an arrest warrant against both employees, concluding the process with a conviction by which the company was repaired.