Event information
This year, our Mexico GC Summit aims to explore and address the pressing legal issues in Mexico. Mexico’s legal landscape is constantly evolving, and with the country’s growing economy and complex regulatory framework, staying abreast of the latest developments and best practices is essential. This summit provides a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, insights, and experiences on the most up-to-date legal challenges that general counsel and businesses operating in Mexico are facing. Our esteemed speakers will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise in critical legal areas. Attendees will gain valuable insights and practical tips to navigate the complex legal environment in Mexico and ensure compliance with the latest regulations. We are confident that this Summit will be a fruitful and engaging experience for all participants, and we look forward to seeing you there.
Agenda
- Victor M. Frías, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig (GT)
- Miguel Flores Bernés, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig (GT)
This panel will delve into the intricacies of moral and punitive damages under Mexican law, offering attendees a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights into the latest regulatory developments, significant case precedents, and emerging trends shaping this crucial aspect of litigation. During this panel discussion, participants can expect to:
- Explore Regulatory Advancements: Gain a deep understanding of the most recent updates in the regulatory framework governing moral and punitive damages in Mexico. Discover how recent legislative changes, court decisions, and regulatory guidance impact the assessment and quantification of damages in various legal contexts.
- Analyse Influential Case Law: Delve into landmark case precedents that have shaped the interpretation and application of moral and punitive damages within Mexico’s legal system. Learn from real-world examples to grasp the nuances of proving liability, calculating damages, and navigating the complexities of legal proceedings.
- Identify Emerging Trends: Stay at the forefront of developments in moral and punitive damages litigation by covering the latest trends and emerging issues. Gain valuable insights into the evolving attitudes of courts, standard of care expected from companies, and the strategies employed by legal practitioners to mitigate potential risks and defend against claims.
- Share Strategies and Best Practices: Engage in dynamic discussions with seasoned legal professionals, exchanging ideas and practical strategies for effectively managing moral and punitive damages litigation. Benefit from the collective wisdom of experts as they share their successful approaches to risk assessment, dispute resolution, and compliance with legal obligations.
- Suitable for all GCs that want to gain a competitive edge in handling complex litigation matters and ensure their organisation is well-prepared for the challenges of the modern legal landscape.
- Javier Curiel Obscura, partner, Martinez, Algaba de Haro y Curiel
- Pedro Pesqueira, senior vice president of legal affairs for latin america, MetLife
1.15pm – 1.30pm Break
1.30pm – 2.20pm ESG presented by Ritch Mueller
2.20pm – 3.20pm Lunch Break
3.20pm – 4.10pm Nearshoring and Infrastructure presented by White & Case
4.10pm – 5.00pm Opportunities and Challenges for Large Projects in Mexico
- Herfried Wöss
- Héctor Hofmann, Haliburton
- Marco Rivas, legal VP, chief compliance officer & data privacy officer, Bayer, Mexico
- Diana Leiva, legal director – general counsel North America, TECHINT
- Alvaro Gomez Godoy, corporate legal director, AGP Group
5.00pm – 5.05pm Closing Remarks
5.05pm – 6.00pm Drinks and Canapes
Speakers
Miguel Flores Bernés, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig (GT)
Miguel Flores Bernés focuses his practice on antitrust and competition issues, assisting national and international clients in investigation proceedings of alleged anticompetitive conduct, concentrations, and defense strategies before specialized antitrust courts.
He has assisted clients in the competition clearance of transactions by the Mexican competition authorities, such as Federal Competition Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica – COFECE) and Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de las Telecomunicaciones – IFT). Likewise, he represents economic agents in: i) proceedings for the investigation of alleged anticompetitive conduct (cartels, abuse of dominance and unlawful concentrations), including fine reduction programs (leniency and early closure of a probe with commitments); and ii) proceedings related to barriers to competition, essential inputs and declarations of lack of effective competition.
Prior to joining the firm, he was a Commissioner in the Federal Competition Commission (2006-2013) and before that, he acted as economic legal advisor in the office of the President of Mexico.
Víctor Manuel Frías, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig (GT)
Victor Manuel Frías practice is focused on commercial law, including competition, mergers and acquisitions and arbitration.
On the competition side, Mr. Frías has represented clients in numerous cartel investigations before the Competition Commission in different industries for over 20 years. He frequently represents clients in pre-merger filings. Mr. Frías has been ranked by different publications as one of Mexico’s premier competition attorneys. He often appears before Mexico’s Federal Specialized Courts in Competition and Telecommunications matters.
On the M&A front, Mr. Frías has also been ranked as one of Mexico’s leading attorneys. In 2017, he closed the largest acquisition in Mexico for over $2.3 billion. He has represented acquirors (both Mexican and foreign), targets, and investment funds in a large number of acquisitions, takeovers, and joint ventures. He also counsels clients on a broad range of corporate and business-related matters, including corporate governance, corporate compliance matters and internal investigations. Mr. Frías has had substantial transactional involvement in numerous industries, including health care, information technology, retail, and the food industry.
Herfried Wöss
Héctor Hofmann, Haliburton
Marco Rivas, legal VP, chief compliance officer & data privacy officer, Bayer, Mexico
Diana Leiva, legal director - general counsel North America, TECHINT
Lawyer and Legal Consultant with over 20 years of experience providing both in-house and off-counsel advisory services to international and multinational companies in various industries, and over 15 years of experience in Construction and Energy matters. Graduated in 2002 with a Doctorate in Law from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, holds a Postgraduate degree in International Commercial Arbitration from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, A.C., Mexico City, and is a graduate of the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección (IPADE). Diana has participated in various national forums on arbitration and dispute resolution, as well as transactional contractual law, for the construction industry, particularly in the Energy sector. She specialises in commercial and contractual advisory, in matters related to negotiating contractual and project financing schemes, advisory in procurement and acquisition of industrial and manufacturing goods; service provision contracts; public works contracts; energy contracts; contracts under the public-private partnerships scheme; international construction contracts (BOT, EPC, CAT, among others); dispute resolution procedures (claims, expert opinions, conciliation, and arbitration); private and public contract models; formation of joint ventures, UTEs, AenPs, consortia, and special purpose entities; insurance legislation advisory.
Alvaro Gomez Godoy, corporate legal director, AGP Group
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Aguilar Castillo Love is a full-service corporate, and the first home-grown, regional, Latin American law firm. It counts more than 60 lawyers working across Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay. Through legitimacy, cross-border business insight and forward-thinking legal expertise we provide security for our clients on highly complex and critical matters. We place the quality of our practice, the nature of its work and the value of our relationships ahead of our size. We are instruments for business integrity through the law.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2650 attorneys in 45 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 250. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono.
The firm has been serving Mexican clients and foreign investors with interest in Mexico for many decades. GT established an office in Mexico City in 2011. GT’s Mexico office offers clients innovative, strategic advice and legal services that span both traditional industries and cutting-edge sectors. Web: www.gtlaw.com.
For over 50 years Martínez, Algaba, de Haro y Curiel has successfully represented corporations in complex local and cross border cases where their renowned corporate experience has paired superbly with their unique litigation skills. The clients who have trusted them to enforce their rights and defend their interests are key players in areas of business and industries as diverse as banking and finance, beverages, construction, insurance, investment funds, education, hospitality, oil and gas, pension funds, retail, real estate, and telecommunications.
Martínez, Algaba, de Haro y Curiel are aleader in government and regulatory litigation in Mexico, facing both federal and local authorities whenever their clients are under investigation or whenever their rights are being overlooked. Litigation often involves contesting government fines, sanctions, expropriations, and revocations of concessions, licenses, and authorizations.
Martínez, Algaba, de Haro y Curiel represents clients across Mexico in disputes pertaining to validity of agreements, lease and ownership of real estate, and contractual and extra contractual liability, including torts and reputational damages. They represent clients before federal and local courts in all sorts of disputes arising from business relationships, with an emphasis in controversies concerning financial services. This includes disputes involving banks, insurance companies, investment funds, pension funds, and asset managers and often appear before Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice to argue cases of the utmost importance for the country’s political, social and economic life.
Our experienced team of lawyers knows in depth the operation of business and industry trends in Mexico. Since our platform is perfectly integrated, we have the global reach and capabilities required to handle the most complex issues in Mexico and abroad.
As Mexico’s investment landscape continues to evolve, more and more transactions are multijurisdictional—requiring counsel across multiple areas of law and geography. Mexico is ideally placed to benefit from companies looking to nearshore or relocate their operations closer to their main destination markets in North America. Integrated, deep supply chains between Mexico and the United States, which cover diverse economic sectors, such as manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, and agriculture has contributed to Mexico retaining its place as the second-largest United States trade partner.
Our lawyers pay special attention to the commercial objectives of our clients, and we help them reach those objectives in the most efficient and effective manner. We have advised international companies making acquisitions or developing projects in Mexico, as well as Mexican companies pursuing business abroad. To serve the best interests of our clients, our lawyers act in close cooperation with our other offices throughout the world, combining the Firm’s global cross-practice and industry-specific experience with deep knowledge of local law.
Wöss & Partners, a globally recognized law firm, specializes in commercial and
investment arbitration, damage claims, international trade regulation, and
international business law. The firm also specializes in the fields of infrastructure,
energy and oil & gas. Noted for their extensive participation in arbitrations, the firm has received accolades from The Legal 500 and the International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration.
Adriana San Román and Dr. Herfried Wöss, Founders of Wöss & Partners and
experts in arbitration damages, lead the “Advanced Seminars on Damages in International Arbitrations”. They also co-authored a significant Oxford University Press publication in the field.
The firm extends its practice to contract management, dispute prevention, and
resolution, staying current with developments through regular liaison with
leading organizations like the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation and the World Bank. With offices in Mexico City, Washington D.C., and Lima, and representation in Vienna, its global presence is augmented by a multilingual team conversant in six languages.
Additionally, they are a member of BBA Deals & Disputes, an alliance of independent lawyers focused on cross-border legal representation involving Mexico.
Ritch Mueller is a top tier multidisciplinary transactional firm committed to offering high value-added legal advice to national and international clients in the structuring, development and financing of their private businesses and public sector projects in Mexico.
Since 1975, we have been actively involved in shaping how Mexican law is practiced within each of our main practice areas, including M&A, corporate finance (capital markets and banking), financial regulation, real estate, and energy and infrastructure. Our tax, competition and antitrust, environmental, social, corporate and regulatory practice groups, complement our traditional areas while at the same time tending to our clients’ ongoing needs.
Our work encompasses transactions mainly within the financial, industrial, infrastructure, energy, retail and services sectors.
Our firm has a staff of more than 100 professionals deployed amongst our different practice areas, who seek to add value by means of an efficient and in-depth service combined with high levels of expertise and experience.