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Date: Wed 29 May 2024 Time: 10.30am-6.10pm Venue: Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City, Av. P.º de la Reforma 500, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

The Mexico GC Summit 2024 is a significant event that brings together legal professionals, corporate counsels, and industry leaders to discuss key legal and business developments in Mexico. The Summit serves as a platform for exchanging insights, networking, and exploring new opportunities and challenges in the Mexican legal landscape. Among many, this year’s key legal themes will concern the evolving regulatory framework in Mexico across various sectors. Discussions will cover recent legislative reforms, regulatory updates, and compliance requirements affecting businesses operating in Mexico.  Legal experts aim to examine best practices in corporate governance, risk management, sustainable finance, compliance strategies, and dispute resolutions. At the core, the idea of understanding the legal implications of business operations in Mexico and exploring opportunities for collaboration and growth.

Through insightful discussions, expert presentations, and networking opportunities, attendees can gain valuable knowledge and forge connections to navigate the complex legal landscape effectively.

Agenda

10.30am – 11.00am Registration and Refreshments

11.00am – 11.10am Welcome address

11.10am – 12.00pm Navigating Sustainable financing: a practical approach to its core concepts

The panel discussion centers on the pivotal theme of sustainable financing and the intricate processes involved in companies labeling their credits. In the current global economic landscape, sustainability has emerged as a critical consideration for businesses seeking financial support. Sustainable financing entails the allocation of resources towards projects or initiatives that yield positive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes, aligning with the principles of responsible investing. Within this framework, the discussion explores the mechanisms through which businesses can effectively label their credits to reflect their commitment to sustainability. By delving into various strategies and best practices, the panel aims to shed light on how companies can navigate the complexities of sustainable financing while enhancing transparency, accountability, and stakeholder engagement. Through insightful dialogue and expert perspectives, participants will gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of sustainable finance and its implications for corporate decision-making and market dynamics.

  • Javier Perochena, head of ESG, Banco Santander
  • Brenda Rogel Salgado, partner, Ritch Mueller
  • Ricardo Calderón Mendoza, partner, Ritch Mueller

12.00pm – 12.50pm Recent Enforcement Trends and Notable Cases: Lessons Learned for Businesses

This panel will delve into the latest enforcement trends and significant antitrust cases in Mexico, offering valuable insights and practical lessons for businesses operating in the region. With the rapidly evolving landscape of antitrust regulation and enforcement, understanding recent developments and their implications is essential for ensuring compliance and mitigating legal risks.

The panel will feature experts with deep knowledge and experience in antitrust law and enforcement in Mexico. Through a discussion of recent cases and enforcement actions by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) and relevant judicial rulings, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the current enforcement priorities, challenges, and emerging trends in the Mexican antitrust landscape.

Key Topics:

  1. Analysis of recent antitrust enforcement actions and cases in Mexico.
  2. Examination of key legal principles and precedents established by recent rulings.
  3. Identification of common compliance pitfalls and enforcement risks for businesses.
  4. Discussion of enforcement priorities and trends in specific industries or sectors.
  5. Exploration of the implications of recent enforcement actions for business strategies and compliance programs.
  6. Strategies for effectively navigating enforcement challenges and minimizing legal exposure.
  7. Practical lessons and best practices for businesses to enhance antitrust compliance efforts.
  8. Considerations for multinational companies operating in Mexico in light of recent enforcement trends.
  9. Opportunities for collaboration and engagement with enforcement authorities to promote compliance and cooperation.
  • Víctor Manuel Frías Garcés, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
  • Miguel Flores Bernés, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

12.50pm – 1.20pm Lunch

1.20pm – 2.10pm Panel 3

2.10pm – 3.00pm Panel 4

3.00pm – 3.20pm Break

3.20pm – 4.10pm Panel 5

4.10pm – 5.00pm Panel 6

5.00pm – 5.10pm Closing remarks

5.10pm Drinks reception

Speakers

Javier Perochena, head of ESG, Banco Santander

Brenda Rogel Salgado, partner, Ritch Mueller

Brenda Rogel joined the firm as a partner in 2023. She specializes in environmental and social impact. Brenda has more than 20 years of experience in the practice of environmental and regulatory law, assisting a wide range of industries and companies in the identification, understanding and managing of the environmental and regulatory risks associated with business start-ups, acquisitions, operations, expansions and divestitures.

She is an expert in the management of contaminated sites and environmental emergencies, as well as in the formulation of sustainability and climate change strategies, permit analysis, regularization and compliance programs. She has worked in the defense of different industries and stakeholders, when governmental agencies initiate surveillance actions, impose sanctions or measures contrary to law.

Brenda also has engaged in strategic investigations and litigation to protect the environment, advance climate change adaptation and promote the inclusion of women and minority rights.
Brenda has a law degree and a certification on Environmental Justice and Litigation from Universidad Iberoamericana.

Ricardo Calderón Mendoza, partner, Ritch Mueller

Ricardo Calderón joined the firm in 2002 and has been a partner since 2008. He specializes in domestic and cross-border M&A and financing transactions in different sectors, representing national and international investors, financial institutions and rating agencies. He also has extensive experience in real estate transactions, including financings, acquisitions, asset sales and developments.

Ricardo regularly advises both local and foreign companies in the design and implementation of compliance programs, regulatory matters and internal investigations. He is one of the founders of our ESG practice and has advised clients on corporate governance, inclusion and diversity, ethics and responsible business practices.

Prior to joining Ritch Mueller in 2002, he worked in the international legal area of Banamex and was Deputy Director in the Strategic Planning and Corporate Development area of Grupo Financiero Banamex.

Ricardo has a law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and an LLM degree from Boston University. He also worked as a foreign associate in Sidley & Austin’s New York office (1999-2000).

Víctor Manuel Frías Garcés, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

The practice of Victor Manuel Frías 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. He has been ranked by Who’s Who as one of Mexico’s premier attorneys in IT matters.
Mr. Frías’s experience in commercial arbitration includes disputes involving contracts, construction, and corporate law. In a matter that is frequently reviewed by specialized literature in Mexico, he obtained an award in excess of $350 million on behalf of an international EPC contractor in an ICC arbitration against Mexico’s national oil company involving claims of delay and additional costs incurred in the design and construction of an offshore oil and gas production platform.

Miguel Flores Bernés, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

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.
His experience also encompasses the development and implementation of defense strategies before specialized competition courts, and compliance advice to mitigate and prevent risks of violating competition law, including internal investigations for companies in various industries including, transportation, health, energy, specialized services, manufacturing, financial services, agriculture, among others.
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. Previously, he focused his practice in the cost-benefit analysis of economic regulation at the Mexican Ministry of Economy. He also acquired extensive experience in negotiation and international affairs by being part of the group of lawyers that negotiated Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties with the European Union, Japan, Singapore, Israel, Chile, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, and in different international organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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