Mr Omar Guerrero > Hogan Lovells > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Standing out for its ‘technical level and its knowledge of competition law‘, Hogan Lovells has a robust offering in antitrust and competition law, regularly assisting with merger control for major international M&A, as well as with investigations carried out by Cofece. On the merger control side, the department has assisted clients from a variety of sectors in recent major transactions, including the energy market, representing BNP Paribas in an auto-finance acquisition, and acting for Assa Abloy on its $4.3bn acquisition of Spectrum Brands Home. As regards investigations, the team’s recent slate of work has included matters relating to cartels as well as abuse of dominant position. At the helm of the practice, Omar Guerrero draws client recognition as ‘an expert in economic competition issues‘ and -as a dispute resolution specialist- focuses primarily on the contentious side of competition law. Fellow parctice co-head Ricardo Pons is quite simply one of the market’s best-recognised figures for merger control. Younger partner Alan Ramirez Casazza is a name for the future in investigations of both cartel and abuse of dominance, as well as for antitrust litigation; while at senior associate level, Martín Michaus-Fernández has a similar contentious focus and can also draw on experience working in the US.

Hogan Lovells‘ Mexican team provides one of the broadest arbitration offerings in the jurisdiction, excelling both in international arbitration and across an array of domestic arbitral matters – most notably commercial, energy and construction cases. Handling a health caseload of US-Mexico cross border mandates the firm’s Mexico City and Monterrey offices work closely with their counterparts across the US (most notably New York and Miami); while more broadly the firm’s global presence (particularly its offices in Madrid, Paris and London) bolsters its multi-jurisdictional capability. The automotive and energy sectors both stand out as particular areas of expertise, yielding a varied slate of matters. Dispute resolution specialist Omar Guerrero is a renowned figure in complex arbitration mandates, either as party counsel or as sole arbitrator; he also has strong litigious and competition capabilities. Guerrero co-leads the arbitration department with Luis Enrique Graham, a similarly celebrated senior figure for arbitral matters in Mexico. Monterrey-based partner Alejandro García González, whose broad dispute resolution practice includes expertise in national and international commercial arbitration, is an additional experienced name. Further strength-in-depth is evident beneath partner level, with key figures including: counsel Juan Arturo Dueñas, who has considerable experience in energy sector arbitration; senior associate Orlando Cabrera, who advises governments and corporate investors on dispute resolution and political risk management; and fellow senior associate Eduardo Lobatón, who divides his time between the Miami and Mexico City offices and handles a varied international arbitration caseload.

Hogan Lovells fields one of the broadest litigation departments in Mexico, skilled across a large swathe of industry sectors, as well as being adept at handling all types of work, including class actions, constitutional litigation, and shareholder disputes. The group’s slate of work continues to feature some of the most notable cases in the insurance space, a healthy share of the mandates emerging from Mexico’s troubled energy sector, and varied cases representing tech companies. Co-leader of the practice Omar Guerrero (a ‘very good trial lawyer’; ‘intelligent, cautious, bold when necessary, sensitive and extremely sensible‘) is one of Mexico’s standout commercial litigators; he also has a notable competition and antitrust aspect to his practice. Alongside him at the helm of the practice is Luis Enrique Graham, a renowned name for dispute resolution in Mexico, and an experienced litigator before the Supreme Court. Both are based at the Mexico City office, while in Monterrey the senior partner contact is Alejandro García González, who is regarded as a strong choice of counsel for commercial, financial and administrative litigation. Jorge Valdés King‘s contentious experience takes in contractual disputes, torts, shareholder controversies, moral damage claims, real estate issues and the full range of collection matters. Younger partner Luis Ernesto Peón, in turn, has a broad practice that includes civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional litigation, along with insolvency proceedings. At counsel level, Juan Arturo Dueñas is well versed in representing major domestic and foreign companies in commercial litigation.

A long-standing presence in the sector, Hogan Lovells‘ Mexico City office fields an insurance practice that has notable expertise in the formation and acquisition of insurance, surety and brokerage companies. Indeed, securing authorisations to acquire and/or form insurance and bonding companies is a particular strength. The team is led by Carlos Ramos Miranda, whose broad practice includes regular assistance to insurance and reinsurance companies and brokers, regulatory issues, transactions and litigation in the sector. Omar Guerrero focuses on the representation of insurance companies in commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings, as does Monterrey-based partner Alejandro García González. Younger partner Luis Ernesto Peón is a further insurance disputes expert of note, while associate Andrea Tinoco supports across corporate and regulatory matters for insurance companies.