Luis Mancera de Arrigunaga > Gonzalez Calvillo > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Gonzalez Calvillo Offices
MONTES URALES 632
LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC
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Luis Mancera de Arrigunaga
Position
Partner at Gonzalez Calvillo
Career
Luis leads the administrative, constitutional, tax litigation and financial and telecom regulation practices at the firm. Specialized in government negotiation, high level administrative litigation, compliance, AML, government procurement and boutique tax issues. Throughout his career, Luis has acquired in depth experience both in the public and private sectors, enabling him to have a full and comprehensive knowledge of the financial and telecom industries, as well as governmental and tax regulation.
Luis specializes and has been involved in complex cases related to constitutional litigation, constitutional relief proceedings (amparo), telecommunication disputes and constitutional controversy procedures, several of them creating groundbreaking precedents decided by the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice.
Luis is a partner at Gonzalez Calvillo and leads the administrative, constitutional, tax litigation and financial and telecom regulation practices at the firm. Specialized in government negotiation, high level administrative litigation, compliance, AML, government procurement and boutique tax issues.
Throughout his career, Luis has acquired in depth experience both in the public and private sectors, enabling him to have a full and comprehensive knowledge of the financial and telecom industries, as well as governmental and tax regulation.
Luis specializes and has been involved in complex cases related to constitutional litigation, constitutional relief proceedings (amparo), telecommunication disputes and constitutional controversy procedures, several of them creating groundbreaking precedents decided by the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice.
Prior to joining the firm, Luis held various high-level positions in the public and private sectors, including serving as General Counsel (Chief Tax Prosecutor) of the Ministry of Finance, where he worked in Constitutional, Administrative and Tax Litigation and tax fraud matters, as well as Chief of the Banking and Savings Unit at Mexico’s Ministry of Finance. In these capacities, Luis became Mexico’s representative before the Financial Action Task Force and supervised the Financial Intelligence Unit.
Luis also acted as counsel to Mexico’s Federal Administration in matters of constitutional, governmental, administrative, tax, budgetary, financial, and public debt law.
Moreover, he was member of the governing bodies of the National Banking Commission (CNBV), the National Insurance and Bonding Commission (CNSF), the Bank Savings Protection Institute (IPAB) and the National Retirement Savings Commission (CONSAR).
His private sector experience includes working as Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Telecom Affairs at Grupo Televisa where he oversaw several M&A transactions in the cable sector, allowing Televisa to obtain an important market share therein; and Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer at Avantel where he acquired in depth experience in the telecommunications sector.
Given his impressive background and experience, Luis actively advises on a wide range of matters related to new laws and regulatory proposals, government procurement processes and authorizations, among other highly regulated procedures.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Former member of the governing bodies of the National Banking and Securities Commission, National Insurance and Bonding Commission and the Bank Savings Protection Institute
He has been member of the board of directors of several telecom companies, including Innova (SKY México), Cablevisión and Cablemás
Education
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Diploma in Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Law degree with the highest honors (suma cum laude – J.D. equivalent), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > TMT
The TMT offering at Gonzalez Calvillo
comprises a number of more specified practice areas, with a core strength in regulatory matters and administrative litigation in the telecommunications space. Luis Felipe Mancera de Arrigunaga has a professional background in telecoms as well as extensive experience advising on regulatory matters. He heads-up the administrative / regulatory side of the practice, while Jorge Mondragón helms the corporate work and is also the key contact for data privacy matters. Daniel Guaida is the lead lawyer for fintech sector work and is especially strong on advising start-ups that are commencing banking and financial activities in Mexico. At counsel level, Lucía Fernández, Juan Carlos Peraza and Rafael Fuentes support across the full range of matters. Since publication, Guaida and Peraza have both left the firm – effective as of April and March 2024, respecitvely.