Rafael Fuentes > Gonzalez Calvillo > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Gonzalez Calvillo Offices
MONTES URALES 632
LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC
Mexico
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Rafael Fuentes
Position
Counsel at Gonzalez Calvillo
Career
Rafael is counsel at the firm and has broad experience in regulatory consulting, strategic legal protection, and litigation, including constitutional litigation as well as advisory in highly regulated sectors such as banking and highway infrastructure. He regularly represents and counsels leading financial institutions –private banks and development banks, telecom, and infrastructure companies, among others, across a myriad of regulatory matters.
Rafael’s solid experience in constitutional and administrative litigation includes working both for the private sector before administrative authorities, as well as the public sector, allowing him to provide comprehensive advice in his areas of practice. He also has expertise with cases before the Mexican Supreme Court that have resulted in ground-breaking constitutional and regulatory judicial precedents. This includes representing a financial institution regarding the validity of the parametric model used to analyze the solvency and viability of payments of its borrowers, for which a favorable ruling was obtained impacting the financial system. Similarly, Rafael was part of the team obtaining a favorable ruling for a telecom concessionaire, sorting out the unconstitutionality of Mexico’s Telecommunications Law that established disproportionate fines based in gross incomes. He also advised COFECE, Mexico’s Federal Antitrust regulator as autonomous constitutional body in the filing of a Constitutional Controversy Remedy (Controversia Constitucional) challenging the law setting out irrational limitations to the remunerations for the public servants below the wage of the Mexican President.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Rafael holds a master’s degree in Economic Law from Universidad Panamericana and a law degree (JD equivalent) with honors from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.
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.