Mr Manuel Ferrara Ibarra > CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow
PASEO DE LA REFORMA 115, 15TH FLOOR
COL. LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC
CP 11000, MEXICO
Mexico
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Work Department

Energy, Administrative Litigation

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Manuel is a senior associate in the practice areas of constitutional and administrative litigation, as well as energy and health sciences. He has broad experience in the implementation of legal defense strategies in administrative procedures, as well as legal remedies related to administrative and tax matters against laws, regulations, decrees, regulatory measures, administrative sanction procedures and administrative acts.

Besides, he has broad experience in administrative procedures in energy matters. Therefore, as part of his practice, he has participated in the energy area, advising clients on electricity regulatory matters and the hydrocarbon sector.

In the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector, he has successfully represented several pharmaceutical companies in challenging diverse legal provisions, as well as administrative and regulatory acts by different federal and local authorities.

Languages

Spanish, English

Education

  • Escuela Libre de Derecho, Master of Laws in Constitutional Law (LL.M), Mexico City, 2018.
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Law Degree (JD), Mexico City, 2013.

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Life sciences

Stakeholders across the life science space value the ‘extensive knowledge in the field‘ of CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow‘s practice in this area, which acts in a host of regulatory matters, including audits, lawsuits and day-to-day compliance advice. Mauricio Gomez heads a small team at the firm’s Mexico City office but the department is also a part of the wider CMS global life sciences group, facilitating access to a number of multinational clients with operations in Mexico, particularly in the pharmaceuticals space. Gomez himself is one of the notable young partners when it comes to regulatory law in the pharmaceuticals industry and draws on professional experience at the drug regulatory body COFEPRIS. César Lechuga adds corporate and M&A expertise and has experience in the sector, while tax partner Ángel Escalante is also often involved in multi-faceted matters for life sciences clients. Senior associate Manuel Ferrara provides crucial support as regards constitutional and administrative litigation concerning life sciences’ matters.