Career Biography

team size 71 lawyers

Carlos Marcín Pallares is a Legal Managing Director with more than 30 years of experience in both private practice and in-house legal roles. He currently serves as Head of Litigation and Employment Law at Grupo Financiero Banamex, where he oversees all litigation and employment matters across the financial group.
Carlos earned his Law Degree from Universidad Iberoamericana, graduating with honours, and completed postgraduate studies in US law at Georgetown University Law Center. He also holds a specialisation in Civil and Notarial Law from Universidad Iberoamericana and completed the Leadership for Excellence programme at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Prior to joining Banamex, Carlos was a partner and head of the litigation practices at a leading Mexican law firm. Throughout his private practice career, he advised and represented domestic and international clients in complex commercial, financial and civil disputes, with a particular focus on financial institutions. He has taught civil procedural law, as well as other legal and litigation-related subjects, at several Mexican universities. He also served as an editor and legal reviewer for Editorial Porrúa on various legal publications and recently coordinated the book Batallas por el Derecho, Eduardo Pallares, published by Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch, Mexico.