About

With more than 15 years of experience in the legal team, Mónica Estela Alvarez Viguri is a Mexican lawyer with extensive experience in corporate law. She possesses broad knowledge of corporate, civil and commercial law, with the strong capability to lead several kinds of projects with multifunctional teams. As the regional legal director of Premium Restaurant Brands, Alvarez oversees globally-recognised names in KFC, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s, China Wok and Starbucks, managing the corporate area of the group in Mexico and Central America, and working on the restructure of the group and integrations of both regions. She has been tasked on matters involving intellectual property, elaboration of all kind of contracts, foreign investment law, antitrust law and commercial matters. The legal team under her management is currently responsible for any legal affairs of the company and is comprised of an internal team of 12 lawyers and one assistant, who handle corporate affairs, franchises, environment, government relations, real estate contracts, publicity, foreign investment, antitrust and trademark matters. Priding herself for performing a business partner role for the rest of the senior staff of the company, her performance has led her to gain significant experience in real estate administration beyond a legal standpoint. Alvarez has proven skill to establish interpersonal relationships at all levels and to work as part of a team and under pressure. She adds: ‘My capability to transmit to my partners in the US, Mexican legal strategies, has let me perform my current position successfully’. Some of his prior roles include her role as legal corporate senior manager at Yum!, legal subdirector at Telefónica Movistar, and lawyer of legal affairs of the group for major Hispanic American broadcasting and communications media company, Televisa.