About

Eduardo Rojas Crespo is highly capable, with over 25 years of experience as an in-house lawyer, 24 of which have been as general counsel. From 1994 to 2004 he was general counsel at Empresas Fimex, and from 2004 to present he has been general counsel and secretary of the board of directors at the major poultry producer Industrias Bachoco. Rojas credits his rise to ‘understanding the company, keeping updated on all the matters that affect it and focusing strongly on preventative and compliance aspects’. This approach has also helped him achieve his four main general objectives at Industrias Bachoco, which Rojas explains as the following: ‘That the company’s operations are properly legally protected, that the legal implications for any project are always previously analysed, that litigation has favourable results for the company, and that value is given to the Group by ensuring it always works on a solid legal basis while meeting all regulatory compliance’. This goes some way to explaining the extended record of success he has achieved throughout his career. As for how he handles the legal function at Industrias Bachoco, Rojas prizes ‘direct involvement with internal and external staff, as well as optimal collaboration with the board of directors’, alongside an overall ‘focus on prevention and active involvement in the critical projects of the company’. Rojas advises that the legal area of the company is ‘consulted in a preventive manner in all aspects of the business and is asked to train all company personnel in matters of mandatory compliance, under the principle that compliance reduces unnecessary costs and contingencies’, a development which has had huge benefits to the security of Industrias Bachoco. Recently, Rojas has had a key role to play on a number of important transactions for the company, including the acquisition of a number of company and infrastructure assets in the US and Mexico.