Armando Elsharkawy

Luz Elena Elías is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law. Luz Elena, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Luz Elena is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Cristian Lamas is partner at Marván, González Graf y González Larrazolo, a leading Labor & Employment law firm in Mexico with offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Michoacán. His practice focuses on labor consulting, complex litigation, collective bargaining and employment law issues in business restructurings. He has gained particular experience in the automotive sector. Cristian is a renowned Labor & Employment lawyer, being recognized by Legal500, wher...

José Luis joined Uhthoff, Gómez Vega & Uhthoff, S.C. in 2006 and is currently a senior associate in the Firm's litigation and intellectual property protection department. He holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana and has been practicing law for more than 25 years, specializing in administrative, criminal and intellectual property matters.

Experience in Intellectual Property since 2011. Worked for the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) for the distinctive sign department and afterwards, in the department of patent filings. Before joining Uhthoff, worked as an Associate for Barbieri & Gonzalez-Kokke’s Intellectual Property Law firm in the city of Mérida, Yucatán, México. In 2016 joined Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff in which currently works in the trademark department, handling all ...

Juan Carlos Villar focuses on commercial litigation, mediation, arbitration, private and public construction disputes, corporate disputes, international contract negotiation. He is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Institute of World Business Law, the International Bar Association (IBA), and the Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration at the Center for American and International Law). He served as Coordinator of the Young Arbitrators Committee, Bajío Ch...

Stefano Amato focuses his practice on real estate, corporate, finance and M&A transactions, with more than 20 years of experience. He has been involved and has acted as leading counsel in many strategic transactions in Mexico, some of them for several hundred million dollars, among which, the sales of insurance companies, pension funds and hotel chains. He has acted as main counsel of large shopping centers, industrial establishments, high tech enterprises, foreign banks, entertainment co...

Since 2006 Manuel has collaborated with the firm "Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff", working in the ​​Patent Technical Area, specifically in the Areas of Mechanics, Electrical, Industrial Designs and Utility Models, focused on Information Technology, Software, Internet, Telecommunications, Electronic Commerce, Mobile Devices, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Metaverse, Machine Learning, and Blockchains, participating in the drafting, searches, technical analysis and infringement, of design...

Lawyer graduated from the Universidad Anáhuac México, with a specialization in Commercial Insolvency from the Escuela Libre de Derecho. For more than 14 years he has developed a recognized trajectory in the practice of law, especially in civil and commercial disputes, as well as the application of alternative dispute resolution methods. His professional practice is characterized by a results-oriented approach and the generation of value for his clients. Jaime provides legal cert...

Alejandro has more than 26 years of professional experience advising national and international clients on foreign trade and customs, health and life sciences, consumer protection, anti-corruption and immigration law. With a focus on the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical device, food and retail industries, his advice focuses on import and supply chain strategies, mergers and acquisitions, customs consultations, import and export strategies of products, among others.

José Raz Guzmán is Co-Chair of the firm's Latin America Practice and the Managing Shareholder of the Mexico City office, where his practice focuses on financial and M&A transactions. He works with issuers, underwriters and investors in public and private offerings of equity, debt, structured instruments, Fibras, CKDs and securitizations.