Fernando Osawa

He offers over 25 years of successful experience in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. He is intensely focused on creating and delivering winning strategies, which has enabled him to effectively litigate numerous complex cases across various industries. After attending the prestigious Valley Forge Military Academy (USA), he earned his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and Colegio Superior de Ciencias Jurídicas (Mexico City). For five years, he honed his skills as...

Abel is the Managing Partner for our Querétaro Office. He specializes in international tax planning, both for companies and individuals. Consulting for individuals includes advice for high net worth and ultra-high networth families regarding issues such as pre-migration tax planning to other countries, design of international patrimonial structures that incorporate corporate-family governance protocols and orderly inheritance transmission, as well as as planning regarding inheritance t...

PRACTICE AREAS Labor and employment law, social security, and immigration. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Barra Mexicana (Mexican Bar Association); board member for various periods; coordinator of the Employment Law and Social Security Committee. Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de Mexico (Illustrious and National Association of Lawyers of Mexico). Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Colegio de Abogados (National Association of Corporate Counsel). American Bar Association ...

Octavio Lecona Morales is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Communications Law and Media and Broadcasting Law. Octavio, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Octavio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Before joining Sánchez Devanny, Juan Carlos worked with a Customs and Trade boutique law firm. He is part of the team that launched Sánchez Devanny’s office in Queretaro to serve the Bajio region. Juan Carlos has more than 11 years of experience designing customs operations strategy, export-promotion programs, free trade agreements, tariff classification, and the startup of FDI companies, among other matters, advising the manufacturing industry in different sectors such as...

Miguel Flores Bernés focuses his practice on antitrust and competition issues affecting clients in various industries, including government merger review, investigations of alleged anticompetitive conduct, litigation, and counseling. He regularly represents clients before the two Mexican competition authorities: Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica and Instituto Federal de las Telecomunicaciones, and designed and implemented antitrust/competition compliance programs ...

Daniel Sanchez joined OLIVARES in 2000 and became a partner in 2011. He is one of the leading intellectual property (IP) and administrative litigators in Mexico and is recognized by industry rankings and publications. Mr. Sanchez’s work is extensive, with experience in prosecution and litigation across all areas of IP, including trademarks, copyrights, patents and unfair competition. His broad background allows him to tailor enforcement strategies to a range of needs. His practice is fo...

Luis Cortés Salazar is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Luis, who practices law in Mexico City, Mexico, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Luis is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Juan Manuel González Bernal has over 20 years of experience handling complex project finance transactions representing sponsors, developers, structuring agents and lenders across all sectors (airports, transportation, water, energy and waste management, among others), and has focused on public procurement and the legal regime applicable to public works and services, and public-private partnerships in Mexico. Juan Manuel is a founding member of Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City offi...

Fernando has 30 years of experience in Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation. He is admitted to practice in New York and in the federal courts of the 2nd Circuit of the United States. He is a mediator before the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District, as well as a conciliator and trustee before the Federal Institute of Specialists in Commercial Insolvency. Since 1998 he has been a managing partner of the Dispute Resolution area. Fernando has experien...