Javier Rodríguez Cruz y Celis

Rodolfo is a international business attorney (certified to practice in Texas and admitted in Mexico) with a focus on cross-border natural resources, energy, and infrastructure. Rodolfo focuses his practice on transactions involving projects in Latin America, with special a focus on all facets of oil and gas (upstream, midstream, and downstream), power, and renewable energy projects. He advises clients on international and cross-border transactions, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions...

Alejandra Gutiérrez is a Partner with over 15 years of experience advising domestic and international companies on matters in Mexico. She leads the firm’s real estate practice and has a multidisciplinary background that includes corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and ESG-related matters. Her practice focuses on real estate transactions, particularly within the hospitality and tourism sector, where she has advised on complex projects involving the development, structuring an...

Abraham Díaz is a partner and co-chairs OLIVARES’ Privacy and IT Industry groups and has a wealth of knowledge across all areas of intellectual property (IP), with a focus on copyright, trademarks, unfair competition, litigation, licensing and prosecution matters. Abraham Díaz “adds value for clients with diverse portfolios as a result of his tripartite copyright, trademark and unfair competition expertise,” according to World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000....

Mario Mejía Kargl joined Mejía Guízar y Kargl in 2009 (where he is currently a partner), having previously worked at Basham, Ringe y Correa and Hamdan, Manzanero y Asociados. His experience of more than 24 years has always been in administrative law with high specialization in public sector procurement and health law. His professional practice includes intervention in the main public procurement procedures in the country in various sectors (health -medicines and devices-,...

Law degree summa cum laude Escuela Libre de Derecho; best thesis dissertation award 2003-2004; LL.M. 2006 Columbia University School of Law, Parker School Award for Achievement in International and Comparative Law. Participated on several defences by the leading telephone and mobile companies since 1999. Since 2004 he has been an active attorney participating in complex dispute resolution in the field, including regulatory, antitrust, M&A, constitutional, administrative and commercial mat...

Fernando De Ovando Gómez Morín is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Administrative Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Banking and Finance Law, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Fernando practices law in Mexico City, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Fernando De Ovando Gómez Morín since 2014. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice are...

Fernando Martínez Flores is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Labor and Employment Law and Outsourcing. Fernando practices law in Mexico City, Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Fernando Martínez Flores since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Fernando Martínez Flores is held by other lawyers.

PRACTICE AREAS Tax Consulting & Litigation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE He specializes in tax matters (controversy and non-contentious), developing his professional career as a tax advisor of legal entities, addressing their inquiries, supporting them during tax audits, and elaborating and implementing legal defense strategies to reduce or prevent tax assessments. ASSOCIATIONS He is an active member of COPARMEX’ National Tax Committee where he acts as representative of that organization ...

Luis Schmidt joined OLIVARES in 1991, became a partner in 1995, and has almost 40 years of legal experience, with a specialization in copyright in the business of entertainment and culture. He has represented the world’s leading companies in the music, film, television, book publishing, fine art, design, folklore, and software. Mr. Schmidt is head of the firm’s entertainment group, which handles matters pertaining to copyright law and related IP rights, as well as the full range o...

Intellectual Property, Trademark Protection, and Consulting, Litigation and Defense of Patents, and Copyright Julián has been involved in intellectual property law for more than 30 years, dealing with cases related to trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Throughout these years, he has been directly responsible for more than 20,000 cases and processes related to these matters in Mexico and abroad. Graduated in Law from Intercontinental University (1990)In 1999 he became independent and ...