Leonel Pereznieto del Prado

Leonel Pereznieto is a partner in the Mexico City office. His practice focuses on Insurance & Reinsurance, Transportation, Investigations & Compliance and Regulatory.

As head of our Firm’s insurance and reinsurance practice Mr. Pereznieto is a strategic advisor for global insurance and broker groups in connection with their local set-up and acquisitions, the design of innovative commercial arrangements and reinsurance structures. Mr. Pereznieto is also active in contentious insurance and reinsurance matters, including the recent representation of the local subsidiary of a global insurance group, in arbitration against a foreign reinsurer in relation to one of the largest coverage programs arranged for the Mexican Government’s housing sector.

On the Transportation front Mr. Pereznieto provides transactional and regulatory advice to clients active in every mode of transportation -rail, air, seagoing and motor carriage- both on logistics and infrastructure projects. In this capacity he has advised a leading global container terminal operator in the development of strategic port infrastructure on the Mexican Gulf Coast.