Mariana Alcala

Founding Partner Location : Mexico City Areas of practice : Corporate, Telecommunications, Radio and Television, Transportation and Logistics, Foreign Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, NAFTA, Tax, Foreign Trade, Labor-related Matters Languages : English Education Law Degree, 1974 Escuela Libre de Derecho Professional background : Since 1979, Carlos M. Sesma specializes in the area of Communications and, subsequently, in Telecommunications, providing advisory services to more than 100 radi...

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-,...

Carlos Freaner’s practice focuses on real estate, commercial finance and business transactions in Mexico, particularly real estate investment, development and leasing, secured lending, M&A, joint ventures and corporate counseling. Carlos regularly represents U.S. and Mexico-based developers, builders, hospitality groups, manufacturers and investment firms on a variety of ventures across Mexico. Carlos was born and raised in Mexico. He obtained his law degree (J.D. equivalent) from t...

Founding Partner Born in Mexico City on January 29, 1968; He obtained his law degree (JD) at Universidad Anáhuac in 1992 and postgraduate course on business law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho in 1993-1994. Mr. Del Rio worked at Creel, García Cuellar & Mügenburg, S.C. for two years, and in Bufete Carrillo Gamboa, S.C. for eighteen years, being partner for such firm for the last nine years. He has focused his practice in corporate law, commercial Law, financial Law, fore...

Associate of Uhthoff in Mexico since 2016, where she is part of the Patent Department as a Legal Attorney. Her daily practice is focus on management, and protection of new creations with the main goal to make sure that new creation rights are properly protected.

Karla Olvera is an associate attorney at the litigation department of OLIVARES and is a member of the Life Sciences group, where she provides legal advice to clients from different industries through the preparation and implementation of innovative strategies to protect their intellectual property rights in Mexico. Her professional practice focuses on litigation related to patents, trademarks, unfair competition, regulatory and administrative matters. She participated in the first case in Mex...

Jocelyn has more than 8 years of experience in tax consulting, planning and litigation. She has broad experience in litigation matters before Federal and Local Courts, as well as preventing controversies by advising individuals and entities from the beginning of tax audits, including the implementation of alternative mechanisms before the Mexican Taxpayers’ Ombudsman. Furthermore, Jocelyn actively participates in several tax planning and consulting projects, creating strategies for dome...

Isabel is a well-recognized lawyer with more than 15 years of experience assessing national and international companies on labor and employment matters. Her specialization on work-related consultancy has provided her the ability to successfully intervene in different international transactions with high risks and profound economic impact. She stands out for her practical and comprehensive assessment in personnel transfers, corporate restructures, subcontracting and outsourcing, homologation o...

After spending many years as a trademark lawyer, I became OLIVARES’ first-ever marketing manager. The role is challenging in many different ways but highly fulfilling. My responsibilities range the full spectrum of the marketing function, including strategy, planning, and operations. My role is very much a new trend in México, and I am pleased to be part of this growing industry. Education Certificate in Publicity and Communication in Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Supe...

Diego Ruiz Durán is a criminal lawyer by the Escuela Libre de Derecho, he also has a Master's Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Oxford University. In 2001 he began his professional career under the tutelage of the renowned criminal lawyer José Luis Nassar, who years later encouraged him to open his own firm, Bufete Ruiz Durán. He has been a professor at the Escuela Libre de Derecho. He has also studied at the Universities of Cambridge, Harvard and Massachuse...