Octavio Ochoa Huerta

Sergio Olivares, Sr. joined OLIVARES in 1987 and today leads the firm with strength and a commitment to transparency, client satisfaction, and personal service. He has been a partner since 1994 and Chairman of the Management Committee since 2009. Mr. Olivares’ breadth of experience is extensive; he is skilled in the prosecution and litigation of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, and unfair competition. He is proficient across all areas of intellect...

Armando Arenas joined OLIVARES in 2000 and became a partner in January 2017. He has experience working on a range of IP matters, including consulting and litigation on trademark, patent, unfair competition, trade dress protection, and misleading advertising cases before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Federal Court of Tax and Administrative Affairs (FCTA), Federal Circuit Courts (FCC) and the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Regulatory Affairs and Public Acquisitions. Arman...

Born January 19, 1963, in Actopan, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. He has more than 37 years of experience practicing law in Mexico, particularly in the area of Environmental Law, Water Law, and Litigation (including Arbitration), including matters in the area of hydrocarbons, electric power, mining, automotive, natural resources, real estate developments and contracts. He focuses primarily on industries and developments with relevant environmental impacts, providing legal assistance and representa...

PRACTICE AREAS Tax, social security, constitutional and administrative law. Member of the Strategic Committee of the Firm. Recognized as co-head of one of the most prominent tax practices in Mexico. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS National Association of Corporate Counsel Association (ANADE); Former Chair and Former Coordinator of the Tax Committee. Lex Mundi; Former Worldwide Chair of its Tax Committee. International Fiscal Association (IFA). International Bar Association (IBA); Tax Committee....

Guillermo Treviño’s tasks comprise obtaining protection for our clients of: reserva rights (names of TV programs, printed matter, diffusion via computer networks, names of fiction characters or human characterizations and their features, etc.) recordation of works (drawing, computer programs, photography, audiovisual works, applied art, etc.), in order that third parties do not seek to use such protections in the Copyright field. He deals with negotiations with collecting societi...

She joined Sánchez Devanny in 2016 as part of Labor, Social Security and Immigration. Before joining Sanchez Devanny, she worked as an attorney in the legal department of a major national law firm, providing services for the labor practice group for six years. She also has extensive experience in advising clients on national and international labor and social security issues. She has assisted clients in complex litigation work in both individual and collective aspects, as well as negot...

Eduardo Leal Sánchez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Eduardo, who practices law in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eduardo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alejandra Gutiérrez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Hospitality and Tourism Law. Alejandra, 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 Alejandra is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Eduardo co-heads the firm’s International Trade and Customs group, He has more than 15 years of experience advising domestic and international companies in many different industries in their international trade and customs operations, including automotive, textiles, retail, chemical, electronics, medical devices, petrochemical, luxury goods, pharmaceutical, software, cosmetics, aerospace, maquiladoras (IMMEX) and trading companies, among others. Eduardo has advised multiple IMMEX compan...

Carlo Cannizzo focuses his practice in real estate, infrastructure and construction, corporate, finance and M&A transactions. He has more than 20 years of experience and has been involved and acted as leading counsel in many strategic transactions in Mexico, among which, the JV, acquisition and sale of different projects, negotiation of pipeline transport and construction agreements for the oil and gas industries, negotiation of fuel storage facilities construction agreements for the oil ...