Rafael Serna

José Raz Guzmán is Co-Chair of the firm's Latin America Practice and the Managing Shareholder of the Mexico City office, where his practice focuses on financial and M&A transactions. He works with issuers, underwriters and investors in public and private offerings of equity, debt, structured instruments, Fibras, CKDs and securitizations.

Partner with over 25 years of professional experience in Mexico, New York and across Latin America. His practice is multidisciplinary, with a strong focus on cross-border transactions involving banking and finance, securities, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private capital and structured financing. He advises multinational companies and financial institutions in complex and strategic operations throughout Mexico and the region. His clients include Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companie...

Veronica is a senior associate in the Civil and Commercial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group, representing clients in judicial proceedings, arbitration, and before negotiators. Veronica obtained her LL.M. at University of California, Berkeley School of Law and studied her bachelor degree at Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus, with honors; she also studied a year abroad at University of Essex. She holds several diplomas and has participated in semin...

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...

PRACTICE AREAS Industrial Creations & Industrial Secrets, Privacy & Data Protection, Intellectual Property and Information Technology. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Mexican Bar Association (MBA); Constitutional Law Committee. Mexican Association for the Protection of the Industrial Property (AMPPI). International Trademark Association (INTA). International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG). Has published a good number of articles and e...

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...

Jorge Miguel Rodríguez García is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Civil Litigation and Commercial Litigation. Jorge Miguel, who practices law in Zapopan, Mexico, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jorge Miguel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jaime Rodriguez joined OLIVARES in 2007 and became a partner in 2023. He has extensive experience in copyright, litigation, trademarks, unfair competition and domain name dispute resolution, and this versatility has allowed him to participate in a variety of relevant matters and cases pertaining to different areas of intellectual property. Mr. Rodriguez’s extensive knowledge of the different areas of intellectual property has positioned him as one of the most versatile lawyers in the fi...

Gerardo Freyre Fregoso is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law and Environmental Law. Gerardo Freyre, who practices law in Cancún, Mexico, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gerardo Freyre is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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-,...