Valentín Ibarra Melero

PRACTICE AREAS Intellectual property. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI); Former President. Mexican Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); Former president. Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI); Former President. Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Former President. Independent Film & Television ...

Santiago is a partner at Marván, González Graf y González Larrazolo and is widely recognised as one of Mexico’s leading labour and employment specialists. His practice covers a wide range of areas, including transactional work, labour consulting and dispute resolution. His strong litigation and analytical skills enable him to attract blue-chip corporate clients and prominent financial institutions, for whom he regularly acts as lead counsel in business-critical labo...

Connie is a Senior Partner and the head of the Trademark Department at Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff, S.C.. She has extensive experience advising clients on the selection, use, and protection of trademarks, which also extends to legal opinions, preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign trademarks, portfolio management, and contractual matters such as licenses, transfer coexistence and collaboration agreements. She also conducts intellectual property due diligence investigations ...

Hermes Jesus De la Rosa Luna is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. He, 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 Hermes Jesus is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area. Since 2025 Hermes is a partner at Villar Abogados and heads the Transactional, Compliance, and ESG ...

PRACTICE AREAS Intellectual property and franchises. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Former President of the Intellectual Property Commission of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers of Mexico (Confederación de Cámaras Industriales de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos-CONCAMIN); appointed by CONCAMIN as representative of the Mexican private sector with respect to the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Former President of the Mexican Assoc...

Luis Antonio is member of the Tax practice group. He possesses a broad experience in national and international tax audit. His practice focuses on Mexican MNE’s going outbound and foreign MNE’s coming inbound to Mexico on highly complex matters, particularly those that refer to related party transactions and international taxation also advises companies on tax refund procedures. Before joining Sánchez Devanny, he had a distinguished twenty-year career at the Mexican Tax Adm...

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...

Erick Hernández represents domestic and international clients on environmental and energy matters, including corporate finance, healthcare, regulatory compliance and real estate matters. Erick has represented clients in several project finance, mergers and acquisitions and electric energy tenders, as well as hydrocarbons tender procedures, both in accordance to the new energy reform in Mexico.Erick has been practicing Mexican environmental, energy, real estate, administrative and regul...

Edgar Olvera Jiménez has over 25 years of experience working on matters related to the telecommunications sector, infrastructure projects, consumer protection, and administrative law. Edgar has been a leader in multidisciplinary teams and on highly complex projects at his previous positions within Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation, and the Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO).In his previous role as Undersecretary of Communications for Mexico’s Ministry...

Martha has more than 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property, she is expert on trademark prosecution and litigation across all areas of IP, mainly trademark and unfair competition. She is a great strategist focused on detail and with deep knowledge. Her experience and knowledge allow her to design legal protection strategies with a multidisciplinary approach, and to provide specialized consulting on the protection and defense of the Intellectual Property rights, providing comprehensiv...