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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...
Founding partner of Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes, a Mexican litigation boutique. Rodrigo Buj’s practice mainly focuses on constitutional and administrative litigation, before federal judicial authorities, including the Supreme Court of Justice. Also, Rodrigo represents clients in international arbitrations, having been appointed as an expert in Mexican law by the Mexican federal government, in investment arbitrations. Rodrigo Buj is one of the most recognised litigators in Mexico in T...
PRACTICE AREAS Labor and employment law, social security, and immigration. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Barra Mexicana (Mexican Bar Association); board member for various periods; coordinator of the Employment Law and Social Security Committee. Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de Mexico (Illustrious and National Association of Lawyers of Mexico). Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Colegio de Abogados (National Association of Corporate Counsel). American Bar Association ...
Habib Díaz Noriega has extensive experience in dispute resolution concerning several areas of law (i.e. constitutional, amparo, bankruptcy, IP, civil, commercial, family and administrative matters). He is a well known amparo expert (constitutional review process) and has also represented foreign companies in different industries against the Mexican Federal government concerning government contracts before the courts in Mexico. Habib is familiar with the US court system due to his continuous i...
Alan is a leading attorney within the Social Security Practice in Mexico. He has more than 20 years experience advising national and international companies. He has designed and implemented several strategies for achieving benefits in the payment of social security contributions and has participated in the creation and modification of different legal initiatives on this matter. In 2018, he was invited by the Mexican Senate to participate in the “Social Security Week” in order to d...
Sara Gutiérrez. Is counsel in the Mexico City office. Her parctice focuses on Antitrust and Compliance. Sara focuses her practice on investigation proceedings arising from anticompetitive behavior and other violations to the Federal Economic Competition Law, leading teams in strategies on administrative and judicial proceedings. She has participated in many landmark cases that have paved the way for how antitrust provisions are interpreted and applied in Mexico. Also, her experience in...
Thomas S. Heather is Of Counsel of Creel, Garcia-Cuellar, Aiza y Enríquez S.C., and actively participates in the restructuring, arbitration and corporate governance areas of the firm. Mr. Heather obtained his law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in 1978 and in 1979 he obtained his Master of Laws degree with a major in Financial Law (MCJ) from The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Heather joined Creel, Garcia-Cuellar, Aiza y Enriquez S.C., in 2021. Prior to joining the Firm he ...
Born January 19, 1963, in Actopan, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. He has more than 33 years of experience practicing law in Mexico, particularly in the area of Environmental Law, Water Law, Corporate Law, Administrative Law, Energy Law, Public Work and Litigation, 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, provid...
Mr Huerta became partner of Malpica, Iturbe, Buj & Paredes in 2014. Before that, he worked as an associate at Von Wobeser y Sierra, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, and Foreign Associate at Fulbright & Jaworski. He also was a founding partner of AVAH LEGAL. With more than 20 years of experience in litigation cases, Mr Huerta has been recognized by national and international publications as one of the best litigators in Mexico. He has a significant practice in complex litiga...
Former managing partner of Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes and foreign associate at Garrigues, Mr Malpica founded the highly recognised litigation boutique Malpica, Iturbe, Buj & Paredes in 2014. Ranked by national and international publications as one of the best litigators in Mexico, Mr Malpica has represented plaintiffs and defendants in all types of cases and proceedings before the Supreme Court of Justice as well as federal and state courts. Examiner and professor for the ...
Carlos Mena Labarthe is a partner in the Mexico City office. His practice focuses on Antitrust and Competition, Investigations and Compliance. Mr.Mena advises and represents clients before governmental authorities and in administrative litigation. After 10 years in various positions at the Federal Antitrust Commission (COFECE), he currently advises clients regarding all aspects of economic competition in Mexico. Mr. Mena also has experience in coordinating proceedings in different jurisdictio...
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...
Ingrid Ortiz joined OLIVARES in 2011. She studied law at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies (by its acronym in Spanish “ITESM”, Tecnológico de Monterrey) in Mexico City. Ingrid is member of the Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical law at OLIVARES. Her practice is mainly focused on Intellectual Property Litigation, Regulatory and Administrative Litigation; as well as Regulatory and Compliance advisory. Her main areas of practice allow her to interact with t...
Founding partner of Mexican recognised litigations boutique, Malpica, Iturbe, Buj & Paredes. Mr Paredes practice focuses on constitutional, administrative, civil and commercial litigation, as well as arbitration. He has successfully represented companies, financial entities and individuals before the Mexican Supreme Court, federal and local courts, as well as before administrative authorities. Ranked and recognised by national and international publications as a “Highly recognised p...
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 insu...
Pedro Javier Reséndez Bocanegra has broad experience in governmental affairs, assisting companies in the process of implementing and contracting infrastructure projects in Mexico and other countries of Latin America. His experience includes the drafting and negotiation of legal reforms, bidding guidelines and contracts required for project development and project financing, as well as compliance with regulatory controls. Pedro is experienced in dispute resolution procedures related to ...
Ismael focuses on regulatory matters and administrative litigations. Ismael has a unique vision capable of seeing both sides of the coin a talent that comes from more than 25 years of experience working in the public sector and more than a decade at White & Case. This quality is praised by the clients, who highlight his "understanding of the spirit of the law and the ability to put it into practice in a pragmatic manner." Chambers Latin America, 2018Clients who benefit from Ismael's exper...
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...
LUIS MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ RIVERO. Born in Mexico City in 1970. Education: Universidad Iberoamericana (1990). Degree-awarding ceremony 1996. Degree-award thesis subject “ The Supervening Evidence in the Indirect Amparo Trial ” (with honours and the best of the year thesis). Postgraduate Studies in Tax Law, Competition/Antitrust Law and Corporate Law provided by the Universidad Panamericana and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Memberships: Coordi...
Luis Salinas is counsel at Creel, García – Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. in Mexico City and member of the tax-controversy practice. Luis’ professional practice focuses mainly on tax- controversy and litigation. He has substantive experience in tax consulting and dealing with the tax issues of digital platforms. Prior to joining the Firm he acted as head of the Taxpayer’s Advocate Office (PRODECON), where he also held the positions of Deputy Chief of Sys...
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...
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...
Founding member and partner since 2016 of the Mexican recognised litigations boutique, Malpica, Iturbe, Buj & Paredes. Rolando Zarate’s practice focuses on civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional litigation, as well as ADRs and bankruptcy proceedings. He has successfully represented companies, financial entities and individuals before the Mexican Supreme Court, federal and local courts, and arbitral panels, and before administrative authorities. Ranked and recognised by...
PRACTICE AREAS Tax law, customs law, foreign trade, administrative law, constitutional law and social security law. ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS International Bar Association (IBA). Mexican Bar Association. National Association of Corporate Counsel (ANADE). Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF); secretary of the board of directors of the Mexico City group; Vice-President of standards of the National Executive Committee. Association of Public Accountants of Mexico, special member. Au...
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