A partner with more than 25 years of experience, he is a prominent Mexican lawyer who has successfully advised major national and international companies doing business throughout Mexico on customs and foreign trade matters.
Practice areas
- Customs Law
- Foreign Trade
Experience
He successfully advises importers and exporters in matters pertaining to customs authorities and courts, including cases involving the application of trade and free trade agreements, origin verification procedures, foreign trade audits, export promotion programs such as IMMEX (Maquila Program), PROSEC, Rule Eight Permits and certifications in their different modalities.
He also has extensive experience in litigation matters, defending the interests of importers and exporters in proceedings regarding seizures of goods, determining tax credits, filing appeals for revocation, annulment claims, indirect and direct amparo claims, etc., with administrative and judicial authorities, Collegiate Courts, Federal Court of Administrative Justice, District Courts and the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
He worked at the Tax Administration Service and pioneered obtaining authorizations to operate the strategic bonded warehouse customs regime for a company in the coffee sector and the first VAT and IEPS Certifications, in a pre-operational period.
Industries
- Automotive
- Aeronautical
- Hydrocarbons
- Tobacco
- Iron and Steel
- Textile and Apparel
- Commodities
- Coffee
- Chocolate
- Sugar
Affiliations
- Mexican Institute of Foreign Trade Executives IMECE.
- National Association of Importers and Exporters of the Mexican Republic ANIERM.