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Gabriel Calvillo Díaz

Gabriel Calvillo Díaz

Latin America 2027

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Ranked in 3 practice areas

Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime

Mexico

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C.

Latin America

Practice Areas

Compliance

Corporate Criminal Liability

Environmental

White Collar

Career

Gabriel focuses his practice on compliance, corporate criminal liability, white collar crimes and environmental litigation. His experience comes from the practice of criminal law, both private and public sectors.

Gabriel has been criminal counsel in corporate criminal matters for more than ten years, as well as Head of the Environmental Crimes Unit of the Attorney General’s Office in matters particularly close to corporate activity, such as crimes against the environment, corporate homicide and industrial related offences. He specializes in complex corporate criminal liability cases and criminal compliance.

In his environmental practice, Gabriel regularly represents corporations in complex litigations cases, as well as buyers and sellers in environmental and compliance due diligence. He worked as General Counsel for the Federal Environmental Enforcement Agency (PROFEPA), Litigation Director General at the Environmental and Natural Resources Ministry, as well as Head of Environmental Crimes Division of the Federal Department of Justice. In private practice he represented corporations for more than ten years in complex environmental damage and toxic torts cases.

Gabriel has a long history in the regulatory, law enforcement and compliance field in environmental and human rights matters, which allows him to incorporate real procedural criteria and experiences into the prevention, risk analysis and compliance models of our Firm. Gabriel was in charge of the design and implementation of the Federal Law on Environmental Responsibility, which addresses central issues of compliance, climate responsibility and ESG litigation, as well as a litigator and prosecutor specializing in business crimes that expose people to criminal liability. due to failures in control, surveillance and good governance.

Experience

General Counsel, Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Medio Ambiente.

Head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Unit, Fiscalía General de la República. (promoted the creation of the Special Prosecutor's Office for the Attention of Crimes Against the Environment).

Languages Spoken

Spanish & English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Latin America

Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime - Mexico

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Gabriel Calvillo Díaz of Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes receives positive feedback for his work in the white-collar crime arena in Mexico. He assists clients from the automotive and media sectors with investigations and criminal disputes.

Environment - Mexico

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Co-head of department Gabriel Calvillo Díaz elicits praise from market commentators for his noted environmental practice in Mexico. He offers particular expertise in environmental litigation against the PROFEPA.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • What sets Gabriel Calvillo Díaz apart is his technical rigour, deep knowledge of criminal law and ability to turn it into a coherent and actionable strategy. His expertise and sound judgement far exceed expectations.

    Dispute Resolution: White-Collar CrimeChambers Latin America
  • Gabriel Calvillo Díaz is a highly technical lawyer with strong knowledge of compliance matters aimed at preventing criminal risks.

    ComplianceChambers Latin America
  • Gabriel Calvillo Díaz is the lawyer we turn to for strategic discussions because of his extensive legal experience in environmental matters.

    EnvironmentChambers Latin America

Ranked Individuals at Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C. (50)

Mexico

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