Gerardo Rodríguez

Practice Areas

Competition/Antitrust and Compliance

TMT

Career

Gerardo is an expert in antitrust and competition matters.

With more than 15 years of experience, Gerardo is well regarded among clients and peers, but also by the officers of the competition authorities, which make him a trustworthy counsel for complex merger applications and anticompetitive investigations. He has gained extensive experience in the investigations and compliance fields, participating in more than 60% of procedures carried out by the COFECE during the recent years.

He has deep knowledge of and experience in some industries, such as: telecommunications, networks, broadcasting, railroad transportation, and oil & gas; as well as other regulated sectors like healthcare and life science, financial services, and air transportation, among others.

Gerardo has provided legal advice to communities in the southeast of Mexico for obtaining broadcasting concessions for indigenous social use.

He earned his J.D. from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and obtained his LL.M. from Indiana University, United States.

He worked for the Mexican Federal Competition Commission and the Federal Trade Commission (appointed pursuant to the U.S. Safe Web Act of 2006).