Latin America
Practice Areas
Founding Partner of Guerra González y Asociados, S.C.
He has over 50 years of legal experience and is recognized as one of Mexico’s most experienced and respected litigators in civil, commercial, and administrative law, as well as in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, alternative dispute resolution, and constitutional litigation.
Throughout his career, he has represented and advised both national and multinational corporations, as well as government entities, across a wide range of industries. His clients include key players in strategic sectors of the economy, such as the steel, mining, petrochemical, and energy industries; the financial, banking, insurance, and securities sectors; and the real estate, agricultural, and food industries (including sugar and beverages).
He has also advised companies in the transportation (air, rail, sea, and automotive), telecommunications, entertainment, publishing, tourism and hospitality, manufacturing, textile, leather and footwear, beauty and luxury, fine jewelry and watches, healthcare and pharmaceutical, tobacco, retail, construction, and paint and coatings industries, among others.
In the public sector, he has acted both as advisor and counterparty in judicial proceedings involving governmental entities and public organizations in Mexico and abroad. He has also served as an arbitrator, counsel in arbitral proceedings, mediator, and conciliator in court-related and alternative dispute resolution matters, primarily in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, and the United States.
Professional Memberships
Worldwide: Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, International Insolvency Institute, INSOL International, International Bar Association, Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal, Insolvency Law Experts (HG.org), Who´s Who Legal, Best Lawyers, International Law Office, Insurance Law List, Practical Law Company.
Mexico: “Instituto Mexicano para la Justicia, A.C.”, “Colegio de Abogados de México A.C.”, “Consejo Cívico de Ciudadanos e Instituciones Sociales A.C.”, “Fundación Mexicana de Reintegración Social A.C.”, “The University Club Mexico”, among others.
Publications
Author of the book “Apuntes y Comentarios sobre el Derecho Concursal en México” (Notes and Comments on Bankruptcy Law in Mexico), registered in 2001 at IMPI under the number 03-2001-061312031900-01.
He has written numerous articles for press like; Wall Street Journal, Reforma Newspaper, Legal 500 Latin America, Chambers & Partners, Insolvency Law Experts, Experts Guides, CrossBorder Law Group, Practical Law, International Law Office. Some of his articles appear in magazines such as; Forbes, Newsweek, Líderes, Alto Nivel, Mundo del Abogado, among others.
He has been invited by renowned universities to teach “Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law”, “Procedural Civil Law”, among others subjects related with litigation law at “Universidad Marista”, “Universidad Latinoamericana, S.C. (ULA)”, “Universidad Intercontinental (UIC)”, among others.
Personal
He has performed as speaker for over 25 years in national and international law congresses, presenting over 40 conferences and has been part of 20 international panels in several seminars, conferences and symposia which have took place in Mexico, USA, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, France and Italy, sponsored and organized by institutes such as; “Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal”, “International Insolvency Institute”, “Institute for International Research”, “Instituto Mexicano de Finanzas”; associations like; “International Bar Association”, “INSOL International”, “Debtwire Latin America”, “Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, A.C.”; confederations such as; “Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana”; universities like; “Universidad Iberoamericana”, “Universidad de Nuevo México”; governmental entities such as; “Instituto Federal de Especialistas de Concursos Mercantiles”, “Consejo de la Judicatura del Poder Judicial de Aguascalientes”, “H. Tribunal de Justicia del Estado de Nuevo León”, and others organizations like “Procopio”, “Ejecutivos de Ventas y Mercadotecnia, A.C.” and “Club de Notarios de Matamoros”.
