Luis Ernesto Peon Barriga

Practice Areas

Luis Ernesto's peers describe him as a qualified and educated litigator, committed to standing up for his clients' interests and providing them with practical, creative, and integral solutions. He counsels on litigation matters with a particular focus in civil, commercial, administrative, constitutional, and insolvency proceedings.

He's also skilled in domestic and international arbitration, including judicial assistance to arbitration, before the most recognized arbitral institutions, such as ICC, ICDR, and JAMS. He concentrates on the financial sector, representing banks, financial intermediaries, and creditors in a variety of restructuring, insolvency, and collection cases before local and federal Mexican courts.

Clients regularly seek his advice and experience in the fields of civil liability, shareholders disputes, and moral damages. With his solid contentious background, he's often consulted in cases that involve disputes that claim the unconstitutionality of laws and governmental actions, especially in the context of the new paradigms of constitutional and international human rights.

He has been systematically recognized by specialized publications in the field of litigation and dispute resolutions in the region.

Career

LL.M., University of Sheffield, dissertation with distinction, 2008

Law Degree, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 2003