Miguel Gallardo Guerra

Clients

Key clients: AON, Alternativa Financiera Prosesa, CitiBanamex, Banco Santander, Banco Mercantil del Norte, Braskem México Proyectos, Banco Santander, Credit Suisse, Crédito Especializado Stándar, Daimler Financial Services, Deutsche Bank México, Deutsche Securities, Element, Engenium Capital, Mercado Libre, Super Digital, Morgan Stanley México, Palace Resorts Capital, Vision F México, Evo Payments, Uber, Volkswagen Leasing, Femsa, Nu Bank, Pagsmile, HDF Energy, Rianta Capital Zurich, World Quest Holdings, Federación Mexicana de Futbol, Fairplay, Garnet24, Prosa, Uber and Satoshi Portal, among others.

Practice Areas

Banking, Finance, Fintech & Compliance.

Career

Miguel Gallardo Guerra is a senior partner and managing director at the law firm Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, SC (bgbg), head of the banking, finance, fintech, and compliance practice areas.

Projects regularly undertaken by Miguel Gallardo-Guerra are mainly focused on banking, compliance, fintech, anti-money laundering, and finance matters, providing services to Mexican and foreign financial institutions, such as financial groups, banks, brokerage firms, securities brokers, fintech entities, insurance companies, investment bankers, mutual funds, non-bank financial institutions, and representative offices.

Miguel Gallardo-Guerra has been certified by the National Banking and Securities Commission as a compliance officer and anti-money laundering expert, by the Superior Court of Justice in Mexico City as a Certified Translator (English - Spanish - English), as well as by the National Insurance and Bonding Commission as an insurance contract expert. He has also been appointed as a member of several boards of directors, an external compliance officer of several banking and financial institutions, and a law professor at the Ibero-American University School of Law.

Professional Memberships

He was appointed Latin American Regional Forum Liaison Officer of the Banking Law Committee at the International Bar Association (“IBA”) for the period 2023 to 2024. The law firm bgbg is the only Mexican law firm currently appointed as part of the committee directors.

He is member of the Bar Association in Mexico of Corporate Lawyers.

Publications

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Personal

Leading partner promoting Probono work, which has increased significantly during the last 4 years and has become institutionalized inside the firm. There is a very active committee and bgbg is a leading firm in Mexico when talking about Probono.

We have a system that records all of our probono cases just as it is done with other clients. This allows us to have data on the hours worked per lawyer, which also allows us to properly measure the growth we have in the Probono work.

Work Highlights

Miguel Gallardo Guerra chairs several committees, related to best practices at bgbg. The law firm bgbg genuinely is committed to updating and actively implementing measures on diversity and inclusion. To this end, it has established an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee comprising partners, associates, and administrative team members. Under this Committee's guidance, bgbg has developed Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination Policies that identify and penalize actions infringing upon the right to a harassment-free workplace, including sexual harassment and bullying; it governs the recruitment, selection, and professional development of the firm's staff; advocates for flexible arrangements facilitating work-life balance; and introduces a Flexible Working Policy that supports paternity or maternity leave in the event of birth or adoption.

As a member of the American Translators Association, Miguel Gallardo Guerra, leads the translation department that specializes in legal and financial documents and that is comprised of several interdisciplinary translators and legal experts. Therefore, we can provide our clients with high-quality translation services within efficient and competitive delivery timeframes (English/Spanish/English).

As part of our practice, we focus on translating different types of documents, including placement prospects, annual reports, financial statements, judgments, affidavits, information questionnaires before foreign authorities, manuals, insurance policies, laws, contracts, legal opinions, shareholders’ meetings, articles of incorporation, resolutions of board of directors and committees, which may be used for private purposes between parties, as well as for official purposes in Mexico and abroad.

Industry Sector Expertise

Banking, compliance, fintech, anti-money laundering, and finance practice areas.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Mexico.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English.

Experience

Having a very high specialization in compliance, banking and fintech regulatory issues and financings in Mexico, Miguel Gallardo Guerra provides services to several fintech entities regularly and worldwide financial entities, working together with Mexican authorities, including the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and the National Banking and Securities Commission.

Miguel Gallardo Guerra leads a risk analysis area with a staff dedicated only to developing risk manuals and policies, as well as audits applicable to fintech entities, including banking, finance, fintech, and compliance developments.

The bgbg's compliance team has expanded its capabilities by establishing a risk analysis division, staffed with actuarial professionals. This initiative enables the firm to offer comprehensive risk assessment services to financial institutions, including the development of anti-money laundering manuals and policies, further enhancing bgbg's reputation as a leader in compliance services.

Education