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Alfonso Cortez-Fernández

Alfonso Cortez is a member of the Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committee for North America and Chair of that practice at the five Mexican offices. He has over 25 years of experience. Also he is highly regarded in a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters. He has been a professor in the law department of the Universidad Cervantina, and is a member of the international law fraternity Phi Delta Phi. He has been first vice president of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE-NL), was coordinator of the Constitutional Rights Commission of the Mexican Bar Association, Nuevo Leon Section (BMA – NL), as well as counselor in the steering committee of the BMA – NL. · Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

MexicoLitigation, ArbitrationEnglish, Spanish
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Alfonso Cortez-Fernández is a senior lawyer with over 25 years of experience, serving as Chair of Litigation and Government Enforcement at Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. in Mexico. He specializes in domestic and international litigation and arbitration, and has particular expertise in administrative litigation relating to energy matters and public tenders. He also handles insolvency, civil, commercial, real estate, and constitutional law matters, and advises on alternative dispute resolution. He serves on the firm's North American Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committee. Cortez-Fernández is a professor at Universidad Cervantina and a member of the international law fraternity Phi Delta Phi. He is first vice president of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE-NL), coordinator of the Constitutional Rights Commission of the Mexican Bar Association Nuevo Leon Section, and a counselor on the steering committee of the same bar association. He is admitted in Mexico and speaks English and Spanish.

Practice areas

LitigationArbitrationAdministrative LitigationEnergy LawPublic TendersInsolvencyCivil LawCommercial LawReal Estate LawConstitutional LawAlternative Dispute Resolution

Office

Mexico

Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. · Alfonso Cortez is a member of the Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committee for North America and Chair of that practice at the five Mexican offices. He has over 25 years of experience. Also he is highly regarded in a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters. He has been a professor in the law department of the Universidad Cervantina, and is a member of the international law fraternity Phi Delta Phi. He has been first vice president of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE-NL), was coordinator of the Constitutional Rights Commission of the Mexican Bar Association, Nuevo Leon Section (BMA – NL), as well as counselor in the steering committee of the BMA – NL.

Mexico

Expertise

LitigationArbitrationAdministrative LitigationEnergy LawPublic TendersInsolvencyCivil LawCommercial LawReal Estate LawConstitutional LawAlternative Dispute Resolution

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center (Legal English) (2012)
  • Instituto de la Judicatura Federal, México (Constitutional Actions) (1999)
  • University of Monterrey (Honors) (1996)
  • Capital University (International Business) (1995)
  • Carlos III University (European Union Law) (1994)

Admissions

  • Mexico

Languages

EnglishSpanish