Adriana Ibarra

Adriana has over twenty years of experience in customs and foreign trade matters. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2001, became National Partner in 2005 and a Principal in 2018. She has prior experience working as legal director of Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Safeguards in the Mexican Ministry of Economy where she participated in the negotiation of several free trade agreements (FTAs) and in the first dispute settlement resolution cases initiated by Mexico against the US under the NAFTA. Adriana has been ranked a leading practitioner by Chambers and Partners at Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America as well as Legal 500 for eleven consecutive years. She was an associate in our Guadalajara and Washington, D.C. offices and currently Heads the Firm’s North America International Commercial Practice Group in Mexico City. · Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

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Adriana Ibarra is a Principal at Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C., heading the North America International Commercial Practice Group in Mexico City. With over twenty years of experience in customs and foreign trade, she previously served as legal director of Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Safeguards at the Mexican Ministry of Economy, where she participated in FTA negotiations and early NAFTA dispute resolutions. She has been consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 for eleven consecutive years. Her practice covers customs and international trade, including rules of origin, tariff classification, customs valuation, maquila programs, non-tariff regulations, and consumer protection, as well as customs audits. She is a member of the North America Nearshoring Initiative and the Firm's Global Geopolitical Risks Task Force.

Practice areas

CustomsInternational TradeFree Trade AgreementsRules of OriginTariff ClassificationCustoms ValuationMaquila (IMMEX) ProgramsImport/Export RegulationsCustoms Audits

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Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. · Adriana has over twenty years of experience in customs and foreign trade matters. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2001, became National Partner in 2005 and a Principal in 2018. She has prior experience working as legal director of Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Safeguards in the Mexican Ministry of Economy where she participated in the negotiation of several free trade agreements (FTAs) and in the first dispute settlement resolution cases initiated by Mexico against the US under the NAFTA. Adriana has been ranked a leading practitioner by Chambers and Partners at Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America as well as Legal 500 for eleven consecutive years. She was an associate in our Guadalajara and Washington, D.C. offices and currently Heads the Firm’s North America International Commercial Practice Group in Mexico City.

Mexico

Expertise

Customs and international trade litigationFree trade agreement negotiationDispute settlement (NAFTA)Rules of origin verificationMaquila (IMMEX) programsSupply chain and nearshoring

Education

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, J.D. (Honors), 1992
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Diploma in International Trade, 1996
Universidad Panamericana, Diploma in International Taxes, 2006
University Intercontinental, Diploma in Sanitary Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2012
Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE), Diploma in Business Management, 2008

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EnglishSpanish