Member:
Business & Finance Group
Professional Service:
Attorney
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BUSINESS BIO:
Mauricio is a multicultural and bilingual business,
corporate and real estate attorney, negotiator and dispute
resolution strategist licensed to practice law and actively
representing clients in Mexico and California. For over 15
years, he has successfully represented U.S. and Mexico
corporations, private equity funds, resort developers, and
investors in (a) the structuring, acquisition, and
disposition of domestic and international corporate,
commercial, and real property investments; (b) the design
and implementation of cross-border contract negotiation and
dispute resolution strategies; and (c) distressed
transactions and insolvency proceedings involving Mexico and
U.S. laws and international treaties. In addition, he
constantly advises clients on how to successfully do
business in Mexico in compliance with Mexico, U.S. and
international laws and regulations, including the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.
Among other things, Mauricio has worked at Ballard Spahr,
LLP, SAI Consultores, S.C., and White & Case, S.C.; and
is a member of the State Bar of California, the American
Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the
American Resort Developers Association, and the Los Angeles
County Bar Association (current Vice Chair).
PERSONAL BIO:
Mauricio is a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana,
Mexico City, Mexico, where he obtained a degree in Business
Administration in 1997 and in Law in 2001 (summa cum laude).
In 2006, Mauricio obtained a Master of Law in Dispute
Resolution degree from Pepperdine University School of Law,
Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, Malibu,
California.
His speaking engagements and publications include:
- Planning Committee, “IP Meets the Pacific
Rim,” Los Angeles, September 2011.
- Chair and Moderator, “Cross-Border Distressed
Transactions,” Los Angeles, March 2011.
- Moderator, Baja California Investment Forum 2010, Los
Angeles, September 2010.
- Panelist, "Pathways to Employment: Careers in
International Law," presented by the Los Angeles County
Bar Association International Law Section, American Bar
Association Section of International Law and State Bar of
California International Law Section. Los Angeles,
February 2010.
- Panelist, "Going, Going, Gone: Ethical Challenges for
Lawyers Who Leave and Those Who Are Left Behind," 34th
Annual Convention and 1st Judicial Summit, Litigation
Track, Hispanic National Bar Association, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, September 2009.
- Panelist, "Mexico as a Near Shore Destination,
Investing in Real Estate in Mexico, Health Services in
Mexico, Legal and Tax Incentives on Buying a Second Home
in Mexico, Financing, Security," 12th Annual Mexico
Economic Review and Political Outlook 2009, U.S.-Mexico
Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, May 2009.
- "The Benefits to Secured Parties of Real Estate
Transactions in Mexico," Los Angeles Lawyer (the magazine
of the Los Angeles County Bar Association), February
2010, Volume 32, No. 11.
- “Regulation of Timeshare Products in
Mexico”,
- Developments magazine, American Resort Developers
Association, October 2009.
- "Challenges and Trends for Fractional Projects in
Mexico," MV Consultants, January 2009.
- "Investing in Mexican Real Estate: Outlook, Legal
Framework and Special Considerations”, California
Real Property Journal, Volume 26, No. 4, 2008.
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