Mexico City, October, 2021.- CDA Abogados, through their partners Luis Cervantes and Alejandro Díaz Steta, advised and represented Sergio 'Checo' Pérez, driver of the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team, to won the lawsuit against MGI Asistencia Integral, Pemex's outsourcing company.
The judgment indicates that it condemns the defendant, MGI Asistencia Integral, to pay to 'Checo' Pérez the amount of USD 2.8 million dollars or its equivalent in national currency.
The case refers to the sponsorship contract that 'Checo' Pérez signed in October 2018 with MGI Asistencia Integral, a private company created by Pemex, in which he promised to sponsor him for one year. However, at the beginning of the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador the contract was canceled, which led to the lawsuit for contractual breach.
After two years of litigation and a few days before the Grand Prix of Mexico City, of Formula One, Sergio 'Checo' Pérez won the lawsuit.
About Sergio 'Checo' Pérez
Sergio 'Checo' Pérez is a Mexican racing driver who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing Point. He won his first Formula One Grand Prix at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, breaking the record for the number of starts before a race win at 190.
About CDA Abogados
CDA Abogados is a team of lawyers, led by Luis Cervantes and Alejandro Díaz, with a modern approach that intends to break the static mold that normally characterizes the legal practice in Mexico, representing their clients in diverse matters of transactional and litigious nature, offering dynamic and efficient solutions.
Its team has vast and successful local and international experience in Litigation and ADR: Constitutional Litigation, Administrative Litigation, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, among others.
In Civil and Commercial Litigation, they have represented Mexican and foreign clients in a range of matters such as shareholders and corporate disputes, contractual breaches, international sale of goods, joint ventures, real estate disputes, tortious liability, intellectual, patent and trademarks claims. Their attorneys have been involved in most high-profile litigation cases in Mexico and are regarded as first choice lawyers in shareholders litigation, both for the implementation of tailored court-room strategies and creative out-of-court resolutions, as well as their high ethical standards.