Honorio Vazquez Sainz

Practice Areas

Criminal Litigation - Criminal Compliance - Administrative Litigation

Career

Honorio specializes in the design and implementation of litigation strategies, mainly in criminal matters.

Throughout his practice, he has successfully represented the interests of individuals and companies, national and international, in the development of the different stages of the adversarial criminal system and through the Amparo Trial.

Honorio has an exceptional expertise representing clients in criminal proceedings involving corruption and anti-money laundering. His practice also includes the design and implementation of strategies to identify, prevent and combat crime in the corporate environment.

Work Highlights

- Representation of financial entities in OTC markets, in Mexico and abroad, in connection with their alleged participation in financial and property crimes, obtaining favorable resolutions that constitute important judicial precedents in matters of criminal liability.

- Participation in the development of investigations related to acts of corruption within the business sector, as well as the application of the FCPA in relation to multinational companies.

- Advice and training to companies in the energy sector in the design of compliance programs and strategies to identify, prevent and combat corporate crime.

- Defense of the interests of public servants accused of corruption offenses in the country’s financial sector.

- Participation in the legal team in charge of the defense of public officers related to the case known as Guardería ABC.

- Defense of 100 victims of crimes committed by a well-known tourist services company, through the implementation of ponzi schemes.

Languages Spoken

Spanish - English

Experience

- Legal advice on FCPA and anti-corruption investigations for multinational companies, funds, and international banks in conjunction with leading law firms in New York and Washington.

- Representation of clients before law enforcement agencies.

- Legal advice on risk assessment and development of Regulatory Compliance Programs, including recommendations for improvement for several leading companies in their industries such as construction, mining, energy, banking and finance, housing, steel, among others.

- Review of Corporate Governance structures.

- Legal advice on reviews and plans in the areas of Personal Data Privacy, Money Laundering Prevention, Regulatory Risk Assessments and Compliance, Internal Investigations, among others.