Jaime R Guerra González

Practice Areas

Founding Partner of “Guerra González y Asociados S.C.”. He has over 50 years of legal experience and is recognized as one of the Mexican lawyers with more experience and leadership in litigation in Civil, Commercial and Administrative matters, as well as in handling Insolvency and Bankruptcy Proceedings, Alternative Dispute Resolutions and Constitutional Proceedings.

During his career, he has represented and advised legally recognized both national and multinational companies in a wide range of industries and several government entities. Most of its clients are important players in strategic industries for the economy such as Steel Industry, Mining, Petrochemical and Energy Industry, Financial Sector, Banking, Insurance and Securities, Real Estate, Agricultural Industry, Food Industry (Food, Sugar, Beverages), Transportation Industry (Air, Rail, Sea and Automotive), Telecommunications, Entertainment, Editorial, Tourism and Hospitality, Manufacturing, Textile, Leather and Footwear Sector, Beauty and Luxury Industry, Fine Jewelry and Watches, Health and Pharmaceutical Sector, Tobacco Industry, Retail, Construction, Paint and Coatings Sectors, among others.

In the public sector he has been both advisor and counterparty facing court proceedings before governmental entities and public organizations in Mexico and abroad. He has performed as an arbitrator and as counsel in arbitral judgments, as well as mediator and conciliator in court proceedings mainly in Mexico, Canada, Brazil and USA.

Professional Memberships

Worldwide: Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, International Insolvency Institute, INSOL International, International Bar Association, Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal, Insolvency Law Experts (HG.org), Who´s Who Legal, Best Lawyers, International Law Office, Insurance Law List, Practical Law Company.

Mexico: “Instituto Mexicano para la Justicia, A.C.”, “Colegio de Abogados de México A.C.”, “Consejo Cívico de Ciudadanos e Instituciones Sociales A.C.”, “Fundación Mexicana de Reintegración Social A.C.”, “The University Club Mexico”, among others.

Publications

Author of the book “Apuntes y Comentarios sobre el Derecho Concursal en México” (Notes and Comments on Bankruptcy Law in Mexico), registered in 2001 at IMPI under the number 03-2001-061312031900-01.

He has written numerous articles for press like; Wall Street Journal, Reforma Newspaper, Legal 500 Latin America, Chambers & Partners, Insolvency Law Experts, Experts Guides, CrossBorder Law Group, Practical Law, International Law Office. Some of his articles appear in magazines such as; Forbes, Newsweek, Líderes, Alto Nivel, Mundo del Abogado, among others.

He has been invited by renowned universities to teach “Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law”, “Procedural Civil Law”, among others subjects related with litigation law at “Universidad Marista”, “Universidad Latinoamericana, S.C. (ULA)”, “Universidad Intercontinental (UIC)”, among others.

Personal

He has performed as speaker for over 25 years in national and international law congresses, presenting over 40 conferences and has been part of 20 international panels in several seminars, conferences and symposia which have took place in Mexico, USA, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, France and Italy, sponsored and organized by institutes such as; “Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal”, “International Insolvency Institute”, “Institute for International Research”, “Instituto Mexicano de Finanzas”; associations like; “International Bar Association”, “INSOL International”, “Debtwire Latin America”, “Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, A.C.”; confederations such as; “Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana”; universities like; “Universidad Iberoamericana”, “Universidad de Nuevo México”; governmental entities such as; “Instituto Federal de Especialistas de Concursos Mercantiles”, “Consejo de la Judicatura del Poder Judicial de Aguascalientes”, “H. Tribunal de Justicia del Estado de Nuevo León”, and others organizations like “Procopio”, “Ejecutivos de Ventas y Mercadotecnia, A.C.” and “Club de Notarios de Matamoros”.

Languages Spoken

English and Spanish

Education