Juan Antonio Benavides
Latin America Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime
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About
Provided by Juan Antonio Benavides
Practice Areas
He is a graduate of the Law School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2005-2009) where he received his law degree; he has vast experience in financial, fiscal, and banking criminal litigation, both in the local jurisdiction and in the federal jurisdiction.
In 2007, he began his professional practice at Ruvalcaba Villalobos y Cía, S.C., in 2008, he joinded the Federal District Attorney’s Office, in 2009, he joined Katz y Gudiño abogados, S.C.; in 2010, he collaborated as an associate at Katz, Cerisola y Domínguez, S.C. and in 2014, he founded Katz, Benavides, Chávez y Rodríguez, S.C., he is currently a founding partner of the firm Katz y Gudiño abogados, S.C
Career
Mr. Benavides studied the Specialty in Accusatory Criminal System at the Escuela Libre de Derecho (2015); he holds a Master in Financial Law Institutions at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City Campus. (2017); Academy of Litigation Skills Course, California Western School of Law, ACCESS Training (2017); Specialty in Criminal Law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho (2018); Diploma of Money Laundering and Compliance, National and International perspective, sponsored by the Mexican Bar, Colegio de Abogados, A.C. and the Iberoamerican Association of Economic and Business Criminal Law (2020);
He routinely participates and constantly supports the Fundación Barra Mexicana A.C., in “Pro Bono” work, as well as other non-profit institutions focused on issues of sexual violence committed against women, where it seeks to provide the correct counsel to cases that require a gender equality approach, such as ADIVAC (Association for the Integral Development of Violated People AC).
Chambers Review
Latin America
Up-and-coming practitioner Juan Antonio Benavides garners plaudits for his strong presence in the Mexican white-collar crime space.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Juan Antonio Benavides is methodical, organised, and knows precisely when the best moment to act is."
"Juan Antonio Benavides is methodical, organised, and knows precisely when the best moment to act is."