Luis Felipe Mancera de Arrigunaga

Practice Areas

AML, Anti-corruption and Compliance,

Banking and Finance,

Dispute Resolution,

Public Law,

Tax, Foreign Trade and Customs

Career

Luis is partner at GC and leads the Regulatory Group, including Administrative and Constitutional Litigation, AML, Anti-corruption and Compliance, Tax, Telecom and Foreign Trade and Customs practice areas.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums.

Former member of the governing bodies of the National Banking and Securities Commission, National Insurance and Bonding Commission the National Retirement Savings Commission (CONSAR) and participated (as nonmember) to the Bank Savings Protection Institute (IPAB) board and the board of the Bureau for Administration and Sale of Government Assets.

He has been member of the board of directors of several telecom companies, including Innova (SKY México), Cablevisión, Cablemás and Avantel (Secretary).

Publications

Full biography: https://gcsc.com.mx/people/luis-mancera-de-arrigunaga/

Personal

Since 2006 Luis is Standing Professor of Financial System Law at ITAM.

Experience

He is specialized in public law, government negotiation, high level administrative litigation, compliance, AML, corporate governance, government procurement, tax issues and constitutional relief proceedings (amparo). Throughout his career, Luis has acquired in depth experience both in the public and private sectors, enabling him to have full and comprehensive knowledge of different industries, including telecom, finance, government, and tax regulation.

Luis has been involved in complex cases related to constitutional litigation and disputes, several of them creating groundbreaking precedents decided by Mexico’s Supreme Court. He actively advises on a wide range of matters related to new laws, regulatory proposals and government procurement processes and authorizations.

Industry Sector Expertise

Prior to joining the firm, Luis held various high-level positions, including serving as General Counsel (Chief Tax Prosecutor) for the Ministry of Finance -where he worked in constitutional, administrative, tax litigation and tax fraud matters- as well as Chief of the Banking and Savings Unit at Mexico’s Ministry of Finance. In these capacities, Luis became Mexico’s representative before the Financial Action Task Force and supervised the Financial Intelligence Unit. Luis also acted as counsel to Mexico’s Federal Administration in matters of constitutional, governmental, administrative, tax, budgetary, financial, and public debt law and was member of the governing bodies of the National Banking Commission (CNBV), the National Insurance and Bonding Commission (CNSF), the Bank Savings Protection Institute (IPAB) and the National Retirement Savings Commission (CONSAR). His private sector experience includes working as Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Telecom Affairs at Grupo Televisa and Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer at Avantel, where he acquired in depth experience in the telecom sector.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English

Education