Marco Tulio Venegas

Practice Areas

Commercial and Investment Arbitration.

Public and Administrative Litigation.

Constitutional Law Litigation (amparo).

Career

Law Degree. Escuela Libre de Derecho (1991-1995) [thesis "Judicial Intervention in Arbitration"].

Masterclass in International Arbitration organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (2017).

Professional Memberships

Former Chair of the Infrastructure Dispute Resolution Committee of the Mexican Chapter of the ICC.

Member of the Mexican Institution of Arbitration (IMA)

Member of ALARB.

Publications

In Pauta, a publication of the Mexican Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce: "Main Causes of Disputes in Public Works Contracts in Mexico," "Disputes Related to the Adjustment of Costs in Public Works Contracts," "The Action for Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (as a counterclaim in an ancillary proceeding to nullify the award)," and "Cases and Practical Situations in Construction Dispute-Related Arbitrations."

FINANCIER WORLDWIDE - Protection of investments in oil & gas under the new USMCA

FINANCIER WORLDWIDE - The social Licence as Key Factor for the Peaceful Development of Infrastructure

FINANCIER WORLDWIDE -Recent Trends and Developments in the Mexican Arbitration Practice.

The Arbitration Review of the Americas 2019 – The formation of the 21st Century Legal Framework for Arbitration by Mexican

Courts.

Global Arbitration Review – Commercial Arbitration Mexico

Corporate Disputes - Arbitration in the Americas

Dispute Resolution Handbook 2011/12 México Chapter Q&A, Practical Law Company

Oil&Gas Financial Journal – King’s X in Mexico’s Round One

Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

American University Washington College of Law - The Mexican Courts and Arbitration: A new Partnership

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English and French.

Clients

Mexican Infrastructure Partners

Grupo Alego

General Motors de México

AT&T

ICA Fluor

Grupo Ortiz

Experience

Starting on 1992, Mr. Venegas worked as Court’ assistant for two years at the First Federal Court of Administrative Matters under the direction of the Judge Jean Claude Tron-Petit. During this time, Mr. Venegas gained invaluable experience in the amparo law and constitutional disputes.

From 1995 up until June 2019. Mr. Venegas worked at Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. where we became the youngest attorney ever promoted as partner. In 2001, he had a brief stint working as assistant to one of the Counsels of the Secretariat of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Subsequently, he worked as foreign intern for six months in arbitration in the firm Freshfields, Bruckhaus & Deringer.

In June 2019, he left Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. to form LITREDI, S.C. his own boutique law firm in dispute resolution.

Mr. Venegas is the founding partner in charge of LITREDI, S.C. a boutique specialized in dispute resolution. He is in charge of handling International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Arbitration cases, as well as of the Civil and Commercial Litigation; Administrative Litigation (including matters related to Intellectual Property, Consumer protection, disputes concerning oil and energy, franchises, public bids and public work contracts) and Amparo (constitutional) litigation.

He is admitted to practice before all the federal courts, the Supreme Court, and many state courts and courts of appeals.

Mr. Venegas experience has litigated extensively during 27 years in several fields of Law before Mexican Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. In approximately 70 of these cases he has reached a settlement either through negotiation or mediation. Thus, he has ample experience not only in Mexican procedural rules, but also on arbitration proceedings and related mediation and settlement efforts, pursuant to the ICC Rules of Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association Rules of Arbitration, the UNCITRAL Rules and the LCIA Rules of Arbitration, among others.

Education

Work Highlights

1. Counsel of a Large Multinational Brewing Company in an Ad-hoc arbitration against the then-controlling shareholders of a Mexican Brewing Company in a dispute with a value of more than US$450 million.

2. Lead Counsel of an US Franchise Owner in the Fast Food Sector in a AAA arbitration against its Mexican franchisee (defendant). The dispute involved the termination of the Mexican Franchise Agreement.

3. Lead Counsel of Waste Management, Inc. (defendant) in an ICC arbitration initiated by a Mexican company (claimant) for more than US$30 million. The case was dismissed in a preliminary award for lack of legal standing of claimant.

4. Lead Counsel of a Mexican Copper Company in an ICC arbitration filed by a US Mining Company in a dispute involving the illegal termination of a supply agreement.

5. Counsel of a joint venture telecommunications company of the Cuban government in an ICC arbitration brought by a Mexican Development Bank 0or the payment of US$50 million.

6. Lead Counsel of a U.S. Energy company (claimant) in an ICC arbitration against a Mexican company (defendant) in a contractual dispute of more than US$10 million dollars.

7. Counsel of Multinational Brewing Company in an Ad-hoc arbitration against a Mexican Brewing Company in a dispute with a value of US$1.5 billion dollars.

8. Lead Counsel of the Largest Mexican Construction Company in an ICC arbitration construction dispute against a Mexican Public Entity arising from the construction of a hydroelectric plant for more than US$50 million.

9. Lead Counsel of a Mexican Tourism and Entertainment company in an ICC arbitration brought by a Spanish company (claimant). The amount in dispute was US$ 5 million.

11. Lead Counsel of a Spanish Construction Company in an arbitration against a Mexican Public Entity in a dispute of more than US$5 million dollars.

12. Lead Counsel of a Mexican Automotive company (claimant) in an ICC arbitration against a large real state Mexican company (defendant) in a dispute arising from the breach of a right of first refusal plus the damages caused.

13. Lead Counsel in a large arbitration pursuant to the ICC Rules involving two tobacco companies in a dispute of more than US$400 million dollars.

14. Lead Counsel in an ICC arbitration, involving an insurance company in a dispute of more than US$20 million dollars.