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Professional Team
> Diego A. Ramos Castillo
> Alejandro Ripoll González
> Alejandro Schuster Benítez
> Edmundo Elías-fernández
> Emmanuel Ibarra Castillo
> Flor García Rivera
> Guadalupe Esparza Sánchez
> José Carlos Romero Loaiza
> Mario Jorge Yáñez Vega
> Rodolfo Ramos Menchaca
> Rubén Darío Gómez Arnaiz
> Alan Francisco Barajas Enríquez
> Brianda Paula Ramírez Cordero
> Daniel Torres Güémez
> Diego A. Alvarez Ampudia
> J. Rafael Amador Espinosa
> José Antonio Casas Vessi
> José Eduardo González Rodríguez
> Karla M. Peña Medina
> Oscar Mauricio Angulo Peña
> Salvador Orozco González
> Alfonso Valdés Tostado
> Arturo Hegewisch Díaz Infante
> Diego Alberto Escobedo Chaires
> Enrique Hernández Temblador
> Erick Emilio Garduño González
> Frida Sofía Rojas Cuéllar
> Gabriel Gallo Arellano
> Itzel Gutiérrez Vargas
> Juan Ramón Lara Velázquez
> Michelle Yemha Gutiérrez
> Roxán Loya Padilla
> Adriana Gónzalez Gascón
> Aldo Reynoso Flores
> Carlos Humberto Lira Dale
> Daniela Monserrat Márquez Ledezma
> Diego A. Ramos González ⠠
> Fidel Fernández Cerdeira
> Grecia Lorian Murillo Baltazar
> Javier Tavares Ruvalcaba
> Jessica Ledesma Rodríguez
> Juan Alvaro Ancona Winsnes
> Lourdes Vianey Gutiérrez Valdez
> Miriam Alejandra Reyna Olivares
> Natalia Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castro
> Paulina Ortiz Briggs
> Rodrigo Acuña Gorozpe
> Sarah Elizabeth Dávila Cortés
> Victor Manuel De La Torre Mariscal
> Yetlatzini Espinosa Ibarra
> Ernesto Ampudia Mello
> Francisco Maass Peña
> José Pablo Ramos Castillo
> Ma Del Pilar Ricart Andrew
> Mario A. Olivas Molinares
> Rafael Raya Lois
> Adrián Jair Castillo Carrasco
> Carolina López Ascencio
> Jorge Martínez García
> José Eduardo De La Torre Lozano
> Luz Areli Sandoval Aguirre
> Sofia Marisol Medina Cázares
> Alfredo Ramos Reynoso
> Andrea Naomi Ramos Macías
> Blanca Torres Laguna
> Camila Gutiérrez Villaseñor
> Daniela Sánchez Martínez
> Eduardo Ramos Guerra
> Fernando Gallegos Meda
> Javier Balderrama Alarcon
> José David Chagollán Godoy
> Julián Orozco Organista
> Julieta Quiroz Barba
> Karla Estefanía Guerra Casillas
> María Jimena Gutiérrez Sepúlveda
> Pablo Esteban Macias Guerrero
> Rodrigo Ríos Barba
> Santiago Ramos Sanabria
Management Team
> Alondra García Gutiérrez
> América Georgina Panduro Partida
> Christian Vladimir Jiménez Quiroz
> Danya Fernana Melo López
> Jessica Paulina Sánchez Muñoz
> Juan Carlos Sánchez Pérez
> Mara Sofia Fierro López
> María Fernanda Colomé Celis
> Mariana Ochoa Cortez
> Miguel Angel Rodríguez Godínez
> Natalia Espíritu Reyes
> Paulina Noriega Gutiérrez
> Rosa Isela Escutia Mendiola
> Silvia Yanet Silva Montes
 
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EDMUNDO ELÍAS-FERNÁNDEZ
Partner

General Background

Mr. Elías has 34 years of experience in law practice. Mr. Elías has focused his practice on customs and international trade, commercial and corporate law, corporate compliance (anticorruption) and government affairs. Mr. Elías has experience in various sectors and industries, including the maquiladora sector, the pharma and life sciences, automotive, consumer products and information technology industries, among others.
He has advised various companies (Fortune10, 100 and 500) on cross-border matters relating to corporate, commercial, trade and customs and anticorruption issues. He has also represented these companies in matters relating to preferential trade agreements, duty relief programs, customs compliance, government affairs, tariff classification, customs valuation, rules of origin and non-tariff regulations, among other.

Mr. Elías is recognized by Chambers & Partners Global and Latin America and Legal500 as a Leading Lawyer in International Trade practice in Mexico and as a Foreign Expert by Chambers & Partners Global.

Practice Area

Mr. Elías joined the law firm Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster to head its Tax and International Trade group (2018).

Mr. Elías was special counsel of the Mexican private sector in the negotiations of the USMCA and served as co-coordinator of negotiation tables of the Cuarto de Junto and was part of the Cuarto de Inteligencia. He actively participated in the negotiation through the private sector.

Mr. Elías headed the Guadalajara, Mexico office of Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton (2015-2018).

Previously, practiced with Baker & McKenzie from 1992 to 2014. Among other responsibilities, he was head of its Mexican and Latin American International Trade and Customs Practice, and he also chaired in two occasions the Global International Trade, Compliance and Customs Practice Group of Baker & McKenzie.

Previously, Mr. Elías founded the law firm Bufete Elías, S.C. (1989-1992) specialized in commercial and corporate law; he worked at Estrategia Bursátil, S.A. de C.V. (1987) assisting the General Counsel and in Gallástegui y Lozano, S.C. (1985-1986) as a law clerk.
Mr. Elias is a licensed Mexican customs broker since 1995 and is authorized to operate throughout Mexico.

He has been a professor of international trade and commercial law and ethics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) and currently, at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Campus Guadalajara and at the School of Law of the Universidad Panamericana (Graduate and Postgraduate) at their campi in Aguascalientes, México City and Guadalajara

Academic and Professional Activities

Admission:
- Mexico (1989)

Education:
- Northwestern University Ptritzker School of Law (LL.M candidate 2021)
- IE Busines School (CBA candidate 2021)
- Universidad Panamericana (candidate for doctoral degree) (2007)
- IPADE (Instituto Panamerciano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (2005)
- Management Executive Program, Northwestern University, Kellog Graduate School of Management (2000).
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (J.D.) (1989). Magma Cum Laude
- Centro Universitario México (C.U.M.) (Certificate) (1985)


Mr. Elías has been a speaker and panelist on international trade, customs and foreign investment seminars organized by recognized organizations such as the World Customs Organization (WCO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the American Management Association, the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos en Finanzas, A.C. (IMEF), the Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce, the Confederación de Asociaciones de Agentes Aduanales de la República Mexicana (CAAAREM), the Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados (Mexican Bar Association), the Consejo Nacional de la Industria Maquiladora de Exportación (CNIME), among others.

- Co-author, NAFTA Handbook, CCH.
- Co-author, “Customs Chapter,” Mexican Tax Guide, CCH.
- Author of various essays and papers.

Professional Affiliations:

- Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C.- Member of the Board and Chair of the International Trade Commussion, Capitulo Jalisco
- American Bar Association
- Academia Internacional de Derecho Aduanero
- National Association of Customs Brokers (CAAAREM)

Practice Areas

Corporativo y Negocios

Languages

Español, Inglés

E-mail

[email protected]
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