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Perfil

Juan Rafael has over 12 years of experience practicing law. He has focused his practice on industrial property, intellectual property, and privacy, with experience in various industrial sectors, including the automotive, consumer products, pharmaceutical-veterinary, and information technology industries, among others.

He has advised and represented various companies in cross-border matters involving the protection of intangible assets, technology transfer, protection of trade secrets, and transfers of personal data.

Juan Rafael has been recognized as an “Associate to Watch” by Chambers and Partners in the area of intellectual property in Mexico; he is authorized to serve as an arbitrator in copyright disputes before INDAUTOR; and he is a Certified Lawyer by the National Association of Corporate Lawyers, Jalisco Chapter (ANADE Jalisco – 2023).

Experiencia Profesional

Juan Rafael joined Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster in 2012 and currently leads the firm’s Intellectual Property and Privacy practice.

He serves as the firm’s liaison and representative before SICYT (the Secretariat of Innovation, Science and Technology) for the PROPIN program (Jalisco Intellectual Property Promotion Program), through which the firm has been recognized for its expertise in Copyright Law.

Since 2013, he has lectured on the importance of Intellectual Property and Industrial Property and their relationship to business development for undergraduate students in the Business Legal Framework course, as well as in the Master’s in Administration program (Legal Foundations of Business), taught by Professor Manuel Alejandro Ripoll González at ITESO.

He has been a speaker at numerous intellectual property conferences and professional development programs, including: the Diploma Program in Intellectual Property and Innovation Protection at Centro Universitario UTEG (2022); the Industrial Property Diploma Program of the Mexican Bar Association, Jalisco Chapter (2021); the 11th Conference Series “Law in Economic and Administrative Sciences” (2020), where he presented on “Intellectual Property and Mass Media,” organized by the University Center for Economic and Administrative Sciences of the University of Guadalajara; the 16th Business-University Forum organized by the University of the Gulf of California in Los Cabos; the workshop “The Importance of Proper Trademark Use” at the Jalisco Institute for Entrepreneurship; and various continuing education courses organized by Academia Lawgic.

He has authored and co-authored several articles published in Revista Consejero Empresarial, MarcaSur, LexLatin, and other internal publications related to intellectual and industrial property right.

Formación Académica

1. Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes Campus — Master’s Degree in Copyright, Industrial Property, and New Technologies (2020–2022).
2. Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus — Bachelor of Laws (2008–2012).
3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — Advanced Course on Software Licensing, Including Open Source (2018).
4. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI); University of Guadalajara (UdeG) — Summer Course (2018).
5. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — Intellectual Property Management (2016).
6. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mexico; Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus — 24th Certificate Program in International Commercial Arbitration (2015).
7. University of Guadalajara (UdeG) — Certificate Program in Alternative Dispute Resolution (2011).

Professional Affiliations

1. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI).
2. Mexican Association for the Protection of Industrial Property, A.C. (AMPPI) — Chair of the Western Committee for the 2023–2025 term.
3. National Association of Corporate Lawyers, Jalisco Chapter (ANADE Jalisco).
4. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mexico — Vice-Coordinator (2022–2024) of the ICC Mexico Jalisco Young Arbitrators Committee.

Área de Práctica

• Compliance & Anti-Money Laundering
• Intellectual & Industrial Property
• Privacy & Data Protection / Cybersecurity

Perfil

Ernesto Ampudia has more than 30 years of experience as external counsel and head of legal departments for various financial entities in both the public and private sectors. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise in designing complex legal strategies, as well as coordinating their implementation and execution.

He has also held various positions of responsibility within private financial institutions and public agencies in the securities, banking, industrial, and governmental sectors.

He holds a law degree from the Universidad Intercontinental and has completed diploma studies at the Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP).

Experiencia Profesional

1. Legal Director of Casa de Bolsa Finamex.
2. Legal Director of Grupo Financiero Promex-Finamex.
3. National Legal Director of the Housing Fund of the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (FOVISSSTE).
4. Head of the Legal Affairs Unit of the Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios.
5. Collaborator of the Deputy General Legal Directorate of Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos.
6. Supernumerary member of the Academia Mexicana de Derecho Financiero and registered arbitrator at the Centro de Arbitraje Mexicano, specializing in banking, securities, and commercial law.
7. Member of the Legal Committee of the Asociación Mexicana de Intermediarios Financieros.
8. Member of the Legal Committee of the Asociación de Bancos de México.
9. Secretary of the Board of Directors of various entities in the financial sector.
10. Director and founding partner of various law firms and consulting firms, in addition to having been part of prestigious firms such as Hegewisch Abogados.
11. Legal advisor at the Instituto Belisario Domínguez, the legislative research body of the Mexican Senate.
12. rofessor of Securities Law at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente.

Formación Académica

Ernesto Ampudia specializes in the development and implementation of complex legal strategies that require leadership and coordination of multidisciplinary teams with a strategic vision.

Thanks to his extensive experience as both independent counsel and legal director within the public and private financial sectors, he acts as an integral consultant in high-profile and high-impact matters, particularly in corporate, commercial, financial, and administrative litigation.

Área de Práctica

• Litigation

Idiomas

Spanish, English.

Perfil

He holds a law degree from the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus; he has served as secretary general of COMCE Jóvenes and is currently the commissioner for agriculture and fisheries at the Western Textile Chamber.

Formación Académica

He earned his law degree from the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus.

Área de Práctica

• Tax (Advisory & Litigation)

Idiomas

Spanish, English.