Latin America

Energy

Ignacio Dominguez Torrado | Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff, S.C.

Editor: Please describe the origins of your firm’s practice in intellectual property. Dominguez: Our practice was started in 1905 as an agency for patents and trademarks by one of our founding fathers, Carlos Uhthoff, whose name we still use in the firm’s title. In the beginning he...

Immigration

Agustín Barrios Gómez, Stephen Zamora | University of Houston Law Center

The Editor is pleased to present a shortened version of a Mexico Briefing that took place in February 2013. It was organized by the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law. It featured presentations by members of Congress from both Mexico and the United States and by a leading Mexican political analyst....

Energy

Fernando de Ovando | Jones Day

Editor: Please describe your office in Mexico City and the new organization of Jones Day’s Latin American offices. de Ovando: With respect to Mexico, we became integrated with Jones Day in 2009. At that time, we had eight partners, who continue with the firm to this day. We have...