We wanted to share an article [in Spanish] published by Yves Hayaux du Tilly in the HuffPost México on his participation in the “Global Business Forum LatAm 2018”, and the increasing linkages, connections and collaboration  between Latin America and the United Arab Emirates. 

You can read the article here. 

Héctor Arangua; César Gaviria, expresidente de Colombia; Michael Reid, editor para América Latina de ‘The Economist’ e Yves Hayaux du Tilly.

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel´s London office participates in the “Mexico Day”, hosted by the UK Mexican Embassy, the government institution ProMexico and the Mexican Chamber of Commerce for Great Britain.

The event, held in London on 21 March 2018, celebrated its third edition.  The Mexico Day had opening remarks by Ambassador Julian Ventura and the Department of International Trade’s Minister for Investment, Graham Stuart who highlighted the broadening and deepening of trade and investment links, as well as some of the main initiatives carried out by both governments to strengthen the bilateral relationship.

Successive panels and keynotes by senior government officials and business leaders showcased opportunities in key sectors, including energy, infrastructure, insurance and technology in financial services. ProMéxico, Mexico´s trade and investment promotion agency, offered an overview of the country’s main structural strengths, including its macroeconomic stability and the ongoing implementation of various structural reforms; Mexico´s Development Bank CEO highlighted the strengths of the economy in the context of the complex global situation; the President Commissioner of the National Hydrocarbons Commission presented the progress achieved in the bidding rounds on hydrocarbons, and engaged in an interactive dialogue with some of the key players in the British energy industry, including British Petroleum, Ernst and Young and the firm Norton Rose Fulbright.

Furthermore, “Mexico Projects Hub”, a digital platform with information on tenders for infrastructure projects was presented by a representative of Mexico´s Infrastructure Bank, Banobras, which will foster deeper bilateral synergies, taking advantage of financing tools such as the credits granted by the UK Export Finance. The segment dedicated to the new Special Economic Zones in Mexico, emphasized opportunities for British firms and their importance as drivers of regional growth and development.

The seminar also included a presentation of the recently enacted Law to Regulate Financial Technology Institutions in Mexico (“Fintech Law”), generating an interesting dialogue between experts from both countries on opportunities and potential of the respective FinTech ecosystems. The Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions identified recent developments in the Mexican insurance industry and its growing complementarity with the Lloyd’s market in London.

In the closing session, the President of the MexCC and NHG partner, Yves Hayaux du Tilly, underlined the importance of collaboration between governments and the private sector. That evening, the traditional Gala Dinner and Award of the MexCC took place. British and Mexican companies Bishopsgate Dental and Gringa Diary were awarded for their entrepreneurial leadership and British Petroleum and Mexichem received awards for their extraordinary contribution to the strengthening of the bilateral economic relationship.

The event was covered by The Latin Lawyer. The Mexican Chamber of Commerce issues a press release on the Mexico Day. A transcript of the speech by Graham Stuart of the UK Government can be consulted here.

LexMex is a yearly conference, organized by the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (“MexCC”), with The Law Society of England and Wales and as of this year, the Bar Council.

LexMex gathers leading Mexican lawyers and experts to discuss the most relevant legal developments in Mexico highlighting opportunities for collaboration among Mexican and English and Welsh lawyers.

The 2017 LexMex Conference was divided in a morning plenary session at The Law Society and in the afternoon breakout sessions.

The Vice President of the Society Simon Davis opened the Conference by welcoming the speakers and attendees, among them, HE Julian Ventura Valero, Ambassador of Mexico to the UK and Judge Mariana Rodriguez Mier y Terán of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Tamaulipas.

The plenary session included a special presentation by Kerma Partners explaining the development, trends and challenges of the Mexican legal market, followed by panel discussions with updates on capital markets by Nader, Hayaux & Goebel; energy by Norton Rose Fulbright; employment law by Marvan Gonzalez Graf y Gonzalez Larrazolo; environmental law by Haynes & Boone; commercial disputes by Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes; and tax litigation by Ernst & Young. The panel sessions were moderated by Tim Girven, editor on Latin America at Legal 500; and Simon Davis, Vice president of The Law Society.

The three main bars associations (colegios de abogados) in Mexico: ANADE, Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México and Barra Nacional, Colegio de Abogados were represented at LexMex by Angel Junquera whom had a lively and very interesting discussion with Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the International Committee of the Bar Council on the implementation of the National Anticorruption System in Mexico.

This year keynote speaker of LexMex was Judge Mariana Rodríguez Mier y Terán, President of the Criminal Collegiate Chamber and Judge of the Fourth Unitary Chamber in Criminal Law of the Supreme Justice Tribunal of the State of Tamaulipas. In a detailed and lively account of her personal experience in implementing the adversarial criminal law system in the State of Tamaulipas, Judge Rodríguez Mier y Terán explained the fundamental and radical changes implied in going from an inquisitorial system to an adversarial system in a civil law and federal country, the importance of such reforms and benefits it entails as well as the tremendous challenges that Mexico in general and each state, including Tamaulipas in particular, are facing to implement this completely new criminal procedure based on the following principles: transparency (publicidad), challenge (contradicción), concentration (concentración), continuity (continuidad) and immediacy (inmediación) within the framework of the Human Rights constitutional reform of June 2011.

Finally, the Chairman of the MexCC, Yves Hayaux du Tilly —a Mexican lawyer himself— gave the closing remarks making reference to the connections being created and required to improve the links and collaboration among Mexican and English and Welsh lawyers, laying out four ideas on matters in which Mexico and the UK could further collaborate: improvement of professional standards; organization of the legal profession; advantages and benefits in the administration of justice by having a Ministry of Justice; collaboration and exchanges among Mexican and British lawyers and the judiciaries; and best practices in the practice of the legal profession.

During the afternoon various roundtable were organized as follows: tax roundtable chaired by Clara Ramirez Senior Manager at EY; criminal adversarial system roundtable chaired by Andrew Langdon QC, Chair of the Bar Council; commercial litigation and arbitration roundtable chaired by Frederico Singarajah, Chair of the Bar Council Latin America Interest Group; and finally, employment law roundtable moderated by Pia Sánchez, Senior Associate at Lewis Silkin.

The LexMex has become a reference on Mexican law in London and year by year has made visible the increasing and reciprocal interest among Mexican and British lawyers and judges in working together and showcasing the many benefits and opportunities that such collaboration can bring to both countries.

For more information about the Lex Mex and other events organized by the MexCC, please contact its manager, Milène Hayaux du Tilly ([email protected]).

Speakers at Lex Mex 2017 Conference: Simon Davis, deputy vice president, The Law Society of England and Wales, Leopoldo Hernández Romano, KermaPartners, Dr. Héctor Herrera Ordoñez, Haynes & Boones GDG- LLP, Yves Hayaux du Tilly – Nader, Hayaux & Goebel,Sean McCoy – Norton Rose Fulbright, Héctor González Graf, Marván, González Graf y González Larrazolo, Tim Girven, editor on Latin America, Legal 500, Angel M. Junquera, Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, ANADE Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México. Amanda Pinto, QC, chair of the International Committee of the Bar Council, Carlos Malpica, Malpica, Iturbe, Buj y Paredes , Nora Morales, Ernst & Young, Judge Mariana Rodríguez Mier y Terán, Judge of the State of Tamaulipas, Yves Hayaux du Tilly, Chairman, MexCC.

Partner Gunter Schwandt was invited to participate in a roundtable discussion organised by the Latin Lawyer. The discussion was centered around the state of the legal market in Mexico and assembled partners from Mexico’s top law firms, including Nader, Hayaux & Goebel,  Greenberg Traurig, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza Y Enriquez, Jones Day, Ritch, Mueller, Heather & Nicolau, Galicia Abogados, Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar, Gonzalez Calvillo, Goodrich, Riquelme y Asociados, J&A Garrigues, Von Wobeser & Sierra, and Hogan Lovells. The debate was hosted by Carlos Aiza of Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza Y Enríquez.

To read the full article, please go to Latin Lawyer’s website.

Partner Luciano Perez participated in “Perspectiva”, the talk show of the Judicial Channel, where he shared his views on the topic of “Legal Protection of the Insured”.

The full video is available on the Vimeo channel of Perspectiva.