Practice: Anti-trust and Competition Law

 

With over 15 years of experience in antitrust, Abel has advised and represented national and international clients before antitrust authorities and specialized courts, in addition to leading internal audits and designing compliance programs.

 

He has participated in significant transactions, investigations, and litigation for companies such as Banca Afirme, American Express, Mexico City International Airport, Grupo Traxión, Nadro, Chevron, Altan Redes, Planigrupo, DHL, Prudential, Greystar, and LP gas distributors, among others. He has led audits and compliance programs in diverse industries, including audiovisual content, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. Some of these cases have set precedents in Mexican competition law.  

 

His professional career includes experience as a public servant at the Federal Competition Commission and as a senior associate at an international law firm.

 

Academic Training:

• National Autonomous University of Mexico, Bachelor of Laws (JD), Mexico, (2012).

• National Autonomous University of Mexico, Economics Studies, Mexico, (2018).

Memberships and other activities:

• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) of Mexico, since 2014 he has been a speaker in the Anti-trust and Competition Law Diploma.

 

Publications:

• Collective Actions in Mexican Law: Impact of Civil Society Organizations in the Vindication of Rights” Indesol, Mexico, 2013.

• Civil Liability, Class Actions, and Antitrust: Rethinking the Standard of Enforceable Damages”, in the collective work “The Challenge of Claiming Damages in Antitrust,” Center for Development Research (CIDAC, for its acronym in Spanish), Mexico, 2014.

• “Relevant Aspects of the New Competition Law: Agencies, Legal Institutions, and Proceedings,” Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, 12(2), United States, 2015.