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Alfonso Cortez-Fernandez

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Alfonso Cortez is a member of the Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committee for North America and Chair of that practice at the five Mexican offices. He has over 25 years of experience. Also he is highly regarded in a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters. He has been a professor in the law department of the Universidad Cervantina, and is a member of the international law fraternity Phi Delta Phi. He has been first vice president of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE-NL), was coordinator of the Constitutional Rights Commission of the Mexican Bar Association, Nuevo Leon Section (BMA – NL), as well as counselor in the steering committee of the BMA – NL. Alfonso specializes in domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has experience in administrative litigation, particularly in relation to energy matters, in public tenders. He also handles litigation in the areas of insolvency, civil, commercial, real estate and constitutional law, and frequently advises on alternative means of dispute resolution.

The proposed amendment aims to expand protective measures to ensure the stability of the companies during insolvency proceedings, facilitate access for small and medium-sized enterprises, streamline insolvency proceedings and enhance the judge’s authority for enforcement purposes. In brief For insolvent companies, the Mexican Insolvency Act (Ley de Concursos Mercantiles) has been a valuable tool for restructuring their debt or, if necessary, liquidating their assets to pay off their debts if the reorganization is not feasible.…

In brief The Federal Congress passed a bill introduced by Senator Ricardo Monreal (Morena) to amend the Amparo Law with respect to the effects of stays related with the enforcement of general laws contested by means of an Amparo proceeding. Currently, the President of the Republic is pending to enact and publish the decree so that this bill would enter into force and effect. In more detail This amendment to the Amparo Law removed the…

In brief The 2021 amendments to the Amparo Law, published in the Official Federal Gazette on 7 June 2021, are regarding the creation of new entities for the federal judicial power and a new jurisprudence system that overly empowers the Supreme Court of Justice. _______________________________ The new jurisprudence system overly empowers the Supreme Court of Justice In the new jurisprudence system, the Supreme Court’s resolutions will be mandatory immediately, instead of the five consistent judgments…