CURRENT PRACTICES

• Tax advice, planning, consultation, and litigation; value added tax.
• Tax treaties.
• Customs advice, planning, consultation, and litigation.
• Maquila related matters: negotiations with shelters, shelter agreements, and shelter phase outs.
• NAFTA and trade agreements.
• Corporate matters: mergers and acquisitions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Partner at TP Legal Group since January 2011.
• Partner at Baker & McKenzie (Mexico – 1994 to 2011).
• KPMG (Tijuana 1993 – 1994).

EDUCATION

• University of California, Davis, 2000.
• Tax degree from “Universidad Autónoma de Baja California”, 1995.
• Law degree from “Universidad Autónoma de Baja California”, 1994.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Foreign Trade Committee of Incomex.
• Tax Commission of the Baja California Accountant’s Institute.
• Western Maquila Trade Association.
• National Association of Corporate Attorneys, Bar Association (ANADE)
• Allinial Global
• Professor of a tax course at the Accounting School of the “Universidad Autónoma de Baja California”.
• Professor of a business law course of the MBA degree at the Accounting School of the “Universidad Autónoma de Baja California”.
• Panelist on several taxes, customs, and maquila matters in Mexico and in the United States.