Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C.

Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, Compliance

Partner and CEO of Cuesta Campos Abogados

Hugo Cuesta focuses his practice on international transactions, including corporate, M&A, business law and corporate governance. He has represented foreign entities doing business in Mexico and Mexican entities doing business abroad for over 25 years. Hugo Cuesta is Mexican counsel on international projects and business transactions, advising multinationals on their legal needs in Mexico.

Hugo Cuesta is former vice chair of Meritas Law Firms Worldwide and Vice Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM).

He plays an important role on the negotiation of international treaties where Mexico is a party. Currently, he is a member of the Investment Chapter of the Next-Door Room which advises the federal government in the negotiation of Free trade agreements like the USMCA, EU-MEX, among others.

Hugo Cuesta continuously provides his perspective and insights on the Mexican economy and legal trends in the international legal arena and is frequently invited by business publications such as Forbes, Foreign Policy, Mexico Business Publishing and other important national and international newspapers and magazines. He is a regular speaker in several international forums including American Chamber of Commerce, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, Mexican Department of Economic Development, among others.

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He is former vice chair and board member of Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, and former vice chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. He is also member of the New York State Bar Association as part of the Latin-American counsel of the international section, and of the anti-corruption Committee of the IBA. Member of the ICC.

He also serves as member of the board of various multinationals (including Nike Mexico), the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce, and various foundations and non-profit organizations. He teaches the class of Ethical standards in the legal profession at the prestigious Universidad Panamericana, Campus Guadalajara.

In 1998 Mr. Cuesta worked as a foreign attorney in the London office of Nabarro & Nathanson a major commercial law firm in London.

Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. Juris Doctorate, 1988. University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. LL.M. in Business Taxation and Transnational Practice, 1989 University of Salzburg (Austria) Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Rice University (Houston, TX)