Vázquez Tercero & Zepeda Abogados

Competition and Antitrust

Ivan Szymanski is of counsel to VTZ in Mexico City, as well as head of the antistrust and competition practice.

Ivan Szymanski's professional experience is focused in the areas of Corporate Law, Antitrust Law, Anti-Corruption and Compliance Law and, Real Estate Law. Ivan has advised national and international companies in the preparation and filing of merger notifications, verification visits and investigation procedures carried out by the Mexican competition authorities.

In addition, Ivan has advised companies of all sizes with operations in Mexico on how to comply with Mexican antitrust, anticorruption, conflict of interest and sexual harassment laws and regulations. Ivan is a specialist in the design and implementation of internal policies in these areas. Finally, Ivan has extensive experience guiding mergers and acquisitions processes with national and international effects.

Spanish and English

Member of the Asociación Mexicana de Integridad y Compliance (Antitrust and Compliance Mexican Association). Non-governmental advisor to the Federal Economic Competition Commission before the International Competition Network. (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica of the International Competition Network).

* Law Degree (LL.B.) at Universidad Anáhuac, 2013. * Master in Globalization and Law (LL.M.), Maastricht University, 2015.

* Diploma in Compliance, Universidad Panamericana, 2022.

* Diploma in Notarial Law, International School of Law and Jurisprudence, 2020.

* Diploma in Environmental Law and Management, UNAM, 2020.

* Diploma in Antitrust, Universidad Panamericana, 2020.

* Diploma in Anti-Corruption, Ethics and Prevention of Conflicts of Interest, Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2017.