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About

OCAMPO is a 134 years old boutique firm highly specialised in Re/Insurance Law. Historically OCAMPO has been acknowledged as a leading firm in insurance matters in the region, assisting main insurers and reinsurers with a super specialised insurance Law practice as it covers Corporate and Regulatory; Litigation and Coverage Analysis; Reinsurance; Recoveries and Subrogations; and Bonding.

During 2023, OCAMPO retained Lucia Freije as a strategic hire to develop the recovery and subrogation area of the practice. With this opening, OCAMPO will be consolidating as an insurance firm in Mexico and covering Central America, as it has started operations in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. Also OCAMPO retained Alejandro Capitto, to boost the Insurance Corporate and Regulatory practice of the firm.

OCAMPO is a leading firm in coverage analysis in property and liability insurance, and particularly in Human Rights matters related to insurance. That has taken the practice into the Corporate Governance matters of the insurers to create defense strategies.

Contentious area has been exponentially growing during 2023 as liability insurance cases are arising all over the country. OCAMPO has a leading practice in these regards too, as its main Partner Aldo Ocampo and litigation Associate Abraham Estrada, are in charge of a big number of cases on which Human Rights violations are claimed.

OCAMPO is recognized to be a boutique firm providing high quality services, with prompt response to clients, always thinking out of the box.

We have a particular skill and expertise that sets us apart from our competitors for the following reasons:

-We are experts in Coverage Analysis, Litigation, Regulatory & Corporate and Reinsurance. Therefore, our advice is complete, with a wide overview of the case, covering every single angle of it.

-Our service is International: we understand the insurance industry inside and outside Mexico. We work for insurance and reinsurance companies complied to meet national and international regulations, allowing us to assist entities in other countries, particularly Latin America.

-Added value: A complete vision of the cases. Our expertise goes from Litigation to Regulatory and Corporate which makes us unique in the Mexican Market. Client defines this as “The team has a comprehensive view which allows them to assess all angles of a case involving insurance. The service provided is punctual, precise and expert. Its pricing is adequate. “

-We take care of our clients’ interests. We are experts in civil liability. Currently and since the LISF makes the Board of Directors accountable, an important added value to our work is to take care of the Board of Directors’ liability in the decision-making process. Thus, the decisions of the Board and its members may be adopted to consciousness, with knowledge and compliance standards.

-Support with our relationships. Over time we have been recognized by regulators (SHCP, CNSF and CONDUSEF) as serious and specialised professionals, allowing our requests to be analysed with seriousness and depth.

-We are team players. We believe in working together, sharing decisions and reasoning our contributions and in being proactive and productive. Our aim is the development of the institution for which we work. That is why we want to interact with who is part of it and who runs it.

Related services: Independent directors. Our partners comply with the requirements laid down in the law of insurance and bonding institutions to be independent directors, and as such, Chair of the Audit Committee.

Clients. We have an extensive client list. This year we have managed to secure the following new clients: Seguros Monterrey New York Life, ASSA Costa Rica, ASSA El Salvador, GENERALI Hong Kong, QBE Re, Barents Re, Sidley Austin, and Beale & Co.

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French

Staffing Figures

  • 7 Other fee-earners
  • 14 Total staff