Colin Vega Fletes Abogados

Insurance & Reansurance

Managing Partner - Mexico

Francisco Fernández Guerra Fletes is Founding partner at COLIN VEGA FLETES, S. C.  He specializes in contentious and non-contentious aspects of insurance liability and has represented insurance and reinsurance companies, brokers and Lloyd's syndicates' interests in a domestic and international context.

His core practice areas are environmental liability, professional liability, fraud, fidelity bonds, construction liability and defending professional negligence claims on behalf of insurers. He has also participated in arbitration matters. 

He spent more than 15 years at DAC BEACHCROFT (DACBE), as Mexico’s Office Partner; opening the first English Legal Firm in Mexico in 2004 specialized in Insurance and Reinsurance as DAVIES ARNOLD COOPER, S.C. He has also participated with other DACBE Offices in Europe and Latin America in granting legal opinion related to insurance and reinsurance contracts applying Mexican Law.

Francisco has spent time working in DACBE Spanish and London offices and has spoken on subjects including insurance law and practice, civil liability, liability of directors and class actions. He has also written publications regarding claims made policies.  

Francisco has represented large insurance/reinsurance companies in Mexico in relation to coverage issues.

He was President of AMEDESEF (Mexican Association of Insurance and Bonds Law) until 2017.

He has been named at 500 Legal and Chambers and Partners on 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, and has been recognized as the Top Latin American Lawyer specialized in Insurance and Reinsurance since 2016.

English

He is member of the Bar Law Association in Mexico.

He was President of AMEDESEF (Mexican Association of Insurance and Bonds Law) until 2017.

Law degree, graduated in 2001.