About

Beginning his legal career in 1991, Juan Carlos Maroto is a ‘transnational lawyer with extensive international experience’. Having spent the majority of his legal career as an external lawyer, Maroto began his career at Baker & McKenzie and has worked at some of most prestigious domestic and international law firms such as Kirkland & Ellis, Jauregui, Navarrete, Nader y Rojas and González Calvillo. Before moving in-house in 2010, Maroto spent six years as a partner at Ibañez, Maroto, Schriever & Hoffmann, a law firm he co-founded with other top legal professionals. Over the course of his 19 years in private practice, he has gained recognition for his skills in a multiplicity of areas, making him a perfect candidate to run an in-house team. Since joining Siemens Mesoamérica, the Mexican arm of the global conglomerate, as general counsel, Maroto has led a team of 15 lawyers and 50 professionals in different divisions and jurisdictions. His mantra for his team is ‘to acknowledge the paramount importance of always delivering a top quality legal product in time, aligned with the business interests and in accordance to the highest internal and external ethical compliance standards’.