About

Ligia González Lozano spent almost nine years at law firms and one year as president at Academia Mexicana de Derecho Internacional Privado y Comparado, before joining global technology company IBM in 2000 as a manager of contracts and negotiations. In this role she negotiated one of IBM’s major outsourcing pioneer contracts in Mexico in addition to participating in the process of creating legislation related to technology and computer industry. Following this, Lozano served took up the role of general counsel for Grupo ADO one of the most important Mexican bus companies, running first-class and executive-class buses. In 2014, she was appointed general corporate counsel, taking on additional compliance responsibilities. Lozano focuses on developing the ADO legal team to act as business lawyers, ‘helping the business within the boundaries of the law and ethics but also with creativity’. She has also divided areas to ensure specialist knowledge is available on operations and litigation, as well as for consulting and legal maintenance. ‘This division makes us capable of resolving almost every issue in-house’ she says. Her operational expertise are further demonstrated through her direct participation in the strategy, execution and negotiation in a period which has seen the accelerated growth and international expansion of the company.