About

‘Extraordinary with personal relations’, Luis Enríquez de Rivera Morales was nominated for ‘his ability to look at the big picture in very complex cases; the fact that he seeks different opinions before making a decision; and his openness to hear external counsel advice’. After five years as a law clerk in a top five law firm in Mexico City, de Rivera Morales moved in-house working for investment bank Banca Cremi in 1995. He then joined BBVA Bancomer in 1996 spending a total of three years at the multinational bank. Following this he moved into the automobile sector, serving as legal director and general counsel for Motor Coach Industries. In 2004 he eventually moved to Continental, one of the world’s leading automotive industry suppliers in tire and brake technology, with sales of $38bn. Since 2008 de Rivera Morales has served the company in his current position as general counsel and compliance officer for Mexico and Latin America (excluding Brazil). He has participated in a number of important M&A transactions for Continental, including Motorola’s automotive electronics business in 2006 ($1bn), Siemens VDO, Automotive Division in 2007 ($12.7bn), Parker Hannifin’s air conditioning business in 2012 and Veyance in 2014 ($1.9bn). Despite working on these high-profile deals, de Rivera Morales identifies the implementation of real estate guarantee trusts for distributor’s credit lines as the most significant impact he’s had on the strategic direction of Continental as it ‘allowed us to guarantee 90 % of the portfolio worth $350m for the tire division’.