About

Rodrigo Montemayor is a general counsel with broad expertise in leading the legal function of global, Fortune 500 companies doing business in Latin America. Prior to moving in-house Montemayor worked at law firm Santos-Elizondo-Cantú-Rivera González-de la Garza-Mendoza between 1998 and 2005, during which period he was also a professor of private international law and foreign trade law for two years. After 11 months of working on international projects for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, involving the firm’s Latin American clients and securities offerings, Montemayor joined Johnson Controls in 2006 as general counsel. Whilst working for the global diversified technology and industrial leader, he gained recognition for how he ‘handled difficult issues, with the utmost diligence, professionalism, and transparency’. Montemayor joined Owens Corning, the global building materials company, in 2009. Serving as general counsel, he has gained recognition for the company’s resolution of the veto imposed by the Brazilian competition authority regarding its 2007 acquisition of a Brazilian reinforced glass-fibre plant, from French group Saint-Gobain, which led to the sale of that facility in 2011. As a mark of his credentials one source says, ‘his extensive knowledge and direct experience with American public companies enables him to serve as a “public company cultural translator”, effectively interpreting the communications of senior American executives for colleagues in Latin America and providing legal advice in a succinct and readily comprehensible fashion. Rodrigo is the complete package’. Montemayor has acquired additional roles at Owens Corning, and is now a member of the board of directors on the company’s joint venture projects in Saudi Arabia and Chile.