About

WeWork is an American company which provides shared workspaces, technology start-up subculture communities and various services for entrepreneurs and start-up businesses and enterprises. Serving as Mexico’s WeWork’s regional general counsel, Jaime Orvañanos has guided the innovative company to navigate in the Mexico and LATAM region. The company has created a new nature of services offered to the market, it is here where Orvañanos has done a ‘marvellous’ job in implementing innovative structures for old formulas. He previously worked as chief legal counsel at OfficeMax Mexico where he headed the legal department as well as real estate development, including the negotiation of a franchise for a new retail store. He also had a spell at Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica after having completed an LLM in 2007, where he started as a legal manager at Banco Walmart (Walmart´s first Bank), focused in banking and finance matters participating actively in the opening of the bank. Then he was transferred to Walmart’s corporate headquarters where he was promoted to senior legal manager in September 2010 and eventually assuming the position of legal corporate and contracts assistant director in May 2012. During this time he participated in Walmart’s sustainability projects and assisted on corporate, FCPA, commercial and banking matters, including the sale of Walmart’s restaurant division to Grupo Alsea in 2014.  Before Walmart Orvañanos worked at law firm Baker McKenzie in Mexico City focused on labour and social security matters. He also has been a professor of Employment and Corporate at private university Universidad Iberoamericana.