Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster
From the firm’s head office in Guadalajara, Edmundo Elías-Fernández leads the international trade and customs department at Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster, drawing on extensive experience in various industries, including the maquiladora sector, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, automotive, consumer products and IT. The department has increased its profile, of late, due to its work advising clients - including Fortune 500 companies - on relations with the Mexican government. Key support to Elías-Fernández comes primarily from associate Daniel Torres-Güémez.
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‘They are a solid team, concerned with giving the best service to their clients.’
‘We appreciate the experience and great prestige of its partners.’
- ‘Knowledge of the subject, closeness to the client, well-founded and practical opinions.’
- ‘The team is very solid experts in the field. Edmundo Elias Fernandez, Daniel Torres.’
- ‘Extensive knowledge of foreign trade and extensive experience working with foreign trade companies. At the same time you have a young team. Dynamic and with a lot of energy, always willing to deliver solutions to the client.’
- ‘Edmundo Elias Fernandez is an entire institution in foreign trade issues, he has a great track record and a significant amount of experience.’
- ‘Good technical and professional work. Reliable. Good cost benefit.’
- ‘Technical knowledge and corporate pragmatism.’
- They are a solid team, concerned about giving the best service to their clients.
- The experience and great prestige of its partners.
Key clients
- Amber Beverage Group
- Casa Partida
- Llaves Altuna de México
- NT North
- Fresenius Kabi de México
- Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology
- Emerson Electric
- Fruit of the Loom
- SIG Combibloc Mexico
- Terminales Portuarias del Pacifico (TPP)
Work highlights
- Advising Fruit of the Loom's Mexican subsidiary Jerzees Yucatán on an 'Administrative Procedure in Customs Matters' (PAMA) in which an import into Mexico was judged illegal.
- Advising BorgWarner's Mexican divisions on the restructuring of its operations in Mexico from a customs and trade perspective.
- Assisting Stolle Machinery with a verification of origin procedure under Nafta rules in connection with the exportation of machinery and equipment to Mexico.
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Edmundo Elías-Fernández