PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

He has developed his practice for more than 20 years, working for private law firms, as well as for public and governmental institutions. Professor of law for institutions such as the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and the WIPO Academy, he has also collaborated in many academic and research projects for organizations like the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University, Center for International Studies on Intellectual Property (CEIPI) at the Strasbourg University in France, ITech Law, the Newton Fund and the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, among others.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Industrial Property
• Copyright
• Entertainment Law
• Advertising law
• Licensing and Franchising
• Personal Data Protection

EDUCATION

LL.B. Universidad Iberoamericana (1999).
LL.M. Duke University School of Law (2008).

LANGUAGES

Spanish, English and French

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Charles is an AV Preeminent® attorney, rated by Martindale-Hubbell, awarded to the top 3% of attorneys in North America. Charles has vast experience in drafting and reviewing Master Services Agreements (MSA) for oil and gas clients, as well as in litigation regarding indemnity provisions, volatile compound (hydrocarbon and chemical) explosions, injury, or death.

Charles has also represented mid capped private entities as lead counsel in complex commercial litigation, partnership and shareholder disputes, intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, and copyrights), and theft of trade secrets matters.

Experienced in trial and appellate litigation before state and federal courts in the U.S. and has also arbitrated matters before the American Arbitration Association.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Corporate.
• Commercial and contracts
• Civil, administrative, trial and appellate litigation
• Arbitration

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Southern Methodist University School of Law; Served as Law Review Staff Editor, The International Lawyer.

Canadian Securities Certification, Toronto Dominion Bank / TD Waterhouse, Investment Banking, Calgary, AB and New York, NY

Bachelors of Science (Clinical Psychology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Bachelors of Science (Genetics), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Certified public accountant with vast experience supervising financial groups, multiple purpose banking institutions, regulated entities and regulatory compliance before financial authorities.

He served for more than 20 years at the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), his last position being the former Director General for Supervision. Throughout his career at the Commission, he acquired a deep and detailed knowledge of the supervision, regulatory and compliance procedures for all kind of financial institutions, including the authorization and launching of operations. Likewise, he represented the CNBV before the corresponding Supervision Boards and collaborated in joint visits with foreign authorities on the matter.

As a private counsel, he has accompanied clients through the process of obtaining the corresponding authorization to act as Financial Technology Institutions, as well as in diverse authorization procedures and regarding corrective or remedial actions for supervised entities.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Financial Technology Institutions Regulation Law (Fintech Law)
• Corporate governance
• Regulatory compliance of Financial Institutions before the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV)

EDUCATION

B.S. Accounting, Universidad Panamericana (1997)

MSc. in Finance, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. (ITESM) (2002)

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English