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Hernández Contreras, Martínez & Fitch, Abogados (HCM&F Abogados, SC), is a firm established fifty years ago by applicant lawyers, focused on legal counsel and litigation, providing professional services, both to individuals and companies, mostly in Corporate Law, Civil Law, Family Law, Commercial Law, Labor and Criminal matters, Tax Criminal Law and Administrative Law.
The firm was established by its founding partners Carlos Hernández Mendieta, Camila Graciela Contreras Blanquet and Esperanza Zepeda Contreras, specialized in Public and Private Law, working in various areas of consulting and litigation in the aforementioned matters, calling themselves then Hernández Contreras, Abogados, S.C.
Carlos Hernández Mendieta Postulant lawyer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1972, who stood out in the field of civil litigation until his death in 2004.
Camila Graciela Contreras Blanquet Postulant lawyer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1971, who excelled in the field of civil and corporate law, in the last years of her professional life she worked within the Special Affairs Division of the Legal Department of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
Esperanza Zepeda Contreras Postulant lawyer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1967, who has excelled in the workplace, her last performance in working life was in the public service as Assistant Secretary for Technical Information and Documentation of the Federal Board of Conciliation and Arbitration.
Initially having only 6 members and a single office located in Mexico City, the firm undertook the task of advising and offering its clients the services and experience in the indicated topics.
As per the Firm expansion, it changed its name to Hernández Contreras, Martínez & Fitch, Abogados (HCM&F Abogados, S.C.), made up of four partners who are in control of the affairs, which are attended by a highly trained staff made up of 24 members, including legal and administrative personnel in their offices in Mexico City. Likewise, it has various correspondent offices through which it also attends the affairs of its clients in different States and the main cities of the Country, such as Cancun, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Morelia, Querétaro, Tijuana and Toluca.
Our history has given us the privilege of advising a large number of companies and individuals, representing prominent figures in the political, business and industrial fields, whose names are reserved out of professional ethics.
The professional services that this firm offers are handled directly by the partners, regardless of whether it is legal advice or the litigation field, thereby allowing us to offer our clients comprehensive attention in solving their problems. Below, we mention some of the services that this firm provides.
The advice that this Firm provides in all kinds of matters since the first moment, seeks to prevent litigations, considering that many businesses, due to their complexity, can end in a dispute, the Firm reviews all the scopes from a legal point of view considering all the aspects involved in order to achieve a successful outcome in all contingencies, which is why the Firm has specialized in such consulting.
When these controversies are presented before the judicial authorities, the Firm provides the procedural follow-up either from the filing of the claim or response to it, until the issuance of the sentence that resolves it, including the Amparo Trial, previously exhausting the ordinary resources established by law.
Assistance in litigation refers to and participates in all kinds of controversies, whether facing relevant judicial, arbitration or administrative authorities and, in various branches of law, the most recurrent of which are mentioned:
This Firm offers professional services in an integral and efficient way, which generates a benefit to clients with respect to the previously agreed fees, either in the form of litigation fees or through the implementation of equal payment schemes.
The corporate department is mainly focused on companies and everything related to them, studying the legal-collective person, from its constitution through the creation of strategies, as well as the enforcement of a corporate government in all types of companies, seeking full compliance with the laws that rule them. The services provided are:
In this matter, we have the experience in advising and managing customs clearance procedures, we assist in the purchase or sale of goods and services carried out outside our border, taking advantage of the benefits that each country can offer within their legal framework, as well as international treaties, of which we have full knowledge.
The administrative law is very broad, when studying the organization, duties and functions of the Mexican State and its institutions, for this reason, we have the ability to advise our clients on administrative resources before the same authority that issues them, or by raising and processing Nullity trials, as well as Amparo Trials.
Regarding immigration law we have the experience in achieving legal permanence of foreigners in our country, obtaining relevant permits and, where appropriate, following the naturalization process.
The firm specializes in:
At our Firm we know that the relations between people require special treatment, when regulating patrimonial or family relationships, for this reason we have the sensitivity to advise correctly, in order to prevent conflict or, where appropriate, solve it, obtaining the best benefit for our client, always considering each individual matter. Therefore, our advice can be:
The services that comprise the practice of this branch of law in Hernández Contreras, Martínez & Fitch, Abogados, are the consultancy, advice and procedural processing before any type of authorities of the common or federal jurisdiction, being specialists in handling felonies of Legal-Criminal complexity, such as fiscal, financial, stock exchange, patrimonial crimes, and crimes related to industrial and intellectual property, as well as crimes committed by public officers, illegal enrichment, influence peddling and crimes provided for in special laws, among others.
Derived from the constant changes that the matter is undergoing and the need for updating, we have a large team of lawyers who are perfectly trained and experienced in criminal litigation, in which their participation begins from the Investigation Portfolio and extends during the complementary investigation, the intermediate stage and the oral trial.
Representing at all times the interests of our clients as defenders or legal advisers to the victim, covering each and every one of the stages of the Accusatory Penal System due to the Constitutional Reforms in the matter of 2008, consisting of:
The representation of diverse physical and moral persons, acting as Legal Representative, obtaining the recovery of diverse properties, as well as the consignment of diverse fraudsters and the repair of the damage, likewise the interposition of diverse Guarantees Trials in obtaining favorable resolutions to the interests of those represented.
In the same way, we support clients recovering and releasing goods and merchandise located in containers involved in criminal proceedings, due to circumstances unrelated to their activities, having to stand before the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), through the Specialized Prosecutor for Organized Crime (FEMDO) and the Prosecutors assigned to the Specialized Unit for the Investigation of Terrorism, Stockpiling and Trafficking of Arms (UEITA) of the FEMDO, evidencing the legitimacy and legality of the merchandise that has been disputed.
In this branch our firm has specialized its attention given that Mexican labor laws are unique in their kind, since they predominantly protect the worker over the employer, granting non-waivable rights and benefits.
This area encompasses all aspects of labor-management relations, so we offer advisory and legal processing services for trials before any labor authority, understood as the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, the local or federal Conciliation and Arbitration Boards, the Conciliation and Arbitration Courts, and the local or federal Offices of the Labor and Social Welfare Defense Attorney.
Regarding the telecommunications and radiocommunications Law we offer the following services:
We also offer advice and consultancy on the supervision and verification of compliance with the obligations of the telecommunications and radiocommunications related to regulated services:
The main members of the firm are:
Lawyer of this firm who began working in 1990 and became a partner from 1997, the date on which he graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he obtained the title of Law Degree with the thesis called "Proposal for regulate the transfer of the contract in the Civil Code for the Federal District"; within his practice includes matters related to Corporate and Real Estate Law, as well as the representation of his Clients before jurisdictional and administrative authorities at Federal and State levels. Some relevant jurisdictional precedents of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and the Federal Court of Fiscal and Administrative Justice have been created by the issues discussed in the trials sponsored by him.
It has been constantly updated before various institutions, through courses in various areas of civil, commercial, family and franchise litigation, as well as forensic practice in oral commercial proceedings, which have been taught by the Court Superior of Justice of Mexico City, by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and the Council of the Federal Judiciary in matters of Amparo and Constitutional Law.
As part of the professional experience that he has exercised for more than 25 years, he has related to Directors of highly prestigious companies, with whom he has collaborated and assisted fundamentally in establishing procedural strategies in litigation in which, as the case may be, action would have been exercised or defenses opposed, regarding their interests. He has given conferences regarding his professional experience in litigation in Private Institutions, as well as refresher courses for the Directors of various companies, in order to avoid contingencies.
Positions he has held within his professional career:
Highlighting leadership as a Lawyer, he has obtained various recognitions as a result of his professionalism before each one of the Institutions that has participated, being involved in judicial litigation in amount and significance in the Mexican judicial system, obtaining successful results in the defense of the interests of its represented parties, which include, but are not limited to, litigation related to territorial limits, compensation of rights of way, liberation of rights of way, constitution of right of way and aqueduct, as well as a number of lawsuits.
Applicant lawyer, graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in 1997, a member of the firm since 1992 who also provided his services in different areas of the Federal government, some of the activities carried out being:
In these areas, he carried out formulating the complaints and / or complaints by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and exercised assistance before the Federal Public Ministry in those crimes of a tax nature, particularly those related to crimes of tax fraud, and its equivalents and contraband and its equivalents.
In January 2016, he was appointed Head of the Compliance Unit of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, being in charge of the activities of supervision and verification of compliance with the obligations of regulated subjects, which was carried out through verification, integrating the corresponding sanctioning administrative procedures in each case. In May 2020, Carlos decided to return to our Firm as Full Partner and Head of the Responsibilities Area.
Applicant lawyer, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1999, a member of the firm since 1997, who obtained the title of Law Degree through the thesis "Nullity of Judgment Concluded by Fraudulent Procedure, corresponds to the District Court" and who throughout these years has excelled in the area of civil and commercial litigation.
Since 2012, he was appointed legal director of Luxe By Gicsa, a position he has held to date with great success.
Applicant lawyer, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1981; with a specialty in Economic and Corporate Law from the Universidad Panamericana and a Diploma from ITAM in Foreign Investments, a member of the firm from 2009, with experience of more than 30 years mainly in the corporate area, as well as legal and business advice to companies both national and international.
He was in charge of the Legal Vice Presidency of Colgate Palmolive (Mexico), the second subsidiary of this corporation, during the years 1999 and 2000; Previously, he had the responsibility of defining and creating the legal area of Baxter, SA de CV (Mexico), the first subsidiary outside the United States, serving as its Legal Director from 1994 to 1999; Previously during the period from 1982 to 1994, he served as Legal Director of Syntex, SA de CV, at that time the number one pharmacist in Mexico (1987 to 1994) and the largest subsidiary outside the United States, also having the responsibility to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and responsible for Government Relations; having collaborated in principle in corporations such as Compañía Nestlé and Compañía Industrial de San Cristóbal.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National Bar of Lawyers, civil association, in 2009, obtaining the Law Degree with the thesis "Application of Ordinary Action preferably to Direct Exchange Action, in the existence of a signed promissory note in guarantee of the fulfillment of a contract", rendering his professional services in the Firm Estrada Reyes Abogados, who has also studied various degrees of forensic practice in Civil, Administrative, Corporate and Criminal matters, a member of this firm since 2006.
Graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the year 2000, collaborator in the Salas-Coquet office until 2001, who graduated through the thesis called "Proposal to Reform the Civil Code for the Federal District to Regulate the Separation of Legal Assets" Applicant lawyer specialized in dealing with matters related to civil and commercial matters, and who has been serving this firm since 2009.
Applicant lawyer graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National Bar of Lawyers in 2014, through the thesis "The Initial Stage in the New Accusatory Criminal System", course "New Accusatory Criminal Justice System" highlighted in the criminal area lending his services in Carrancá, Beceiro, Rojas and Diez Bonilla, SC and in Robles Gómez Mont y Limón Asociados, S.C., joining the Firm in 2016.
Postulant Lawyer graduated from the Incarnate World University Center in 2015, through postgraduate studies, studying the "Master's Degree in Criminal Procedure Law" at the National Institute for Higher Studies in Criminal Law, joining the Firm in 2014.
A practicing attorney graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2017, through a diploma in the expansion and extension of knowledge in the field of "Business Law" taught by the Graduate Division of said Institution, joining the Firm in 2015, currently collaborating in the Corporate Area.
Postulant lawyer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1989, through the thesis "Abandonment of Work as Causal of Remission of the Work Relationship", distinguished in the labor area, rendering his services in Marvan, Muñoz and González Larrazolo SC, in Moreno and Montufar Abogados, SC, and since 2002 he joined this firm, who currently collaborates in dealing with particular matters in labor matters.
Applicant lawyer graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2015, who was qualified by means of a degree examination with the thesis entitled "The excessive period of four months contemplated by the Federal Law of Administrative Contentious Procedure, so that the authority sued in the nullity judgment of compliance with the definitive sentences issued in the ordinary way", working in 2016 in the legal area of the Executive Coordination of Verification of Foreign Trade of the Government of Mexico City and integrating in 2017 into the administrative area of this firm.
A candidate lawyer who graduated from Universidad Latina in 2015, who graduated through a general knowledge exam conducted by the National Center for Evaluation of Education, obtaining an Outstanding evaluation in the General Report. Prior to joining this firm, he served in the Congress of Mexico City; currently working in the Civil-Family Area.
Applicant lawyer in criminal matters, since 2016, graduated from the Bachelor of Law from the Aragón School of Higher Studies in 2018, who has completed various diplomas and specialties among which stands out the Alternative Mechanisms for the Resolution of Disputes in Criminal, Labor and School Matters, carried out by the CELAM Educational Center, Community for Intellectual Growth and Development and the Mexican Bar Association, in that year, Diploma in Forensic Practice of Criminal Oral Trial, in 2021, taught by UNAM, Specialized Course in Hearings before a control judge, by the Multidisciplinary College for the Teaching of Professional Competencies, in December 2021, Permanent Seminar - Access to Justice for Girls, Boys and Adolescents, in February 2024, taught by UNAM, for obtaining a degree in the Specialty of Comprehensive Justice for Adolescents, taught by the Center for Higher Studies in Legal and Criminological Sciences, in 2024, currently studying the Postgraduate Program in Law - Master's Degree in Criminal Policy, by the Faculty of Higher Studies Aragón, UNAM.
In his professional experience, he has been:
He has more than 20 years of experience in insolvency proceedings, restructuring, bankruptcy and bankruptcy, representing various national and foreign financial institutions; and to the Federal Government.
In his professional experience, he has been:
Professional Experience
He is a lawyer with 30 years of experience in both public and private sector industries, with a broad vision of the Mexican public administration operation, as well as important experience in administrative, corporate, environmental, railroad and telecommunications law; public bids, and infrastructure projects.
He has planned the legal strategy in different claims, achieving among others to collect more than 6 million dollars, raising a claim against the CDMX government.
He participated in negotiations before the Quintana Roo State government in order to obtain a time and scope extension of a water concession.
He has held facilities regularization such as a railroad terminal in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, obtaining the relevant permits and authorizations for its legal operation from the federal, local and municipal authorities.
He has held environmental audits obtaining 8 Environmental Compliance Certificates issued by PROFEPA, for the same number of railroad facilities.
He negotiated, drafted and enforced an MOU with the USA, Department of Transport (DOT) regarding drugs and alcohol for truck operators.
Lawyer Candidate graduated from the University of the Universidad del Valle de México (UVM) in 2001, with the degree of Master after completing the Master's Degree in Law from the Universidad Anáhuac del Sur, specialized in Telecommunications Law, in particular subjects such as Asymmetric Regulation imposed on Preponderant Economic Agents, in the Radioelectric Spectrum and Administrative Procedural Law, as well as a specialty in the subject of Economic Competition, Tenders and Compliance
Professional Experience:
He has a degree in Law with 16 years of experience in the federal public service. He has held management positions in the Attorney General's Office, the Federal Prosecutor's Office and the National Migration Institute, in which he developed knowledge in the areas of amparo trials, supervision and inspection, smuggling, among others.
He also worked in the Judicial Branch of the Federation as a Project Secretary, where he was in charge of the substantiation of amparo trials in administrative matters, the resolution of incidents and the fulfillment of sentences.
From 2010 to 2015, he held the positions of Deputy Director General of Conciliations and later, Deputy Director General of Public Works Regulations, both in the Secretariat of Public Service, in which he was responsible for substantiating the conciliation procedures provided for in the laws of Public Works, Related Services (LOPSRM) and Acquisitions, Leases and Services of the Public Sector (LAASSP), and in their respective regulations.
Due to the above, he learned firsthand about the different problems that arise in the execution of public works contracts, as well as acquisitions, leases and services, in order to find satisfactory solutions for companies and agencies, within the legal framework.
He was also responsible for interpreting the provisions of the Public Works and Related Services Law and its Regulations for administrative purposes, in light of the various problems that arise in the execution of contracts signed in this area, and advising agencies and entities on the implementation of their contracting procedures, as well as on decision-making during the execution of contracts in the area of public works and related services.
He currently works as an external consultant in the management of various contracts in the area of public works and acquisitions.
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