"Jordi Oropeza Solórzano of Oropeza Abogados can claim support from peers for his activity in civil and commercial litigation mandates in Mexico."
"Jordi Oropeza Solórzano provides excellent services and showcases high specialization in his practice."
PARTNER
Julian San Martin Diaz
Julián San Martín Díaz has over a decade of experience and a distinguished track record in resolving highly complex disputes, particularly in strategic litigation, commercial arbitration, and insolvency proceedings. Throughout his career, he has represented major business groups, national and international companies, and high-profile individuals in disputes of extraordinary economic, legal, and commercial significance.
He has been involved in high-profile litigation and arbitration proceedings related to some of Mexico's most significant infrastructure projects and public service concessions, representing major companies in the energy, financial, infrastructure, and entertainment sectors. His experience includes international arbitration proceedings against government entities, high-impact corporate disputes, and strategic litigation related to investment protection and the entry of international companies into the Mexican market. He has also participated in particularly complex insolvency proceedings, representing both creditors and insolvent companies.
In academia, he has been a tenured professor of the second year of Civil Law, Obligations, at the Escuela Libre de Derecho since 2023, one of the most prestigious and long-established legal institutions in Mexico. His career is distinguished by the combination of a solid academic background, a profound command of private law, and extensive experience in handling extraordinarily complex business disputes. This combination has allowed him to develop a highly specialized practice, characterized by technical rigor, legal sophistication, and a strategic business vision, participating in matters of particular importance to key players in the national and international business environment.
It represents in a commercial arbitration the concessionaire of the drinking water, sewage and sanitation services of one of the main tourist destinations in Mexico in a high-impact dispute against the state government, four municipalities and the water operating agency, to defend its rights under a concession valid until 2053.
This firm represents one of the leading international media and entertainment groups in a high-profile dispute over the distribution and broadcasting rights for sports content in Mexico. The case involves litigation in both Mexico and the United States and aims to protect the continuity of its clients' business operations from actions that could negatively impact them. As part of this strategy, the firm has obtained court orders to safeguard its commercial interests, as well as favorable rulings against any breaches of these orders.
He is involved in representing a major private equity firm in a dispute related to the sale of shares representing the capital stock of a company engaged in providing funeral services, in which the buyer argues that they were given erroneous information about the financial and accounting situation of the company being sold.
He represented a holding company in the marine pipeline sector for the oil industry in a commercial arbitration brought by minority shareholders, arising from a dispute over a shareholders' agreement, having obtained a favorable award that absolved his client of all claims.
He represented one of the leading brokerage firms in Mexico in an ad hoc arbitration against the only central securities counterparty (Clearing Agency) operating within the country, due to excessive commission charges. The dispute concluded with a settlement favorable to the brokerage firm, which also generated a paradigm shift for the Mexican securities market regarding commission charges for services provided by central securities counterparties.
Civil and commercial litigation
Commercial arbitration
Commercial insolvency proceedings
Corporate disputes
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