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Ricardo A. Silva Díaz

  • Ricardo A. Silva Díaz has over twenty-three years of professional experience and a distinguished track record in both the public and private sectors, particularly in civil and commercial litigation, constitutional litigation, commercial arbitration, and administrative litigation. Throughout his career, he has participated in the resolution of highly complex disputes and in the design and implementation of high-impact legal strategies, advising and representing national and international companies and individuals in matters of particular legal significance. His experience includes defense against acts of authority, the protection of human rights, and the analysis of the constitutionality of laws, particularly in highly regulated sectors.

    In the public sector, she served in judicial bodies and public administration, participating in the drafting of significant rulings on amparo proceedings, including legal concepts such as legitimate interest and cross-appeal, as well as in the development of criteria related to human rights, guarantees, and electoral institutions. She was also part of the team that drafted the 2013 Internal Regulations of the Ministry of the Interior and led the legal defense of that agency in high-profile litigation. In the private sector, she has designed and implemented legal strategies for the defense of companies and individuals in disputes related to the energy, health, water, transportation, telecommunications, intellectual property, infrastructure, and tax sectors, as well as in highly complex commercial arbitrations.

    Between 2018 and 2022, he served as Rector of the Escuela Libre de Derecho (Free Law School), one of Mexico's most prestigious and long-established legal institutions, becoming one of the youngest to hold that position. During his tenure, he spearheaded the institution's digital transformation, strengthened its governance mechanisms, and successfully navigated the challenges posed by the pandemic, consolidating his expertise in crisis management, conflict resolution, and the design of institutional strategies. In academia, he is a tenured professor of Constitutional Procedural Law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho, a lecturer on constitutional law, human rights, political theory, and judicial independence, an honorary researcher at the Center for Legal Research and Informatics, and a former member of the Academic Committee of the Judicial Training School. He is also the author of several publications on amparo proceedings, human rights, and electoral law.

    • He participated in the defense of the constitutionality of laws relating to technological protection measures, in defense of the interests of production studios before the Supreme Court of Justice.

    • He developed specific constitutional litigation strategies to defend the holding of bullfighting events, protecting businessmen and livestock farms.

    • He collaborated on the constitutional strategy for the defense and recognition of trade dress in Mexico.

    • He obtained favorable rulings in constitutional litigation relating to the cataloging of real estate and artistic movable property.

    • He implemented a comprehensive corporate and constitutional litigation strategy for institutional investors, with the objective of removing for cause a trust administrator issuing development stock certificates.

    • Civil and commercial litigation

    • Constitutional litigation

    • Corporate disputes

    • Commercial arbitration

    • Administrative litigation

    • Spanish

    • English

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