Andres Alvarez-Cordero

Andres Alvarez is a Foreign Legal Consultant, authorized to the practice of law in Mexico. His practice focuses on complex cross-border transactional matters, both in the corporate and commercial areas, government relations, and regulatory matters. He serves as outside general counsel for some clients and advises frequently in M&A transactions, compliance, corporate governance and distribution maters. He is a member of the firm’s Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) and Transaction Practice Groups. Andres also provides continuing assistance in a number of regulatory matters for investors in Mexico, including international trade and customs, antitrust, labor and employment, government procurement and privacy matters. With extensive in-house counsel experience coupled with an MBA, Andres brings a deep understanding of what drives business decisions and how legal work can help further a client’s overall business goals. He works across multiple industries but has particular experience in the technology, financial, manufacturing, consumer, hospitality and industrial sectors.

Andres previously served as general counsel and compliance officer at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, an agricultural research organization with operations across the globe. While in this position, he was responsible for the organization’s appropriate corporate governance and legal compliance. Prior to that role, Andres worked as contract manager in the legal department of PepsiCo Mexico, where he drafted, reviewed, supervised and/or negotiated the agreements of the organization’s business units throughout Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

Representative Experience

• Regularly represents companies across multiple industries in M&A transactions and corporate reorganizations
• Assists manufacturing companies with ethics investigations and compliance training
• Assists multiple clients across a wide range of industries with their labor and employment daily legal needs, including hiring practices, employer substitution and the implementation of health and safety standards, including COVID-19 health and safety protocols
• Represents manufacturing and technology companies with their commercial contractual needs
• Represents clients in connection with government relations, regulatory, compliance, foreign trade, and antitrust matters
  
   

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Mexican Bar Association
• Assistant Secretary and Board Member, Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos
• Member, Dallas Regional Chamber International Task Force
• Member, US-Mexico Bar Association

Honors & Awards

• Recognized, The Legal 500 General Counsel Power List
  • Mexico (2016)

Education

• University of Pennsylvania (Coursera) (2020)
  • Diploma: Regulatory Compliance Specialization
• Southern Methodist University (LL.M., 2019)
  • Major: Comparative and International Law
• Harvard Kennedy School (2014)
  • Mastering Negotiations Program
• IPADE Business School (M.B.A., 2010)
• Harvard Law School (2000)
  • Executive Diploma Program of Instruction for Lawyers
• ITAM (J.D., 1999)

Languages

• Spanish
• English