Overview
Alejandro N. Gómez-Strozzi is a leading international trade attorney, providing advisory and consulting services related to international trade compliance, antidumping, customs, foreign trade, competition, antitrust, regulatory, and Mexican administrative law. He is a partner in the firm’s International Trade and Transactions Practices, where he advises major multinational companies in the automotive, steel, consumer products, and other sectors.
Alejandro provides advice regarding available foreign trade programs, tax implications of foreign trade operations, implementation of free trade agreements entered into by Mexico, customs procedures, trade compliance, and unfair trade practices. He represented a number of industries during the full negotiating process to conclude the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). He has private and public sector experience in the alternate dispute resolution processes of the World Trade Organization, and the now USMCA (formerly NAFTA).
As the lead trade consultant of the Mexican associations and confederations of pork, poultry, and beef producers, Alejandro provides advice in tariff and nontariff trade regulations and standardization. He participates in the defense of their interests in both domestic courts and international trade panels.
Alejandro has experience in private practice and government as well. During President Vicente Fox´s administration (2000-2006), Alejandro was the Undersecretary of Economy in charge of foreign investment, standards, and trade remedies. In addition, he previously led the Mexican Investigative Authority regarding trade remedies and safeguards (UPCI) in the Ministry of Economy. Alejandro began his legal career by clerking in Mexico´s Supreme Court of Justice and is admitted both across Mexico and in New York.
Professional Affiliations
- Professor, Monterrey Institute of Technology in the Master of Laws Program (2000)
- Professor, Graduate Program of the University of the Americas, Mexico City (2013, 2015)
Honors & Awards
- Recognized, The Best Lawyers in Mexico
(Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith eds., Woodward/White Inc.)
- International Trade and Finance Law (2020)
- Recognized, The Legal 500 Latin America
- Merit in Advocacy by the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (2014)
Education
- Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (J.D., equivalent, 1989)
- Universidad Panamericana
- Financial and International Trade Law (1992)
- Economic and Corporate Law (1993)
- Fiscal Law (1993)
- Georgetown University (LL.M., 1997)
Admissions
- Mexico (1991)
- New York (2000)
Languages Spoken
- Spanish
- English
Publications
- Co-author, "Nearshoring Trends and Important Considerations When Looking to Mexico", 2022 Foley Automotive White Paper (March 17, 2022)
- Co-author, "Manufacturing in Mexico: Go-Maquila or Bust. Right …?" Alliance magazine, edition no. 32. (October 18, 2021)
- Co-author, “Doing Business in Mexico,” 2019 Foley Automotive White Paper (January 23, 2019)