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Alejandro N Gomez-Strozzi

Partner

Alejandro N Gomez-Strozzi

Partner

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.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Recognized, The Best Lawyers in Mexico (Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith eds., Woodward/White Inc.)
    • International Trade and Finance Law (2020-2025)
    • Trade Law (2025)
  • Recognized, The Legal 500 Latin America
  • Merit in Advocacy by the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (2014)

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)

Presentations and Publications

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English
October 27, 2025 Manufacturing Industry Advisor

Foley Manufacturing Sector Takes the Stage at the Mexican Autopart Industry Association’s 23rd Annual International Automotive Industry Congress in Mexico City

Earlier this month, Foley Manufacturing Sector and International Trade Group partners Vanessa Miller and Alejandro Gómez-Strozzi...
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October 22, 2025 Events

Fall International Trade Webinar Blitz

The Trump administration has issued dozens of new forms of tariffs. To help manage these unprecedented tariff and international trade risks, the Foley International Trade practice is presenting a comprehensive three-part “Tariff Blitz” webinar to cover the significantly changing international trade landscape under the Trump administration.
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October 9, 2025 Tariff & International Trade Resource

Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations Provide DOJ With New Civil Forfeiture Authorities and Opportunities

Civil forfeiture is becoming an increasingly important tool in the U.S. Justice Department’s (DOJ) campaign against Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs), Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), and other sanctioned parties. This development is part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing campaign against cartels and other TCOs, which most recently has involved the apparent determination that cartels are nonstate actors in a non-international armed conflict with the United States, military strikes on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean Sea, and the designation of the Barrio 18 a/k/a 18th Street gang as an FTO.   
September 26, 2025 Manufacturing Industry Advisor

Emerging Legal Exposure for Businesses in Mexico: Local Supplier Relationships Can Trigger Enforcement of U.S. Financial Crime Laws

Until the start of the second Trump Administration, companies doing business in Mexico and other Latin American countries likely felt...
July 30, 2025 Foley Viewpoints

U.S. FinCEN's Order Targeting CIBanco Will Upend Mexican Fiduciary Market

In late June 2025, the U.S. Treasury's FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network), under new authorities granted pursuant to the...
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July 30, 2025 Tariff & International Trade Resource

Key Measures for Mexican Entities to Prevent FinCEN Scrutiny

The recent Orders issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 25, 2025, designating CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector as institutions of primary money laundering concern, serve as a critical alert for all Mexican entities with U.S. connections.