Fernando Osawa Estevez
AssociateFernando Osawa joined the Firm in the Mexico City office in 2022. His area of expertise is commercial, bankruptcy and civil litigation, he also has extensive knowledge of amparo proceedings with emphasis on civil and commercial matters.
His areas of expertise include the representation of domestic and foreign clients before Mexican local and federal courts, litigating all types of disputes. His practice also involves bankruptcy litigation and judicial liquidation proceedings, with extensive experience representing both debtors and creditors in insolvency cases.
EXPERIENCE
- Represented creditors within the insolvency judicial proceedings of three of the major construction companies in Mexico.
- Participated in the first court-supervised liquidation proceeding of a banking institution in Mexico under the 2014 Banking Institutions Law reform.
- Represented several clients in the Amparo trials before the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Justice.
- Represented a major telecommunications company as a creditor in the insolvency proceedings of a stock exchange company.
Universidad La Salle, Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), 2015
Escuela Libre de Derecho, Diploma Course on Bankruptcy, 2018
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
The Legal 500 Latin America
- Recommended, Mexico Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (2024)
Additional Awards
- Justice Seymour Simon Award (2024)
Publications and media
- México: Entra en vigor el Código Nacional de Procedimientos Civiles y Familiares, June 9, 2023
- México: El proyecto de decreto por el que se reforman diversas leyes financieras en materia de procedimiento administrativo fue enviado para discusión y aprobación a la cámara de diputados, 24 October 2023
Media Mentions
- Interviewed, "Mexico: Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters," Legal500, September 9, 2024
- "US aviation group buys controlling stake in Mexico’s Aerocharter," Latin Lawyer, February 19, 2024
Prior Experience
