Omar Guerrero Rodríguez | Mexico City | Hogan Lovells

Omar Guerrero Rodríguez

Office Managing Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

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English, Spanish

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Omar Guerrero Rodríguez
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  • Overview
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"He has a wealth of experience in [antitrust] contentious matters."

Chambers and Partners

Whether practicing civil or commercial litigation, arbitration or antitrust, Omar Guerrero is a lawyer that has paid the "10 thousand-hour rule."

Based in Mexico City, Omar co-heads the arbitration and litigation practice and co-heads the antitrust practice of our Mexico offices. Omar knows the importance of being a team player, providing bold solutions for clients, and the merits of being a fierce competitor.

Omar joined Hogan Lovells (formerly Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa) in 1993, immediately after graduating top of his class and summa cum laude. He became partner in 2000. He holds three post-graduate degrees including an LL.M from LSE (with merits). Since joining the firm, he has advised companies in the pharmaceutical, hospitality, telecom, food, construction, IT, and agro-business industries to advance their business objectives whether in a dispute or antitrust matters.

Omar is a passionate litigator. His storytelling and advocacy has convinced domestic and international arbitral tribunals, judges throughout Mexico, and even justices at the Supreme Court to rule in his client's favor. He has also acted as arbitrator in domestic and international disputes where he sits – at the other side of the table – deciding cases in which he's entrusted. Omar has also developed a significant practice in administrative litigation, including discrimination cases.

Antitrust is Omar's other passion. He helps companies in mergers, cartel investigations, and other antitrust-related proceedings. He embraces a hands-on approach when tackling his cases. He advises, trains, teaches, and lives antitrust law. Omar tries cases before competition authorities and federal courts, including the Supreme Court.

Omar also enjoys academia. He has written more than 40 thought leadership pieces on competition, litigation, and arbitration, and he speaks on the topics regularly. These experiences instill in Omar a commitment to provide valuable solutions for clients.

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"An impressive lawyer whose arbitration work is simply amazing also 'an expert in the litigation field, who is well versed in the rapidly changing legislative landscape of Mexico.'"

Chambers and Partners

Representative experience

Represented a major candy-coded manufacturer in competition and commercial litigation. Several precedents in antitrust law arose from this litigation.
Defend before local and federal courts a leading company in the trade insurance industry in a commercial litigation with a mobile carrier.
Co-represented a Mexican-American joint venture in the home appliances industry in an international arbitration proceeding.

Representation before administrative company in discrimination proceedings and administrative litigation.

Representation of creditors in some of the most relevant reorganization and Mexican bankruptcy proceedings.
Representation of key agents in cartel investigations, vertical restraints and concentrations in different important markets of the Mexican industry.
Represented a global spirits company in a real estate dispute over the plot in which its largest bottling facility is located.
Represent a global IT company in a commercial dispute before federal courts against a mobile carrier over software leasing agreement.
Representing an insurance company in the insolvency proceedings of an oil and gas contractor
Representing an international technology company as the main creditor in insolvency proceedings.
Representation of an international entertainment company as a creditor in restructuring by a sports equipment company

Credentials

Education
  • Master in Constitutional ("amparo") Proceedings, with excellence, 2018
  • LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science, with merits, 1997
  • Postgraduate Course, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Commercial Law, 1995
  • Postgraduate Course, Escuela Libre de Derecho, International Business Transactions, 1994
  • Law Degree, Universidad Iberoamericana, León Campus, 1991
Memberships
  • Head of the Antitrust/Competition Section of the Mexican Bar Association 2010-2013
  • Board Member, Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados) 2019-2020
  • Member, United States Mexican Bar Association

Recognition

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Mexico)

Chambers Latin America

2016-2023
Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation (Mexico)

Chambers Latin America

2017-2023
Competition/Antitrust (Mexico)

Chambers Latin America

2016-2024
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Mexico)

Chambers Latin America

2016-2021
Competition/Antitrust: Band 1

Chambers and Partners Latin America

2018 - 2022
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Mexico)

Chambers Global

2016-2022
Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation (Mexico)

Chambers Global

2015-2024
Dispute resolution: Litigation (Mexico)

Legal 500 Latin America

2018-2023
Dispute resolution: Arbitration (Mexico)

Legal 500 Latin America

2018-2024
Bankruptcy and Restructuring

Legal 500 Latin America

2018 - 2023
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Band 1

Chambers and Partners Latin America

2018
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Band 2

Chambers Latin America

2018
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Band 3

Chambers and Partners Latin America

2018
Arbitration

Latin Lawyer 250

2018-2023
Litigation

Latin Lawyer 250

2017-2023
Antitrust & Competition

Latin Lawyer 250

2018 - 2023
Dispute Resolution, Arbitration

Legal 500 Latin America

2018-2023
Dispute Resolution, Litigation

Legal 500 Latin America

2018-2023
Insurance

Legal 500 Latin America

2021-2023
Competition and Antitrust

Legal 500 Latin America

2018 - 2023
LACCA Approved: Antitrust, Litigation

Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA)

2015, 2017-2021
Litigation

Latin Lawyer National

2020
Arbitration

Latin Lawyer National

2020
Antitrust and competition

Latin Lawyer National

2020
Acritas Star

Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers

2018-2020
Best of the Year Award

Universidad Iberoamericana León, with a final GPA of 9.98 on a scale of 1 to 10

1987-1991