The Law Office of Antonio Villeda has created great relationships with other international law firms. Contact us to refer you to the finest foreign counsel to assist you with your current and future needs. Perfect examples of these relationships are:

• Ernesto Velarde-Danache, Inc.; and

•The Law Office of Ocanas Mendez, Guerra, Tijerina and Associates

whose impressive credentials can make the difference in your success.

Profiles of Foreign Counsel:

ERNESTO VELARDE-DANACHE, INC. 

Ernesto Velarde Danache, Inc. serves a wide range of regional, national and international clients in industries that include maquiladoras – manufacturing industry, commercial real estate, call centers, telecommunications, commercial investments, as well as educational institutions and governmental bodies and agencies.

SERVICES

• Corporate

• Acquisition, Disposition, Leasing, Agreements, Operation and Management of Real Property

• Environmental Law

• Governmental Relations and Lobbying

• Intellectual Property: Trademarks and Copyrights

• Taxation, Customs and Trade Regulations

• Labor and Employment

• Immigration

• Civil and Commercial Litigation

ATTORNEYS

ERNESTO VELARDE DANACHE, President and Founder

Education:

• Law Degree from “Universidad Regiomontana”, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1982.

• L.L.M from the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, England

• United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland

• Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands

Experience:

• He was the Mexican Representative to the International Year of Peace Conference held at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. 

• He is a member of the Cambridge Graduate Lawyers Society and the National Association of Corporate Lawyers of Mexico and the Mexico City Bar.

• He has been associated with the largest corporate law firm in Mexico City as well as with a local international law firm in Brownsville, Texas.

•  In 1988, he started his own practice as a Mexican lawyer with offices in Brownsville further extending to Reynosa and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in order to provide legal services to the local Maquiladora industry. 

• He has spoken about doing business in Mexico in many different countries such as the United States, Canada, Italy, France, England, Spain, Mexico, Switzerland, The Netherlands, China, India, Singapore and Korea.

• For more than 13 years he has been the host of a live Mexican television show by the name of “Con Sentido Comun,” which airs live in Mexico and Texas every Monday evening on Channel 7, Televisa. 

JORGE VELARDE DANACHE, Mexican Notary Public

Education:

• Law Degree from the “Universidad Regiomontana,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1985.

• Master Degree in Mexican Tax Law from the “Universidad Regiomontana,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.

Experience:

• He carried out his public service in the Regional Northeast Court of the Tax Tribunal of the Federation.

• He has obtained various recognitions and diplomas for his active participation in courses offered by the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas.

• He has also been a speaker in several forums which have dealt with several legal subjects.

• He has actively participated in Notary Public conferences, seminars and updates offered by the National Association of Mexican Notary Publics, Tamaulipas Notary Public Association and the Matamoros Notary Public Association.

• In 1992, he was elected Secretary of the Board of the VII Electoral Council of the State of Tamaulipas Electoral Institute.

• He is Secretary of the Board of the Tamaulipas Notary Public Association.

• He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Matamoros Notary Public Association.

• He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Industrial Matamoros Rotary Club.

• He has been Executive Secretary of the City Council of Public Safety.

• He now serves as Director of the Board of Directors of the Matamoros Casino-Club.

ANGEL SMITH, Resident Partner

Education:

Law Degree from the “Universidad Mexico Americana del Norte,” Reynosa, Tamaulipas, 1999.

Experience:

• Litigation in various areas on matters regarding civil, criminal and labor laws.

• Drafting, negotiation and improvement of customary commercial and real estate agreements.

• Active negotiations of several commercial/business-transactions.

• Expert witness before foreign courts on Mexican law related matters.

• Resident partner for Ernesto Velarde-Danache, Inc. in Reynosa, Tamaulipas since 1996.

• Extensive experience dealing with Mexican governmental agencies in connection with the establishing of foreign companies in the Reynosa area and dealing with day to day legal matters.

• Angel Smith is the current President of the Hidalgo Coin Club, former president of the Sociedad Numismatica de Reynosa, A.C., active member of the Sociedad Numismatica de Mexico, USMexNa and enjoys his free time doing numismatic research exclusively on Mexican Numismatics.

Ocanas Mendez, Guerra, Tijerina and Associates

For your international affairs, we maintain a powerful legal representation in Mexico through the Law Office of Ocanas Mendez, Guerra, Tijerina and Associates, based out of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Our solid relationship with this firm allows us to utilize their extraordinary experience to benefit our clients in the following matters:

- Business / Corporate defense in national and foreign commercial cases, administrative cases, civil cases, constitutional cases, business partnerships and joint venture cases, bankruptcies and payment suspensions, criminal law, as well as registration of patents, trademarks, formation of partnerships and mediations.

.- Individual and Sole Proprietor defense in civil cases, commercial cases, constitutional cases, national and foreign family law, criminal law and administrative cases.

- Official Institutions defense in constitutional controversy, as well as various foreign affairs.

Biographies:

Enrique Ocanas Mendez, Attorney – Founder / Partner: civil and commercial cases, public and private law, specializes on “amparo” proceedings; coordinator of counselors to the “Congreso de la Unión” (Mexico’s Congress), “Director Jurídico” (legal director) of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico; influenced in this Mexican state with important constitutional rulings by the Supreme Court; former President of “Colegio de Abogados de Monterrey A. C.”, the most important bar in Nuevo Leon.

Rafael Trinidad Guerra Escobar, Attorney – Partner: civil, commercial and administrative cases, “amparo” proceedings, constitutional controversies, as well as medical doctors and hospitals’ personal liability civil and criminal defense; former Electoral Adviser and former Director of Ombudsman newspaper, information agent of “Colegio de Abogados de Monterrey” (College of Attorneys of Monterrey).

Hector Tijerina Aguilar, Attorney – Partner: civil, commercial and criminal matter, as well as alternative methods to solve conflict; Legal Coordinator to civil organisms such as “Consejo Juvenil de Guadalupe” and former Coordinator of the team of “Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon” during Contest of Commercial Arbitration and was co-author of “Guia Practica de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional” (Practial Guide of International Commerce