HMH LEGAL TEAM

HMH Legal team comprehends in-house attorneys, administrative staff, pre-legal collectors, local of-counsel attorneys & financial counselors, and local correspondent attorneys in major cities of Mexico.

IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS

PEDRO ROMELIO HERNANDEZ FAVELA
President and General Director for Litigation

Mr. Romelio Hernández was born in Tijuana, Baja California. He got his Licenciatura degree (J.D.) in Law from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in 1997. As part of his on-going legal education and professional development he has taken different courses in the American Legal System and Business Law at University of California San Diego, as well as many others in areas such as Corporate Law and International Business Transactions in the International Corporate Law Master of Arts Program at Universidad Iberoamericana Plantel Noroeste. He has a Diploma in Finance from Cetys Universidad. He has also authored several articles on international commercial law, including his professional thesis entitled “Disregard of the Legal Entity in Mexico”.

Mr. Hernandez is an active member of several international organizations such as the “Commercial Law League of America”, “International Bar Association”, “Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce”, “Camara Nacional de Comercio, Tijuana chapter”, etc. He also contributes to his community with volunteer work and service through Rotary International as an active member of the Tijuana Rotaract Club Siglo XXI, former President for his Club for the 2002-2003 term.

Mr. Romelio Hernandez is fully bilingual in English and Spanish; being appointed as an expert witness translator in English-Spanish language by the State of Baja California’s Superior Court.

ERIK ALBERTO PICHARDO ANDRADE
Director of Commercial Litigation Department

Mr. Erik Pichardo was born in Tijuana, Baja California. He graduated and got his Licenciatura Law degree from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) in 1997. As part of his ongoing legal education he has pursued several diplomas: in Commercial Law from Consultora Facthum (1998); in Civil & Commercial Procedure Law from UABC (1999); and in Legal Issues in International Commerce from UCSD La Jolla (2000).

He started in 1996 with the firm of Corrales, Delgado y Asociados, where he oversaw litigation matters in civil and commercial law. His wide experience and success in civil and commercial litigation since 1997 has won him a lead counsel position for debt collection matters with many national companies such as Xerox Mexicana, Fianzas Comercial América, Microformas, Concretos Cachanilla, Lapsaco, and Sinbros. He is now a partner and head of the commercial litigation department with HMH Legal.

Mr. Pichardo is also fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

LUIS ALBERTO BECERRA REYES
Director of Debt Collection Department

Mr. Luis Alberto Becerra Reyes was born in Mexico City. He followed his professional studies in the City of Tijuana, Baja California at Universidad de Tijuana (CUT) where he graduated from in 1999. As part of his on-going legal education and professional development he has taken different courses and seminars in commercial law, foreign trade, civil litigation and constitutional injunction proceedings. His professional thesis “Insolvency Proceedings New Law” explains the true misconceptions that our innovated legislation presents on bankruptcy matters.

He began his professional practice since 1989 in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, as an assistant and legal advisor to The Acevedo Industrial Group, one of the leading national lumber companies in the country at the time. His experience and development on the fields of foreign trade, commercial law and civil litigation has enabled him to represent many local companies with litigation problems in the areas of collections and contract enforcement.

JESUS RAUL MERIGO VILLA
Director of Administrative Litigation

Mr. Raúl Mérigo was born in Tijuana, Baja California. He graduated from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in 1997 with a Licenciatura degree (J.D.) in Law. As a co-founder of “Avila, Mérigo y Lopez, S.C.”, Mr. Mérigo has been practicing since 1994, specializing in administrative law counseling and litigation.

He has counseled many major companies in Baja California in areas such as government procurement contracts; customs legal procedures; official audits by the Mexican Revenue Authorities; non-tributary administrative inspections; audits to accountant’s tax opinions submitted to the Mexican Revenue Authorities on both national and international trade taxes.

Mr. Mérigo is also a professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California’s School of Law, teaching on Administrative Procedure Law. He is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

LOCAL OF-COUNSEL ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS

ELIO CESAR SANCHEZ IBAÑEZ
Counsel for Complex Commercial Litigation

Mr. Elio Sánchez is a well known fierce litigation attorney in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, with more than fourteen years of experience in complex commercial litigation matters. He started back in 1990 with the Firm of Brian, Gonzalez-Vargas & Gonzalez-Baez, and then joined Pasero & Martín-Sánchez in 1993. He has been a solo-practitioner since 1996, and has been a permanent of-counsel to HMH Legal for complex commercial litigation matters since 2000.

EVERARDO GUDIÑO ANAYA
Counsel for Complex Civil & Commercial Litigation

Mr. Everardo Gudiño is a highly recognized and fierce litigation attorney in the City of Mexicali, Baja California, with more than eighteen years of experience in complex civil & commercial litigation matters, as well as constitutional injunction proceedings (amparo). He started back in 1986 as a solo-practitioner, and has been a permanent of-counsel to HMH Legal for complex civil & commercial litigation matters and constitutional injunctions since 2000.

ALEJANDRO OSUNA GONZALEZ
Counsel for International Commercial Transactions & Litigation

Mr. Alejandro Osuna obtained his law degree from the Law School of the Universidad Iberoamericana Noroeste, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (1995). He obtained an LLM from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Law (1998). He is currently a solo practitioner in Tijuana, Baja California, and teaches Public International Law and International Sales Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana Noroeste. He as helped also as a voluntary arbitrator to the Willem Vis Moot Court Competition held in Vienna, Austria every year. He has been of-counsel to HMH Legal since 1999.

His areas of practice include complex litigation on international sales disputes, contracts & corporate law, franchise law, and international judicial assistance. He has authored several articles published in the Journal of Law and Commerce from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law, The San Diego Journal of Law, Revista Jurídica from Universidad de Puerto Rico, and the local newspaper Frontera. He is currently awaiting publication in Mexico of his case-book in Spanish on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale Of Goods.

JUAN MANUEL PEÑA SANCHEZ
Financial Advisor

Mr. Juan Manuel Peña Sánchez was born in Tijuana, Baja California, getting a Licenciatura degree as a Public Accountant from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in 1996, and a Post-Graduate Degree title in Finance in 1998. He is currently a candidate for the Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix, San Diego.

Mr. Peña’s wide experience in finance, administrative issues, auditing and costing in start-up situations has allowed him to serve as a financial advisor for other several foreign companies with operations in Mexico, developing financial strategies and structures for such operations.

LOCAL CORRESPONDENT ATTORNEYS OUTSIDE TIJUANA