Manuel Ruiz de Chávez

Manuel has 20 years of professional experience representing clients before Mexico’s judicial system, including federal and local courts, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, administrative courts and agrarian tribunals.

He advises public institutions dedicated to promoting scientific, artistic and humanistic culture, financial associations, companies in a range of sectors, both domestic and international, and individuals.

He has represented merchants and creditors in insolvency proceedings and cross-border restructurings.

In alternative dispute resolution, he acts as counsel for parties in international and domestic arbitration proceedings conducted under the rules of leading institutions.

He has an established track record in administrative law, with a particular interest in health law and financial law.

EDUCATION

• Universidad Panamericana, postgraduate specialisation in amparo proceedings, 2001.
• London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc, 2000.
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, law degree, 1998.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C.
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom, MCIArb.
• International Bar Association.
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Academic Department of Law, professor.
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Centre for Legal and Case Law Documentation, academic technician.

PUBLICATIONS

• The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery and Insolvency 2008, Mexico. Co-author.
• One Creditor or Many? Bondholder Standing in Foreign Insolvencies, co-authored with George W. Shuster, Jr., FINANCIER WORLDWIDE, May 2005.