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ALEJANDRO LOPEZ-VELARDE, ESQ.



ALEJANDRO LOPEZ-VELARDE was born in México City, México, and graduated with honors from the National Autonomous University of México in 1991 and the University of Houston Law Center in 1993. Mr. López-Velarde has published several articles in México and the United States regarding oil and gas, foreign investment and technology transfer, including: (i) El Derecho Competencial en la Industria Petrolera (Antitrust Law Applicable in the Petroleum Industry), ITAM, 1-58, 2000; (ii) Some Considerations on the New Foreign Investment Possibilities in the Mexican Oil and Gas Industry. West Publishing. Forthcoming August 1997; (iii) Algunas Consideraciones Legales Sobre la Industria Petroquímica en México (Some Considerations as to the Petrochemical Industry in México), 26, Jurídica (Mex. 1996) (Iberoamericana University); (iv) La Ejecución de Sentencias Extranjeras: Contrastes entre México y los Estados Unidos de América (Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments: Contrasts Between México and the United States, 23, Jurídica (Mex. 1995) (Iberoamericana University) (co-author); (v) Some Considerations as to the New Mexican Foreign Investment Law, 10 Newsl. of the Int'l. Sec. (State Bar of Tex.) 27-42 (1994); (vi) Trademarks in México: The Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, 17 Hours. J. Int'l L. 49-103 (1994); and (vii) the New Mexican Patent Legal System: A Comparative analysis with the North American Free Trade Agreement, 9 Newsl. Of the Int'l L. Sec. (State Bar of Tex.) 32-53 (1993).

Mr. López-Velarde worked as an attorney at Pemex for eight years. He was also an in-house counsel with the Pemex Houston Legal Department in 1992 and a visiting attorney at the Houston, Texas law firm of Baker & Botts, L.L.P. until October 1993.

Currently, Mr. López-Velarde is a Professor of Law on International Trade in the postgraduate program of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and partner at the López Velarde, Wilson, Abogados, S.C.

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