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Mtro. David Guillén Llarena

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David Guillén Llarena has more than 34 years of professional experience, particularly in the fields of Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. He has been a founding partner since March 1990, when he joined the firm Ríos Ferrer, Guillén-Llarena, Treviño y Rivera, S.C..

Academic Background


  • Studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) (1986).
  • Holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard University (LLM, 1987).
  • Studied an Orientation to the U.S. Legal System course at the International Law Institute, Georgetown University.
  • Postgraduate studies on the Legal Regime of International Transactions at the Escuela Libre de Derecho (1992).
  • Studied the following specialties at the Universidad Panamericana: Civil and Commercial Procedural Law (1997); Public Brokerage (1998); Commercial Law (1998); Corporate Economic Law (1999) and Civil Law (2002).
  • Diploma on Telecommunications at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (1999).
  • Studied a master’s degree in Constitutional Procedural Law at the Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Law (Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Derecho Penal) in collaboration with the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados (2016)).
  • Is currently in the process of obtaining his Juris Doctor degree from the Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Law (Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Derecho Penal).
  • Attending the Diploma in Telecommunications and Economic Competition offered by the Federal Commission of Economic Competition and the Mexican Bar Association, Colegio de Abogados.

Mr. Guillén has represented several assignees and concessionaires before administrative authorities in administrative proceedings related to the granting of telecommunications and broadcasting concessions, as well as the enforcement of partial assignment of rights agreements in port matters.

Also, Mr. David Guillén is an expert in the areas of Litigation, Administrative, Commercial and Civil Law, as well as Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Constitutional Law, Port Law and Arbitration, both nationally and internationally.

He also has experience in alternative dispute resolution procedures, ranging from formal, institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings to mediation and conciliation procedures. Mr. Guillén has extensive experience in litigation related to contract compliance, civil liability, foreclosure, monopolies, antidumping, insurance, banking, property, among others.

Mr. David Guillén provided advisory services to the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (“SCT”) in the resolution of complex administrative and judicial disputes, he was responsible for the substantiation of 275 relevant lawsuits in defense of the SCT's interests, which have been handled through an innovative legal consulting contracting model that proved to be effective and efficient, having achieved a high percentage of success and substantial savings for the SCT in the attention and follow-up of more than 1,300 lawsuits.

In port matters, he has advised companies that assign port rights and integral port administrators, both in the implementation of new assignment schemes and in the drawing up of contracts for the construction, operation and management of terminals. Likewise, Mr. David Guillén has represented several assignees and concessionaires before administrative authorities in administrative proceedings and procedures related to the granting of concessions and compliance with partial assignment of rights agreements. Specifically, he provided legal advisory and consulting services to the Port Authority of Manzanillo, in connection with the public bidding process and award of the Specialized Container Terminal II of the Port of Manzanillo.

In addition, Mr. Guillén Llarena has provided legal advice to several telecommunications companies regarding the obtaining of permits and concession agreements, he has also participated in bids related to the radio electric spectrum, he has also participated in the negotiation of several interconnection agreements, and he has been an external advisor to the Federal Telecommunications Institute for the supervision and verification of the Preponderant Economic Agent in the broadcasting sector.

He has participated in the structuring of different tourism and property/real estate projects, especially in the structuring of the timeshare system in Mexico, in which he participated in the drafting of the Federal Regulations and in the draft Law of the State of Guerrero. Some of the projects in which he has participated include public and private co-investments in tourism in various tourism developments in Huatulco, Oaxaca; Cancún, Quintana Roo; Ensenada, Baja California; and Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.

Professional associations to which he is a member

  • Member of the Club Harvard de México, A.C. (1987)
  • Member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C.). (1999)
    • He served as Coordinator of the Infrastructure Commission (2015-2016)
    • He served as Assistant Coordinator of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Commission (2017-2018), of which he is currently the Coordinator.
  • Member of the Colegio de Abogados, A.C. (1994)
  • Member of The Harvard Law School Association of México, A.C. (2000)
  • Member of the Honorable National Bar Association of Mexico (Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México)

Teaching and academic activities:

  • Professor of International Public Law, Faculty of Law, National Autonomous University of Mexico (National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM), (1988 and 1989).
  • Professional Thesis: "Resolutions in Foreign Investment Matters"; Faculty of Law; U.N.A.M.; Mexico, 1986.
  • Master's Thesis: "Credit Swapping; The Case of Mexico". Harvard Law School; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1987.
  • "Remedies under the Bankruptcy Law and Suspension of Payments". Universidad Panamericana; Mexico, 1997.
  • “Telecommunications in México”, in the “Global Telecommunications Law and Practice” Magazine; Coauthor, General Editor Colin D. Long; Sweet & Maxwell; London, 2000.

Relevant issues:

A.



  Telecommunications.

(2019) Specialized consultancy for the Federal Telecommunications Institute to provide support in the integration of the "IFT 2020-2024 Strategy", in collaboration with Axon Partners Group Consulting S.L.U.

(2018) Legal and technical advice for the procedure to follow to allow the use by third parties of 1 (one) pair of fiber optic strands of the Red Troncal de Altán Redes S.A.P.I. de C.V., in collaboration with Axon Partners Group Consulting S.L.U.

(2018) Consultancy services to Elara, S.A.P.I. de C.V. for the preparation of contracts to be entered into with its users, billing service contracts, as well as those related to satellite capacity providers.

(2017) Specialized legal advice to assist the Federal Telecommunications Institute in verifying compliance with the measures and asymmetric regulation imposed on the Preponderant Economic Agent in the Broadcasting Sector, acting as external advisor.

(2016) Specialized legal advice to Servicios Administrativos Peñoles, S.A. de C.V, in order to regularize compliance with its obligations and obtain concessions that allow it to use and exploit frequency bands of the radio spectrum for private use and to provide telecommunications services for private communication.

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  Litigation.

(2017) Legal advice for the preparation of the lawsuit and processing of the ordinary commercial proceeding filed by Integradora Polar, S.A. de C.V., en against the companies named Cablemás Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V. and Cablevisión, S.A. de C.V.

(2013) Legal advice for the defense of the rights of the Asociación Nacional de la Industria de la Seguridad Privada, A.C., due to the denial of authorization by the Ministry of Economy to create a chamber of the specific industry with national circumscription regarding the private security activity, through an administrative litigation procedure.

(2012) Legal advice for the preparation and filing of an amparo action filed by Consorcio Intercom, S.A. de C.V. and The Pasha Group, S.A. de C.V., against Administración Portuaria Integral de Lázaro Cárdenas, S.A. de C.V., regarding the Award of a Partial Assignment of Rights Agreement consisting of the construction of a public use terminal in such area, specialized in automobiles and rolling vehicles.

(2011) Specialized legal advice and consultancy to the Legal Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation for the processing and follow-up of federal civil, administrative and commercial lawsuits, as well as administrative litigation procedures, appeals and amparo proceedings related thereto.

(2000) Legal advice to Megacable Comunicaciones de México, S.A. de C.V. in the arbitration proceedings with Teléfonos de México, S.A. regarding interconnection tariffs before the Arbitration Center of Mexico.

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  Ports.

(2010) Agent and Coordinating Consultant Services for Administración Portuaria Integral de Manzanillo, S.A. de C.V., in order to carry out the bidding process for a partial assignment of concession agreement for the design, construction, equipment and the right to use, exploit and operate a specialized multi-purpose terminal in the Port of Manzanillo.