Héctor Osorio Chávez

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Mr. Héctor Osorio has fourteen years of professional experience. He is a Partner in the Litigation Area of the Firm, where he has successfully participated in the representation of several complex proceedings and lawsuits on highly regulated matters and industries. He is also a university professor (Catedrático Universitario) and a member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados).

Education


  • Master's Degree in Administrative Law from Universidad Panamericana (2011 - 2012). Honorable Mention.
  • Specialization in Administrative Law Institutions, Universidad Panamericana (2007 - 2008).
  • Law degree from Universidad Panamericana (2002 - 2007).

Expertise:

  • Administrative Proceedings and Litigation.
  • Constitutional Litigation (Amparo Proceedings).
  • Civil and Commercial Litigation.
  • Class Actions.
  • Arbitration.

Mr. Héctor Osorio has advised and represented important national and transnational companies, as well as governmental bodies, in different and complicated proceedings on the following matters and industries: telecommunications and broadcasting, economic competition, public procurement, infrastructure and transportation, environmental, sanitary, pharmaceutical, consumer protection, tobacco, energy, State patrimonial responsibility, responsibilities of public servants, gaming and raffles, civil and tax defense, among others.

Teaching and academic activities.

  • For several years he has given lectures and courses on Administrative Procedure, Administrative Litigation Procedure, Amparo Proceeding, Antitrust, Collective Actions, among others; aimed at higher education students, as well as lawyers from the public and private sectors.
  • He is currently Professor of Administrative Law I and II at the Universidad Pontificia de México (2019 to date); Assistant Professor of Collective Actions at the Universidad Panamericana (2018 to date) and; Professor of the Economic Competition Module in the Specialty of the Centro Cultural Universitario Nueva Vizcaya (2011 to date).
  • He has been a member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados) since 2012.

Experience:


His experience includes the handling of proceedings and appeals before administrative authorities, including specialized regulatory bodies; administrative litigation procedures before the Federal Court of Administrative Justice, and before local courts; amparo proceedings before the Federal Judicial Branch, including specialized courts and tribunals, as well as the Supreme Court of Justice; civil and commercial proceedings, including class action proceedings, as well as arbitration proceedings.

Some relevant matters in which he has participated include:

  • He successfully advised and represented companies in the telecommunications sector in several administrative and amparo proceedings regarding interconnection of concessionaires' networks, ultimately heard by the Supreme Court of Justice.
  • Legal advice and representation of transnational companies in the defense of a class action lawsuit filed in order to prohibit the use of agricultural biotechnology in Mexico.
  • He has advised and represented an important transnational company, in different administrative and judicial proceedings strategically initiated, to achieve the introduction in the market and commercialization of tobacco heating products.
  • Advice and representation of several companies engaged in the provision of medicines, medical equipment, laboratory services, vouchers, among others; for the processing of appeals, administrative and amparo proceedings, derived from public procurement procedures. Likewise, he has participated in administrative and jurisdictional proceedings regarding the breach of administrative agreements.
  • He has represented major pharmaceutical companies in actions for damages brought by the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in connection with alleged monopolistic practices in bidding procedures for the purchase of medicines.
  • He has represented companies in the telecommunications sector, in the amparo proceedings filed against sanctioning resolutions issued by the IFT, for alleged monopolistic practices in the restricted television, landline telephony and Internet access markets.
  • Advice and representation of a U.S. games and raffles company, in the processing of several administrative and jurisdictional procedures, related to the operation of permits for the operation of casinos in Mexico; matter that was referred to the Supreme Court, and from which an investment arbitration was derived, initiated under the NAFTA.
  • External legal advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, in a multi-year project that involved the handling of more than one thousand administrative and amparo proceedings, in different specialized matters such as telecommunications, highways, ports, airports, railroads, among others, resulting in high success rates and substantial savings for the benefit of the Treasury.
  • He represented a fuel distribution company by sea in a commercial proceeding in which PEMEX was sued for damages arising from breaches of the contract entered into for the periodic sale of fuels. In the case, a complaint was also filed with the Federal Economic Competition Commission for alleged relative monopolistic practices.
  • He has advised and represented companies in the telecommunications sector in amparo proceedings regarding the application of the "Must Carry - Must Offer" Guidelines, as well as other general provisions issued by the IFT. Likewise, he has participated in commercial proceedings on contract compliance, which involve the application of these provisions.
  • Advice and representation of transnational biotechnology companies in different administrative and jurisdictional proceedings related to applications for permits for the importation of pesticides and for the planting of genetically modified organisms. Likewise, it has intervened in the challenge of general rules on these matters.
  • Advice and legal representation before the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Procuraduria Federal del Consumidor), in administrative proceedings regarding misleading advertising, among others. He has also participated in the preparation of class actions in consumer protection matters.
  • He also represented companies in the telecommunications sector in several amparo proceedings related to the imposition and enforcement of measures applicable to the sector's preponderant economic agent, as well as to agents declared to have substantial power.
  • He advised a company in the energy sector in connection with the contracting procedure of the CFE in accordance with U.S. regulations, for the construction and operation of an important interstate gas pipeline in the north of the country; project whose budgeted value amounted to USD $1,365’276,754.
  • He represented an American company in the energy sector, in an arbitration proceeding initiated before the ICC, for breach of a contract entered into for the execution of works in the 296 CCC Empalme I Electric Power Generation Plant; a matter in which injunctive relief were also granted by ordinary courts
  • Regarding his Pro-Bono activity, among other proceedings, he has participated in the processing of a class action proceeding brought by individuals affected by the earthquake of September 2017, as well as in amparo proceedings brought by doctors, in which the State is claimed for the lack of provision of necessary supplies for the care of patients infected with COVID-19.

Languages.

Spanish and English.