Member Profiles

Carlos is the founding and managing partner of Calderon & De La Sierra and has devoted his professional life to Intellectual Property. While his principal activities have traditionally encompassed litigation and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, he has also been active in counseling, prosecution, searches and strategy for both patents and trademarks. He frequently lectures in Mexico and abroad on a wide range of Intellectual Property Issues, and has actively collaborated with the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office and in professional associations involving Intellectual Property in legislative efforts and educational events pertaining to Intellectual Property Issues. Carlos is a professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property Law for post-graduate courses at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and has been a visiting professor of Intellectual Property at the University of California and at Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City. He has written extensively on Intellectual Property issues and is the co-author of the book “Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Investigation”, Ed. Porrua / Law School of the National Autonomous University of México; México, D.F., 2012

Lawyer, graduated from the Free School of Law, specialist in Labor Law from the Universidad Panamericana, completed Doctorate, in the process of graduation. Founding partner and General Director of the firm Natividad Abogados, SC; 40 years ago, with operations throughout the Mexican Republic. Member of the Labor Commission and the Board of Directors of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE); He was President of the same for 17 years 2002-2019. President of the Mexican Society of Labor Law and Social Security. Vice President of the International Society for North America, Panama and the Dominican Republic. Negotiator for the private sector in the reform processes of the Mexican Federal Labor Law, negotiating tables, forums and committees integrated for this purpose with the Labor Sector, from 1987 until the 2012 reform, participating in the new reform of the Constitution and Mexican Labor Law of 2017 and 2019. Member of the Technical Advisory Group on Labor Matters of the CCE related to the USMCA or T-MEC (International Treaty between the United States, Mexico and Canada). Member of the Council of the National Minimum Wage Commission, for the Business Sector from 1980 to date where he was the Sector Spokesperson for 17 years. Advisor of the business sector of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th National Commissions for the Participation of Workers in the Profits of PTU companies in 1985, 1996, 2009, 2019 and 2020 respectively. Member of ANADE, BMA, IBA, Bar Association, AC, Illustrious and National Bar Association of Mexico, AC Speaker and Teacher of labor issues in the business sector in specialized forums on the subject of Business Labor at a National and International level.

Jesús Rodríguez Dávalos is Partner of the firm and a specialist in the main components of the energy sector such as: petroleum, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, petrochemicals, petroleum products, refining, power generation, clean energy and offshore projects related to the sector; as well as the components of strategic infrastructure projects.  With over 20 years of experience, he has advised national and international companies, as well as the federal government and local governments in the development, implementation and efficient operation of investment projects and the management thereof. He has represented natural gas distribution companies since 1995. Since 2000, he has advised independent power production companies, cogeneration plants and renewable energy projects in more than 12 different states in Mexico and Central America. He represents more than 5000 MW of installed or developing capacity. For the last 14 years he has advised Pemex on strategic alliances for matters regarding gas pipelines and storage terminals. Under his leadership more than 5500 km of rights of way for strategic projects have been released. He represents more than 2500 gas stations. He represents 16 E & P blocks. Mr. Rodriguez and his team recently worked with Pemex to obtain the permits and regulated tariffs for 8 transportation systems of oil, petroliferous and petrochemicals, as well as those of 77 petrochemical and oil product storage facilities.  He has actively consulted on the processes for creating legal systems that are applicable to the energy field such as: the Hydrocarbons Law; Regulation of Activities to which Title III of the Hydrocarbons Law refers; the Energy Regulatory Commission Law; Natural Gas Regulations; Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulations, and Guidelines on natural gas and liquid petroleum gas, etc. He has also successfully advised various industry associations on regulatory issues. He has led numerous projects considered strategic and "first of it kind" such as the first SWAP operation of natural gas in Mexico; the first private transmission pipeline for liquefied petroleum gas; the development of the legal and financial strategy for the first private pipeline in Mexico for the transmission of petrochemicals between processing centers; the first cross-border wet gas export pipeline to the United States of America; the development of the strategy for legal, contractual and regulatory projects of strategic importance to Mexico such as the "Los Ramones" natural gas transmission system in its three stages; the storage terminal for liquefied petroleum gas in Zapotlanejo; among many other projects of national and international importance. As part of his previous experience, Jesús participated in the representation of Pemex abroad in the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He later worked at a law firm in Washington and then founded Rodríguez Dávalos Abogados.  He is the President of the Mexican Right of Way Association (Asociación Mexicana de Derecho de Vía) and is a member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA). He is a Director and Secretary of the Board for the Mexican Natural Gas Association and Legal Adviser to the World Energy Council. He is a member of the Publications Committee of the American Gas Association and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), among other associations. Jesús Rodríguez is also the founder of “Cutting Edge Sports & Entertainment” since 2012 in which, among other projects, represented the soccer deal for athlete Giovani Dos Santos with the Los Angeles Galaxy and produced Miss Universe in the Mexico edition in 2007. Cutting Edge has helped finance and produce 6 feature films including “Opening Night” featuring stars Topher Grace and Rob Riggle, “Deadtectives” featuring stars Martha Higareda and Chris Geere and more recently “3 Idiotas” directed by Carlos Bolado. He studied Law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He recently published a compilation of Laws and Regulations from the Energy Reform.

Horacio RANGEL-ORTIZ. Born Mexico City, 1957; admitted to practice 1980, Mexico. Graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana 1979 (LL.B.) Mexico City ; The George Washington University , School of Law 1981 (Master of Comparative Law in IP), Washington , D.C. ; Doctor of Laws, Universidad Panamericana, School of Law , Mexico City (PhD) 1994. He practices intellectual property law in Mexico City since 1982 including transactional work and litigation. He has since developed a diverse practice which includes patent, trademark and copyright litigation, prosecution, licensing negotiations, dispute resolution, and portfolio management. Has been extensively involved with a wide range of intellectual property matters and has prepared more than one thousand opinions on complex legal issues. Has served as an expert witness in litigation and arbitration both in Mexico and overseas. He has been ranked among the top Mexican patent lawyers by Managing Intellectual Property's Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners . He has been listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as one of the top Mexican trademark lawyers. His name has been identified by clients and colleagues of Mexico and overseas as one of the three Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer s in Mexico in PLC Which Lawyer? published by Practical Law Company (2007), and has been chosen for inclusion as an intellectual property specialist in Who's Who in the World (“ a significant honor, an achievement in and of itself, that is afforded to very few individuals in the course of a lifetime” according to the editors). Chairman of the International Intellectual Property Committee of the Mexican Bar. Chairman of the International Treaties Committee of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI) of which he is a former President. He has been President of the Mexican Group of AIPPI and of the International Association of Teachers and Researchers in Intellectual Property (ATRIP). Author of the doctoral dissertation “Patent Infringement” and of dozens of articles published in legal periodicals of more than 15 countries. He has lectured on intellectual property in more than 25 countries of America , Europe , Africa and Asia . Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law of the University of Houston Law Center .

The Law Offices of Jean-Charles S. GARDETTO, founded in 1988 by Jean-Charles S. GARDETTO, a member of the Monaco Bar and former President of the Bar Association, are a Monaco-based law firm working in the areas of litigation and legal advice. They provide their local and foreign clients (individuals and corporate entities) with the legal expertise of a team that, through the complementarity of its members, is in a position to handle any legal issue before any court, to advise on the implementation of a wide range of projects and to assist clients wishing to settle in the Principality of Monaco. The Law Offices of Jean-Charles S. GARDETTO have a strong international focus both in terms of the diversity of the clients using their services and the nature of the cases they handle. Correspondent lawyers abroad enable the firm to support its clients beyond the borders of Monaco.