Luis Ernesto Peon Barriga | Mexico City | Hogan Lovells

Luis Ernesto Peon Barriga

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Peon Barriga Luis

Luis Ernesto Peon Barriga
Peon Barriga Luis
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Luis Ernesto Peón Barriga's peers describe him as a qualified and educated litigator, committed to standing up for his clients' interests and providing them with practical, creative, and integral solutions. Luis Ernesto counsels on litigation matters with a particular focus in civil, commercial, administrative, constitutional, and insolvency proceedings.

He's also skilled in domestic and international arbitration, including judicial assistance to arbitration, before the most recognized arbitral institutions, such as ICC, ICDR, and JAMS.

Luis Ernesto concentrates on the financial sector, representing banks, financial intermediaries, and creditors in a variety of restructuring, insolvency, and collection cases before local and federal Mexican courts.

Clients regularly seek his advice and experience in the fields of civil liability, shareholders disputes, and moral damages. With his solid contentious background, he's often consulted in cases that involve disputes that claim the unconstitutionality of laws and governmental actions, especially in the context of the new paradigms of constitutional and international human rights.

Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, he worked at a prestigious Mexican firm, heading its litigation and arbitration practice. He is an active member of the Mexican chapter of the Arbitration Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and is often invited to speak at his alma mater for post-graduate studies related to civil, commercial, arbitration, and procedural law. Since August 2016, Luis Ernesto has been a professor of Derecho Procesal Civil (Civil Procedural Law) at Universidad Iberoamericana.

He has been systematically recognized by specialized publications in the field of litigation and dispute resolutions in the region.

Representative experience

Represented a Mexican bank in a breach of contract claim involving financial instruments before Mexico City's Courts.
Defended various financial institutions in connection with defaulted derivative instruments in pre-packaged insolvency procedure in Mexico.
Represented a natural gas carrier in an arbitral proceeding against the Mexican State entity.
Represented a pharmaceutical company during the negotiations and out-of-court settlement of a debt acknowledgement with major distributor in Mexico.
Represented and advices clients regularly on product liability claims before administrative agencies and the judiciary.
Real Estate related controversies to ownership, mortgage foreclosure, fiduciary guarantees and possessory rights and title.
Represented banks and financial intermediaries in controversy involving the enforceability and validity against third parties of a company's bylaws.

Credentials

Education
  • LL.M., University of Sheffield, dissertation with distinction, 2008
  • Law Degree, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 2003
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Mexico

Recognition

Dispute Resolution: Civil and Commercial Litigation (México)

Chambers Latin America

2020-2024
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (México)

Chambers Latin America

2022
Dispute Resolution: Civil and Commercial Litigation (México) - Up and Coming

Chambers Latin America

2018-2020
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (México) - Associate to Watch

Chambers Latin America

2017
Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation

Chambers Global

2022
Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Mexico)

Legal 500 Latin America

2018,2021-2023
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Mexico)

Legal 500 Latin America

2018,2021-2023
Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Legal 500 Latin America

2021-2023
Insurance

Legal 500 Latin America

2021-2023
Litigation Private Practitioner

LACCA

2020-2021
Litigation

Latin Lawyer National

2020