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 is a lawyer (graduated from ITAM) and holds a Master's degree in Commercial Law with honors from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.

Dedicated to litigation and arbitration, he has more than 20 years of experience in different civil and commercial proceedings (ordinary, expedited, oral, special and collective actions), bankruptcy proceedings, and an extensive experience in amparo matters, derived from acts of authorities in the jurisdictional forum, acts of authority in themselves and against laws.

His experience includes the representation of companies in the context of disputes between partners and shareholders, controversies arising from product liability (in the automotive, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries), as well as outstanding matters of tort liability (moral damages and punitive damages).

In the litigation context of the insurance sector, he has consolidated his practice, mainly representing insurance and reinsurance companies in controversies in indemnity claims, as well as advising them on a daily basis, from a preventive and adversarial perspective, on the new thresholds of the cross-cutting observance of human rights and their intersection with the industry.

In the area of alternative dispute resolution, his practice includes the representation of clients from various industries in national and international commercial arbitration, as well as in judicial proceedings related to arbitration focused on injunctive relief, nullity and enforcement of arbitral awards. Additionally, he has represented arbitrators in the defense of their awards and their professional liability. He also has extensive experience in the financial sector, where he has represented various financial entities before local and federal courts throughout the country. 

He is a partner at Hogan Lovells, where he leads the continuing education programs in the Mexico City and Monterrey offices.

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