Atty. Alejandro Ripoll González

• Alejandro Ripoll González is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Investment
• Alejandro, who practices law in Guadalajara, Mexico, has been recognized since 2021
• This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alejandro is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area
• General Background His practice focuses on corporate law, M&A, foreign investment, infrastructure, public contracting, transactional, restructuring and insolvency, and implementation of corporate governance
• Alejandro has advised governments and public offices, as well as medium and large enterprises in the industries of agro, construction, energy, automotive, entertainment pharmaceutical, hospitality, real estate, among others
• Alejandro has provided advice for infrastructure and energy projects with a combined value of over $15 billion USD in locations such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Honduras, Nigeria and Malaysia
• the projects include port terminals, regasification plants, roads, railways and high speed trains, dams, among others
• Alejandro is ranked by Chambers & Partners Global, Chambers & Partners Latin America, and Best Lawyers
• Practice Area His practice revolves around corporate law, foreign investment, infrastructure, energy, mergers and acquisitions, finance, transactions, commercial arbitration and implementation of corporate governance in family businesses
• Alejandro provides support for small, medium and large enterprises
• Academic and Professional Activities Alejandro has 20 years of professional practice and currently is partner at RRS
• Alejandro co-leads our Corporate & Business and Energy & Infrastructure practice teams
• He began his professional career at Baker & McKenzie in the Corporate/M&A practice group
• Alejandro is counselor in several board of directors and corporate governance committees
• Currently, Alejandro is member of the Executive Committee of Legalink, global legal network of 70 independent law firms with over 3500 lawyers of 60 jurisdictions
• Active member of the Mexican Bar Association, as member of the Executive Committee of the Jalisco Chapter
• Alejandro is a professor in the MBA of the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) with the lecture Business Legal Stratergies
• He has been professor and researcher in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus, Bussiness Legal Framework at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO)
• Former member of the Council of Young Entrepreneurs of the National Chamber of Commerce in Guadalajara
• Former President of the U.S.-Mexico Bar Association, UP Guadalajara chapter
• Mexican delegate to the Global Sales Law Project of the University of Basel, Switzerland
• Translator for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNICTRAL) on the subject of national and international decisions on international sales transactions
• Guest professor at the University of San Diego for the Thorsnes International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition as Foreign Arbitrator

Education

-Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Executive Program on Blockchain and disruptive technology (2021). -Harvard Law School – Executive Program of Negotiation (2015). -Escuela Libre de Derecho - Postgraduate program on Energy Law (2014). -Fordham University New York – US Legal System for Foreign Attorneys (2011). -Universidad Panamericana - Masters in Comercial and Business Law (2010). -Universidad Panamericana – Postgraduate programs on Contracts and Business Legal Entities (2008 - 2009). -Universidad Panamericana - JD (2007)