Team

We develop legal, economic, and financial strategies.

Partners

Meet the leaders who guide our firm, offering their expertise and deep experience in every practice area.

Jaime Serra Puche

Founding Partner – President

Economic Competition | International Trade and Foreign Investment | Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Jaime Serra is the President of SAI Law and Economics and founder of Aklara (Electronic Auctions), CAM (Mexican Arbitration Center). He worked in the Mexican government from 1986 to 1994 where he served as Undersecretary of Revenue, Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Treasury of Mexico. As Secretary of Commerce he directed the negotiations and implementation of NAFTA; he directed the negotiations of the free trade agreements with Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Costa Rica and promoted the creation of the Federal Competition Commission and IMPI, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Yale University (1994-2001) and currently participates in the President ‘s Council on International Activities of Yale University. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission. As of October 2018 he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of BBVA and participates in the boards of directors of Tenaris and Vitro.

Hernán  Sabau  García

Partner – Director

Investment Banking

He is a founding partner of SAI Law and Economics, responsible for the Investment Banking area, which he was in charge of establishing in 1999. He has also been the founder of Aklara and NAFTA Fund of Mexico.

Beatriz Leycegui Gardoqui

Partner

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution | International Trade and Foreign Investment | Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Beatriz has thirty years of professional experience in foreign trade, public policies and regulatory issues, acquired in the public, private and academic spheres.

Lucía  Ojeda Cárdenas

Partner

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution | Economic Competition

She has more than thirty years of professional experience in economic competition, a field that he has practiced in both the private and academic spheres. She also has vast experience in the legal analysis of regulated markets and in advising on investment arbitration matters.

José Ángel Santiago Ábrego

Partner

Administrative Litigation | Economic Competition

In his professional work he has specialized in contentious administrative matters. His experience covers public service and work performance in the private sector, as well as a close link with academia.

Luis Alberto Ibarra Pardo

Partner

Economic Competition | Economic Consulting | International Trade and Foreign Investment | Regulatory Practice and Public Policy

Luis Alberto Ibarra has extensive professional experience spanning over thirty years in topics related to economic competition, public finance, investment project evaluation, infrastructure development, public-private partnerships, capital funds, agribusiness and sustainability, among others.

He served as Commissioner in the then Federal Competition Commission (COFECO), where he participated in the analysis and resolution of all procedures in the field of a number of sectors, such as telecommunications, broadcasting, energy, the financial system and consumer products, among others; he contributed to providing greater transparency in the determination of fines, and strengthened competition in infrastructure development and in public bidding processes. He has also participated as an independent consultant in various competition cases related to television and restricted audio, drug distribution, natural gas storage, retail trade and government bonds.

Mariano Gomezperalta Casali

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Arbitration and Dispute Resolution | Corporate Practice | International Trade and Foreign Investment

He practices in the areas of corporate law, financial operations and international trade. Among his representative clients is the Export-Import Bank (EXIM Bank) of the United States, which he has represented in the negotiation, documentation and closing of multiple aircraft and mobile equipment financing transactions for airlines and operators in Mexico and other countries.

Counsel

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