Aug 2023–Present
Current role
Assistant Professor
Universidad Panamericana
Mexico City
ProfessorEducation
Assistant Professor of Public International Law.
About
Alex is part of Baker McKenzie's Litigation and Government Enforcement Group, in which he focuses his practice in the Investigations, Compliance & Ethics team in Mexico.
He has experience in anti-money laundering (AML), as well as in compliance and criminal law, having worked in the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, as head of department and deputy director before joining the Baker McKenzie Mexico team, where he participated in different national and multinational investigations related with corruption, drug trafficking, human trafficking and tax fraud, among other crimes.
Roles
Jun 2023–Present
Current role
Associate
Baker McKenzie LLP
Mexico City
AttorneyCivil LitigationAttorney AdvisorInvestigationsWhite Collar CrimeGovernment
Alex advises domestic and multinational clients from various industries on corporate compliance and governance matters, especially in the anti-corruption area in Mexico's jurisdiction. His work focuses on internal investigations in government-related corruption cases and employee white-collar crime.
Associate (Jul 2024 - Present)
Law Clerk FTE (Jan 2024 - Jul 2024)
Law Clerk (Aug 2023 - Dec 2023)
Summer Law Clerk (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)
Jan 2021–Jan 2023
Former role
Deputy Director
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
(appointed)Mexico City, Mexico
GovernmentLegalFinance
Jan 2020–Jan 2021
Former role
Head Of Department
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
(appointed)Mexico City, Mexico
LegalFinance
Aug 2019–Dec 2019
Former role
Assistant Professor
Universidad Panamericana
Mexico City
ProfessorEducation
Assistant Professor of Legal Expression.
Aug 2019–Dec 2019
Former role
Law Clerk
Associated Public Notaries 229 y 242
Mexico City
Law ClerkResearch
Representative matters
Experience
September 2025
-Participated in Europe-Latin America-US team investigating suspect payments to Games & Raffles authorities. -Participated in multiple local investigations related with high-level corruption on the state and federal levels. -Advised in the development and implementation of remediation measures derived from internal investigations such as updating internal policies, employee training, and self-reporting before Mexican authorities. -Worked with national and multinational companies in conducting risk assessments in order to implement or update codes, policies and internal controls focused on the prevention of corruption and internal frauds.