Claudia Aguilar Rangel

About

Claudia Aguilar Rangel is a senior associate of the North America Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group of the Firm. Her professional experience focuses on criminal litigation and corporate compliance matters, so she offers our clients comprehensive services for both the prevention and legal defense of criminal matters related to individuals and companies. She is certified for the implementation of Anti-bribery management systems under the international standard ISO 37001.

Roles

Sep 2022–Present

Current role

Senior Associate | White Collar Crime and Criminal Compliance

Baker McKenzie México

Monterrey, Mexico

Civil LitigationCriminal DefenseLegal InvestigatorWhite Collar CrimeCompliance

Claudia is in charge of criminal litigation of matters related to national and foreign-owned companies doing business in Mexico. She specializes in the criminal defense of legal entities in investigations related to white collar crimes. She also advises companies of different nature, context and size in the design and implementation of criminal compliance programs and corporate integrity policies, in order to prevent and mitigate the exposure of legal entities, their employees, representatives and managers to any scenario of criminal liability.

Aug 2018–Aug 2022

Former role

Associate | Corporate criminal liability and compliance

Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes y Fuentes, S.C.

White Collar CrimeComplianceCriminal Law

Feb 2016–Jul 2018

Former role

Deputy Director of Assistance in Federal Criminal Proceedings

Procuraduria Federal de Proteccion al Ambiente

(appointed)Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico

AttorneyCriminal Law

Jan 2015–Jan 2015

Former role

University professor

Universidad de Guanajuato

Guanajuato, Mexico

EducationTeacher / Professor

Representative matters

Representative Legal Matters

September 2025

-Represented national and foreign-owned companies in criminal proceedings under the Mexican corporate criminal liability regimen. -Advised national and multinational companies in the development of criminal risk assessments, as well as in the design and implementation of criminal compliance programs aimed at preventing the commission of corporate crimes. -Involved on internal investigations within organizations for the commission of corporate crimes.

Publications & speeches

White-Collar Crime 2024. México: Trends and Developments

Chambers Global Practice Guides

February 2024

Co-author, p. 334.

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"Prevention of corporate crimes as a compliance standard for Mexican companies

The In-House Lawyer Magazine of The Legal 500

May 2023

Co-author, p. 52-53.

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Corporate environmental compliance standard to protect the universal human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Abogadas MX

April 2022

Author

How to recognize an upright company?

Abogadas MX

July 2021

Author.

Mexico: Approval of constitutional reform that expands the list of crimes that merit mandatory pretrial detention (including tax crimes)

Baker Mckenzie Insight Plus

December 2024

On 13 November 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approved the reform to the second paragraph of Article 19 of the Mexican Constitution, regarding mandatory pre-trial detention rules. The reform expands the list of crimes that merit mandatory pre-trial detention to include extortion; crimes under applicable laws committed for the illegal introduction and diversion, production, preparation, sale, acquisition, import, export, transportation, storage and distribution of chemical precursors and essential chemical substances, synthetic drugs, fentanyl and derivatives; smuggling/contraband and any activity related with false invoices, under the terms established by criminal and tax law. The crimes of tax fraud and drug dealing were excluded from the approved reform.

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