Of Counsel

Luz Maria Tamés Peña
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate and company law, Immigration Law, Non-Profit Organizations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Luz María has more than twenty five years of experience in the practice of corporate law, merger & acquisitions, trust, immigration law, and non-profit organizations. She worked in Bufete García Ruíz, S.C., García Naranjo y Cantú, S.C., Cantú Reus Abogados, S.C. y Cantú, Ramírez y Puga, S.C., law firms, where she worked in corporate matters; mergers, divisions, dissolutions and liquidations of companies; industrial property and copyrights; public placement of stocks, SWAP operations, and incorporation and management of non-profit organizations, among others.
Likewise, she worked at Notary Public 30 of Mexico City and at the Finance and Public Credit Ministry.
Luz María joined Sámano Abogados, S.C. on October 16, 2018, to strengthen our team in the Corporate Law area, focusing on doing due diligence and corporate updates, drafting and reviewing of contracts and in general corporate matters.
EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Laws. Pan-American University, 1992, Mexico City. Honorable Mention.
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Specialization in International Financial and Commercial Law. Pan-American University, 1994, Mexico City.
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Diploma in Arbitration Law. Free Law School and Mexican Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), 1996, Mexico City.
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Seminar on Incoterms 2000. Mexican Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), 2000, Mexico City.
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Seminar on Electronic Commerce: Legal Aspects. Mexican Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), 2000, Mexico City.
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Seminar on the Comprehensive Vision of the Opening of the Midstream (Transportation, Storage and Distribution of Hydrocarbons) and the Gas Station Sector, 2016, Mexico City.
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Doctorate. Faculty of Law of the Pan-American University, 2013, Mexico City. Honorable Mention.
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Master's Degree in International Business Law from the University of Barcelona, 2025
RECOGNITIONS
Recognition of the 2019 Pro Bono Trajectory and Winner of the Robert Herzstein Medal awarded by the Fundación Appleseed México, A.C. for more than 25 years of outstanding pro bono work in legal strengthening for non profit organizations.
PUBLICATIONS
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Author of: “The Regulation of the Executive Committee in Business Corporation of Variable Capital”.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
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Professor of Commercial Companies at Pan-American University (Universidad Panamericana), Law School, 2013, Mexico City.
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Professor of Commercial Law and Introduction to the Study of Law at Pan-American University (Universidad Panamericana), at School of Economics and Business (“ECCE”), 2000 to the date.
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Professor of Legal Framework of Innovation and Monetization Innovation as a Corporate Strategy, Faculty of Engineering, Pan-American University (Universidad Panamericana), 2000 to the date.
LANGUAGES
English
French
