Bio

Juan Carlos Burgos is passionate about antitrust and regulatory issues. With his advice, clients benefit from invaluable experience obtained from his participation in challenging pre-merger filing proceedings, particularly involving regulated sectors and industries, as well as cartel and dominance investigations. Juan Carlos frequently advises and represents telecommunications, financial and pharmaceutical companies. In addition, he frequently works with our Energy team on competition issues associated with the electricity and hydrocarbon markets, as well as with Administrative Litigation team in amparo proceedings where competition matters are addressed. In addition, he offers specialized compliance and integrity advice to our clients. Juan Carlos actively participates in the academic sector and in competition advocacy matters, where he has several publications in competition and regulatory matters, as well as participating in several forums of attorney bars and associations. He graduated with honors from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) (2009) and has an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School under a Fulbright – García Robles Scholarship (2011). Before joining us, Juan Carlos was a special legal advisor to the former Mexican competition authority and also worked at other prestigious law firms in Mexico. In addition, he worked as an International Associate in the competition group at Uría Menéndez Abogados, in their Madrid and Brussels offices (2013-2014). He is recognized as “Up and Coming” in the 2023 Chambers Latin American Guide in the Competition/Antitrust practice. He is also ranked as “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 2023 Latin American Guide in the same teams. In addition, he is recognized as member of the team ranked as “Elite” by the specialized publication Global Competition Review and Latin Lawyer recognizes him as leader in Competition, TMT and Compliance in the Mexican legal sector.