Adrián Vázquez is a partner with Vázquez Tercero y Asociados, in México City, a highly sophisticated firm, which emphasizes its trade and customs law practice.
He was born in Mexico City in 1966 and is a law graduate from the UNAM in 1991. He has additional studies at the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas of the UNAM and has devoted his professional career to international trade and customs law.
Adrian Vazquez advises and represents a number of national and multinational companies, as well as foreign governments in trade and customs issues, particularly on antidumping, subsidies, safeguards, origin of goods, import and export controls, as well as in the interpretation of trade agreements. Mr Vazquez frequently appears before administrative agencies, the Federal Tax Court, Federal Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court of Justice and NAFTA Binational panels. Additionally, he has advised foreign governments on dispute resolution matters in connection with WTO challenges.
Adrian Vazquez was appointed by former Minister of the Department of Commerce, Mr Herminio Blanco, to appear on the Roster of Mexican Panelists authorized to solve NAFTA's Chapter 19 trade disputes. He is co-author of the book Sistema Antidumping Mexicano (the Mexican Dumping System); was appointed member to the evaluation committee of the National Export Award; international associate of the American Bar Association and the US Mexico Law Institute; honorary member of the Centre for International Legal Studies in Austria; founder member of the International Trade Practices Advisors Association, co-chair of the Antidumping Committee of the US-Mexico Bar Association, and vice-president of the Trade Commission of the Public Accountants Mexican Institute, among other titles and positions.
He has written extensively in national and international publications and has frequently appeared as invited speaker in Mexico, United States, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Brazil and Argentina, during a number of summits, regarding all type of trade related matters.
Adrian Vazquez has appeared in the most important trade disputes between Mexico and the US of present times. Among these are the cases of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from the US and meat of bovine and pork from the US. Adrian Vazquez was responsible for coordinating, as Mexican counsel, the response from all US producers and undertook the defence strategy before a NAFTA panel. Despite representing many foreign interests, Adrian Vazquez leads several Mexican industrial associations in trade matters.
He has appeared two times in a row as one of Latin America's top trade lawyers, in Latin Lawyer Magazine.
Adrian Vazquez speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese.
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