As counsel, Patricio leads the firm’s merger control front in the Antitrust and Competition practice area. He has over 15 years of experience advising and representing domestic and foreign companies, with special focus on regulatory matters, obtaining approvals in complex pre-merger filings before the Mexican Antitrust Commission (COFECE), among others.

The industries in which Patricio has obtained pre-merger clearances include agrochemicals, hospitality and timeshares, supermarkets, carbonated beverages, bottled water, services and processes in the oil and gas industries, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, textiles, valves, controls, and compressors. He also advises companies in investigations involving cartel behaviour and abuse of dominance cases.

Patricio also advises companies in corporate and commercial law matters. His international experience includes working as foreign associate at the New York office of Shearman & Sterling between 2011 and 2012.