Carlos Cisneros Valdez

Bachelor of Laws from Universidad Iberoamericana, with a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a specialization in Political Coordination from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience in the financial, corporate, and regulatory sectors, with a focus on personal data protection, information security, and electronic banking.

He has been a partner at PMRC Abogados since 2015, where he leads projects related to regulatory compliance, antitrust, and financial services through electronic means (Fintech). He has successfully coordinated legal defenses before authorities such as CONDUSEF, including the renewal of financial licenses and the structuring of mass operations for regulated entities. He also leads mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings for business groups.

He is an active member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados), participating in the Administrative and Commercial Law Committees. He also served as a member of the Executive Council of the Mexican Consumer Association, where he promoted legal tools for the defense of consumer rights.

He is fluent in Spanish and English at a professional level, and speaks Italian at an intermediate level. He was awarded the Carl Alameda Award for Leadership and Public Service (USC, 2013) and has published in international legal media such as JURIST.

As part of his professional experience he has given legal advice on ci-vil, commercial and financial law, writ of amparo and class actions. He has successfully participated in the preparation and negotiation of se-veral types of agreements including: financial factoring, transfer, all types of credit, procurement, operating and financial leasing, works, services, trusts, joint ventures, association in participation, as well as in the incorporation and acquisition of commercial corporations. Likewise, he has given different types of counseling on public tenders and pre-vention of money laundering and personal data protection.

Achievements: (i) Successful adviser to one of the most important suppliers of financial services in Europe, rated as Top 10 for a multimillion-dollar tender promoted by the Ministry of Education; (ii) structuring an electronic financial factoring operation, that regulates the daily operations of a Fortune 100 corporation in Mexico; and (iii) counseling for one of the largest suppliers of financial leasing in Mexico during the negotiation and implementation of leasing contracts in an amount in excess of 10 million USD.