Member Profiles

Education: Law Degree from the Centro Universitario México (CUM) 2001. DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property taught by the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). DL-301 Advanced Course on Patents taught by the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). DL-302 Advanced Course on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications taught by the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Professional Experience: Ortiz Iñiguez y Asociados, SC (Intern, July to December 1997). De Jure, SC (Associate, January to August 1998). Legarreta y Asociados, SC (Associate, September 1998 to December 2004). Legarreta y Asociados, SC (2005) Partner. Specialties: Industrial and Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Foreign Investments, Companies, Purchase and Sale of Assets, Immigration Law. Acknowledgments: Expert recommended by the publication The 1000 World Patent Leaders (IAM Patent The World's Leading Patent Professionals). Expert recommended by the publication The 1000 World Leaders in Brands (WTR The World's Leading Trademark Professionals). Recognized by the publication Stars in Industrial Property (IP Stars). Expert in Corporate Law recommended by the publication Abogados Globales Expertos (Global Law Experts). Award as Leading Lawyer in Industrial Property by the publication Abogados Líderes (Leading Advisors Awards). Recognized as an International Expert Lawyer in Industrial Property by the publication International Advisory Experts. Other activities: Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA). Speaker at the AIPLA 2020 Spring Virtual Meeting Session “International Deal Making: IP Considerations for a Global Supply Chain”. Languages: Spanish and English.

Brenda Cordova leads the Mexico law practice for Braumiller Law Group, PLLC. She has been involved in Mexican Customs and trade matters since 1994. In January of 2007, the mayor of the city of Rioverde in San Luis Potosi appointed Brenda to serve consecutive three-year terms leading the local office of the Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (Foreign Trade Minister) Brenda has always been actively involved in supporting the community and providing pro bono services for an extensive list of worthy organizations and causes. For example, she participates on the Board of Trustees for the Centro de Orientacion y Desarrollo Infantil, A.C., which is a home shelter for abused children.

Carlos is the founding and managing partner of Calderon & De La Sierra and has devoted his professional life to Intellectual Property. While his principal activities have traditionally encompassed litigation and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, he has also been active in counseling, prosecution, searches and strategy for both patents and trademarks. He frequently lectures in Mexico and abroad on a wide range of Intellectual Property Issues, and has actively collaborated with the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office and in professional associations involving Intellectual Property in legislative efforts and educational events pertaining to Intellectual Property Issues. Carlos is a professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property Law for post-graduate courses at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and has been a visiting professor of Intellectual Property at the University of California and at Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City. He has written extensively on Intellectual Property issues and is the co-author of the book “Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Investigation”, Ed. Porrua / Law School of the National Autonomous University of México; México, D.F., 2012

Lawyer, graduated from the Free School of Law, specialist in Labor Law from the Universidad Panamericana, completed Doctorate, in the process of graduation. Founding partner and General Director of the firm Natividad Abogados, SC; 40 years ago, with operations throughout the Mexican Republic. Member of the Labor Commission and the Board of Directors of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE); He was President of the same for 17 years 2002-2019. President of the Mexican Society of Labor Law and Social Security. Vice President of the International Society for North America, Panama and the Dominican Republic. Negotiator for the private sector in the reform processes of the Mexican Federal Labor Law, negotiating tables, forums and committees integrated for this purpose with the Labor Sector, from 1987 until the 2012 reform, participating in the new reform of the Constitution and Mexican Labor Law of 2017 and 2019. Member of the Technical Advisory Group on Labor Matters of the CCE related to the USMCA or T-MEC (International Treaty between the United States, Mexico and Canada). Member of the Council of the National Minimum Wage Commission, for the Business Sector from 1980 to date where he was the Sector Spokesperson for 17 years. Advisor of the business sector of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th National Commissions for the Participation of Workers in the Profits of PTU companies in 1985, 1996, 2009, 2019 and 2020 respectively. Member of ANADE, BMA, IBA, Bar Association, AC, Illustrious and National Bar Association of Mexico, AC Speaker and Teacher of labor issues in the business sector in specialized forums on the subject of Business Labor at a National and International level.

Jesús Rodríguez Dávalos is Partner of the firm and a specialist in the main components of the energy sector such as: petroleum, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, petrochemicals, petroleum products, refining, power generation, clean energy and offshore projects related to the sector; as well as the components of strategic infrastructure projects.  With over 20 years of experience, he has advised national and international companies, as well as the federal government and local governments in the development, implementation and efficient operation of investment projects and the management thereof. He has represented natural gas distribution companies since 1995. Since 2000, he has advised independent power production companies, cogeneration plants and renewable energy projects in more than 12 different states in Mexico and Central America. He represents more than 5000 MW of installed or developing capacity. For the last 14 years he has advised Pemex on strategic alliances for matters regarding gas pipelines and storage terminals. Under his leadership more than 5500 km of rights of way for strategic projects have been released. He represents more than 2500 gas stations. He represents 16 E & P blocks. Mr. Rodriguez and his team recently worked with Pemex to obtain the permits and regulated tariffs for 8 transportation systems of oil, petroliferous and petrochemicals, as well as those of 77 petrochemical and oil product storage facilities.  He has actively consulted on the processes for creating legal systems that are applicable to the energy field such as: the Hydrocarbons Law; Regulation of Activities to which Title III of the Hydrocarbons Law refers; the Energy Regulatory Commission Law; Natural Gas Regulations; Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulations, and Guidelines on natural gas and liquid petroleum gas, etc. He has also successfully advised various industry associations on regulatory issues. He has led numerous projects considered strategic and "first of it kind" such as the first SWAP operation of natural gas in Mexico; the first private transmission pipeline for liquefied petroleum gas; the development of the legal and financial strategy for the first private pipeline in Mexico for the transmission of petrochemicals between processing centers; the first cross-border wet gas export pipeline to the United States of America; the development of the strategy for legal, contractual and regulatory projects of strategic importance to Mexico such as the "Los Ramones" natural gas transmission system in its three stages; the storage terminal for liquefied petroleum gas in Zapotlanejo; among many other projects of national and international importance. As part of his previous experience, Jesús participated in the representation of Pemex abroad in the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He later worked at a law firm in Washington and then founded Rodríguez Dávalos Abogados.  He is the President of the Mexican Right of Way Association (Asociación Mexicana de Derecho de Vía) and is a member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA). He is a Director and Secretary of the Board for the Mexican Natural Gas Association and Legal Adviser to the World Energy Council. He is a member of the Publications Committee of the American Gas Association and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), among other associations. Jesús Rodríguez is also the founder of “Cutting Edge Sports & Entertainment” since 2012 in which, among other projects, represented the soccer deal for athlete Giovani Dos Santos with the Los Angeles Galaxy and produced Miss Universe in the Mexico edition in 2007. Cutting Edge has helped finance and produce 6 feature films including “Opening Night” featuring stars Topher Grace and Rob Riggle, “Deadtectives” featuring stars Martha Higareda and Chris Geere and more recently “3 Idiotas” directed by Carlos Bolado. He studied Law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He recently published a compilation of Laws and Regulations from the Energy Reform.