Member Profiles

Mrs Mariam Rajabally has been appointed as Board Member of the FSC since 26 April 2019. She is a Partner at a leading accounting firm specialising in transaction advisory services and corporate finance. She has been involved in a number of large transactions in different sectors. Mrs Rajabally also advises on local and international tax matters. She regularly conducts workshops on a number of topics. She is also currently a Commissioner at the Competition Commission of Mauritius. Mrs Rajabally holds an LLB from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Post Graduate Diploma from the University of Oxford and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) with PricewaterhouseCoopers, London.

International corporate lawyer with extensive cross-cultural experience in private practice, government, Compliance, US, EU, México and Latin America business. Expertise in the automotive industry, nutritional, pharmaceuticals and energy. Skilled at collaborating with top Management and clients as a business partner using the law constructively and cost-efficiently. Strategic accomplishment of critical business tasks under pressure and in changing environments. Strong hands-on approach with a proactive application of the law to implement sound and positive solutions tailored to the needs of the business while preventing risk exposure. Key wins include renegotiation of debts and coordination of litigation in several foreign jurisdictions protecting major assets and saving companies tens of millions of US Dollars. Fluent in Spanish, English, German, French. Working knowledge of Portuguese.

Roberto has more than 20 years of experience representing clients during trials on real estate matters, recovery of past due portfolios, compliance with different types of contracts, class actions, conflicts between shareholders, civil liability, as well as pain and suffering matters, mediation and arbitration processes, among others.  His outstanding work has strengthened his position in Mexico as an expert in litigation, commercial arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR)  proceedings. He is a member of the Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México (INCAM), International Chamber of Commerce México (ICC Mexico), International Bar Association (IBA), Instituto Mexicano de la Mediación (IMM), Club Español de Arbitraje (CEA) and Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB) He was Professor of Obligations II at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. He earned his law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City; has a Legal Specialization in Civil Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, in Mexico; has a Diploma in the New Constitutional Regulation of Human Rights and Protection from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, in Mexico; a Diploma in Anti-Corruption from the ICC Mexico-Universidad Panamericana, in Mexico and LL.M in Constitutional Law and Human Rights from the Universidad Panamericana, in Mexico. In addition, he is a Master’s candidate at Queen Mary University of London, in Arbitration and International Dispute Resolution. Arbitration Civil and Commercial Litigation ADR

Luis´s large knowledge of the legal areas where he participates, in addition to his deep understanding of the daily course of diverse business, enables him to help his clients to achieve the expected results. His client portfolio in México and abroad include some of the most important company´s in their respective sector. He also teaches Economic Competition courses in several universities in Mexico and serves on the board of directors of several national and foreign companies.

Jorge Almanza is a founding partner at ICL | Inintegrum CorporaciónLegal where he specializes in corporate law handling all types of corporate matters, he has been involved for more than 20 years in mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, foreign investment, joint ventures, international transactions, in the automotive and aerospace foreign investment in Mexico, participating as counsel to various foreign investment business groups within the automotive and aerospace manufacturing industry. Jorge Almanza holds a law degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a master's degree in business law from Universidad Anáhuac, and diplomas in Foreign Trade,Anti-Corruption and Compliance. He is currently a professor at Tec de Monterrey teaching the Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Finance.