David A. RANGEL-ORTIZ
. Born Mexico City , 1954; admitted to practice
1978, Mexico . Graduated from Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de Mexico UNAM, (LL.B.); Georgetown University , Washington
, D.C. (O.P.A.L., 1978); University of Toronto (LL.M.,
1979); Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Proprieté
Industrielle , Strasbourg , 1979; Universidad Panamericana
, Mexico City (Specialization in Tax Law, 1980, with
honours ). In his professional practice he has acted
as Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors of various
private and public companies. He has participated as a
mediator, arbitrator and conciliator in private mediation,
arbitration and conciliation proceedings. Over the last
thirty years, he has advised local and foreign companies
in local and international commercial and corporate transactions,
foreign investments, joint ventures, intellectual property,
mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, real estate,
transfer of technology matters; and other administrative,
civil and commercial transactions. He collaborated with
the Director of the Revista Mexicana de la Propiedad
Industrial y Artística and is an English
and Spanish Expert Translator. A member of the Barra Mexicana,
Colegio de Abogados (Mexican Bar Association), he has
attended and participated in congresses, courses, symposia,
conferences and meetings in Mexico and abroad, related
to corporate law, foreign investment, transfer of technology,
intellectual property, tax law, commercial arbitration,
real estate, securities, etc. Author of La Protección
del Diseño Industrial en México, Mexico
City, 1978 , Trademarks: International Protection
and Basic Features of the Mexican and Canadian Legal Systems
, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 1979, Trust
and Fideicomiso, a Comparative Overview, Toronto,
1979 , El diseño industrial en la nueva legislación
mexicana de propiedad industrial in: Revista
Mexicana de la Propiedad Industrial y Artística
, Nos. 31-31, 1978, La protección del
arte aplicado en la legislación autoral mexicana
in: Estudios de Derecho Intelectual en Homenaje
al profesor David Rangel Medina , Instituto de Investigaciones
Jurídicas, UNAM Mexico 1998.
