Felipe Chapula

Felipe Chapula Almaraz is a partner at CCN, where he became the first non-founding partner of the firm where he has worked as an attorney since 1996. He is the partner in charge of CCN’s offices in Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez. His legal practice includes corporate, mergers and acquisitions, anti-trust, automotive and consumer products; as well as implementing business and customs strategies for exporters operating in accordance with numerous free trade agreements signed by Mexico.

Mr. Chapula is experienced in tax and customs law and has worked on numerous complex international business transactions, M&A and start ups. Mr. Chapula speaks English and Spanish fluently and is accustomed to representing U.S., European, Central American and South American clients in their operations and investments in Mexico, as well as with many Mexican companies operating domestically. Among the notable legal matters worked on over the years is Mr. Chapula’s work in multiple global acquisitions involving complex multi-subsidiary transactions and their anti-trust implications.

Education:

• Course on Negotiation: Creating Value in Deals and Disputes ( Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts), 2006
• Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, LL.M, 2000
• Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, J.D., 1996

Licensed:

• Mexico, 1998

Professional Memberships:

• Academia Mexicana de Derecho Energético (AMDE)

Practice Areas:

• Antitrust
• Automotive
• Corporate
• Customs
• International Trade
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Tax