Profile
Jose Abel Rivera-Pedroza focuses on antitrust/competition issues affecting clients in different industries, including government merger review and investigations of alleged anticompetitive conduct, litigation and counseling. He regularly represents clients before the two Mexican competition authorities: Federal Economic Competition Commission and Federal Telecommunication Institute, as well as before the Federal Courts specialized in competition, telecommunications and broadcasting, and designs and implements antitrust/competition compliance programs for clients in Mexico.
Prior to joining the firm, Abel was an associate in other Mexican law firm dedicated to antitrust/competition matters, and, legal advisor at the Plenum of the former Federal Competition Commission. His experience combines and benefits from both points of view.
Concentrations
- Antitrust and competition litigation
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Government investigations
- Counseling and compliance
- Telecommunications
Capabilities
Experience
- Advised utility poles producers on regulatory and antitrust matters.°
- Advised film industry firms on regulatory and antitrust matters.°
- Advised cash/valuables-in-transit industry firms in antitrust matters.°
- Advised a broadcasting firm in the procedure conducted by the Federal Telecommunications Institute to declare a broadcasting firm as "predominant".°
- Advised the Mexico City International Airport in the first-ever investigation conducted by the Federal Economic Competition Commission to determine and regulate "essential facilities" and/or "barriers to competition", regarding the slots allocation process.°
- Advised the main Mexican bond paper producer to challenge the conditions imposed by the Federal Economic Competition Commission in a merger clearance procedure.°
- Advised consumers and public interest NGOs on antitrust, telecommunications and broadcasting matters.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Rivera-Pedroza prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig,S.C.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America Guide, "Latin America: Mexico – Competition and Antitrust," 2021
Credentials
- Law Degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2010
- Mexico
- Spanish, Native
- English, Fluent