A law-and-economics boutique for sensitive competition, regulatory & market-access decisions.
We advise companies, investors and institutions when market access, transaction viability, regulatory exposure or defense before authorities demands technical judgment, economic insight and senior legal execution. ASDEC intervenes before, during and after risk materializes.
- —M&A transactions, joint ventures or alliances with competition implications.
- —Investigations, information requests, inspections or authority proceedings.
- —Sensitive commercial strategies: pricing, distribution, exclusivities or information exchange.
- —Market entry, operation or expansion in regulated sectors.
- —Administrative, regulatory or constitutional litigation with an economic component.
- —Regulatory improvement, rulemaking design or reduction of regulatory burdens.
Competition / Antitrust
Investigations, cartel and exclusionary conduct, barriers and strategic defense.
Merger Control / M&A
Filing requirements, pre-closing conduct (gun jumping) and multi-jurisdictional coordination.
Regulated Markets
Authorizations, permits, concessions and administrative proceedings.
Legal-Economic Analysis
Relevant market, substantial market power, efficiencies and competitive effects.
Specialized Litigation / Regulatory Defense
Amparo proceedings, judicial review and defense against authority actions.
Regulatory Improvement / Rulemaking Design
Impact assessment, simplification and institutional regulatory design.
Legal judgment: procedural strategy, defense before authorities and document design.
Economic analysis: markets, incentives, efficiencies, barriers and competitive effects.
Institutional experience: regulatory processes, rulemaking design and interaction with authorities.
We do not merely analyze rules. We understand markets, incentives and consequences.
Foreign investors & international companies
Cross-border M&A, private equity and expansion into Mexico.
Nearshoring & regulated sectors
Energy, telecom, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure, technology.
Companies exposed to authorities
Investigations, information requests, inspections and sanctions.
Business groups & family-owned companies
Complex operations and corporate governance.
Business chambers & institutions
Regulatory agendas and sector representation.
Foreign law firms, universities & boards
Mexico-specific competition and regulatory counsel.
Mario Emilio Gutiérrez Caballero
UANL, Tulane, Oxford, Cambridge and UP. Former National Commissioner for Regulatory Improvement (CONAMER). Principal drafter of Mexico's 2014 Federal Economic Competition Law. Professor and author.
Edgar Alejandro Guerrero Flores
Master of Laws. 30 years of legal practice in Mexico. Extensive experience advising companies in regulated sectors and institutional representation before authorities.
Dr. Julio César Arteaga García
Ph.D. in Economics and full-time professor at UANL's School of Economics. Applied economic analysis in merger control and regulated markets.
Diego Jair Godínez Mendoza
10+ years in the public sector and public policy. Former Director of Liaison at CONAMER (energy and infrastructure).
- We diagnose
- We clear conflicts
- We design strategy
- We budget
- We execute
- We close
Sensitive decisions require specialized judgment.
Suggested next step: a confidential initial meeting to understand the matter, identify risks, validate conflicts and propose a work path, scope and budget.
All professional engagements are subject to prior conflict review and formalization through an engagement letter. Initial information does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney–client relationship.
- Phone
- +52 (81) 1097.1268
Torre Albia, Suite 1708, Blvd. Antonio L. Rodríguez No. 3000, Col. Santa María, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.