Our team
Our team consists of professionals specialized in different branches of the Mexican legal system as accounting, fiscal, economic, and financial sectors. We address our clients’ challenges with a specialized, multidisciplinary approach. Our rigorous and effective work methodology ensures excellence and decisiveness in solving the cases presented to us, always providing services with the greatest warmth, promptness, and quality to the client.
Martha Elizabeth Ibarra Navarrete
Business Legal Consulting Partner
ibarranavarrete@inkabogados.com
Attorney at Law, Master in Fiscal and Administrative Law, as well as Constitutional Law and “Amparo Law”. She holds diplomas in Taxes from ITAM and in Federal Judicial Processes. Former Magistrate of the Federal Administrative Court of Justice for ten years.
As a leader and strategist, she focuses on guiding and inspiring our team to create a shared vision and mission of comprehensive business service, committed to each of our clients, offering them impactful legal solutions…
Martha Elizabeth Ibarra Navarrete
Attorney at Law, Master in Fiscal and Administrative Law, as well as Constitutional Law and “Amparo Law”. She holds diplomas in Taxes from ITAM and in Federal Judicial Processes. Former Magistrate of the Federal Administrative Court of Justice for ten years. As a leader and strategist, she focuses on guiding and inspiring our team to create a shared vision and mission of comprehensive business service, committed to each of our clients, offering them impactful legal solutions that are highly profitable and contribute to the success of their social, legal, and economic interests, providing differentiation in quality, closeness, and experience. She is an expert in negotiation, seeking effective and decisive results with empathy and communication skills, promoting policies of flexibility and conciliation with equal opportunities.
EXPERIENCE
She has worked in litigation and as a Legal Advisor in the Disincorporation of Parastatal Entities of the Federal Public Administration at the Ministry of Public Function. At the Federal Administrative Court of Justice, she served as Secretary of Agreements for the First Thesis of the Second Regional Metropolitan Chamber, later ascending to Secretary of Study and Account of the Superior Chamber. Appointed by competitive examination and ratified by the Federal Executive and the Senate, she served as a Federal Magistrate until 2016, leaving a documented legal legacy at the Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Guadalajara, and other institutions, including the court itself.
CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES
She has been a speaker on Fiscal Law, Corporate Law, administrative contentious trials, foreign trade, taxes, online justice, human rights, economic competition, and more. She has participated in congresses, seminars, and courses on judicial administration, unfair foreign trade practices, customs clearance, fiscal reforms, transparency, intellectual property systems in Mexico, industrial property and trademarks, participated in the Ibero-American forum on administrative law on state liability, public works and related services, judicial ethics, humanism and its link with contemporary law, justice with a gender perspective, Human Rights and Control of Conventionality taught online by the UN, the SCJN, and INMUJERES. She is a certified specialist in Amparo Trial and expert in fiscal defense and corporate legal consulting. She supports brilliant law students from top universities, participating with the Association for the Study and Research of Fiscal Law in Mexico as part and sponsors of the National Sergio F. De La Garza Contest, which encourages new generations of future lawyers who will support the administration of justice and legality of actions.
Jorge Geovanni Ávalos Palafox
Business Legal Consulting Partner
avalospalafox@inkabogados.com
Attorney at Law, with a degree in Law from ITESO (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente), Master in Constitutional and Administrative Law by the University of Guadalajara.
Specialist in Fiscal and Administrative Law, with experience in federal public service as an official in the First Regional Chamber of the West of the then Federal Fiscal and Administrative Justice Court, now the Federal Administrative Justice Court, and in the…
Jorge Geovanni Ávalos Palafox
Attorney at Law, with a degree in Law from ITESO (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente), Master in Constitutional and Administrative Law by the University of Guadalajara.
EXPERIENCE
Specialist in Fiscal and Administrative Law, with experience in federal public service as an official in the First Regional Chamber of the West of the then Federal Fiscal and Administrative Justice Court, now the Federal Administrative Justice Court, and in the Tax Administration Service (Known in Mexico as SAT) as a Litigation Lawyer in the Local Legal Administration of Guadalajara. Member of the Mexican Bar Association (Known in México as “Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México”)
DIPLOMAS AND COURSES
Diplomas in High Specialization in Fiscal Matters offered by the Mexican Institute of Tax Analysis, as well as in Human Rights and Conventional Control, provided by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women. A course titled: “Summer Institute in Transnational Law and Practice” taught by the University of Washington.
José Benjamín Luquín Robles
Tax Associate
luquin@inkabogados.com
Master in Business Administration from the Monterrey Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, with a postgraduate degree in tax studies from the Universidad Panamericana.
Expert in taxes, finance, and business management. Tax and business advisor, company openings, mergers, spin-offs, corporate restructuring.
Comptroller and member of various business management boards.
Julio César Juárez Macías
Labor Law Associate
juarez@inkabogados.com
Bachelor of Law from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESO), class of 2001-2005.
Master in Corporate Law and International Business from the University of Valle de México, Zapopan campus, class of 2015-2017.
Currently a candidate for a Master’s in Social Security at Utegra Higher Education Center, ongoing since 2021.
Julio César Juárez Macías
Bachelor of Law from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESO), class of 2001-2005.
Master in Corporate Law and International Business from the University of Valle de México, Zapopan campus, class of 2015-2017.
Currently a candidate for a Master’s in Social Security at Utegra Higher Education Center, ongoing since 2021.
Founding partner of ABE Legal, a firm specializing in labor and social security matters, established in 2018, with offices in Jalisco and Colima.
He was the litigation area manager at Enfoque Laboral S.C. from 2013 to 2018.
He was a lawyer in the area of Administrative Responsibilities of Public Servants at the Internal Control Body of the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR).
Currently, he is a part-time professor at the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESO), where he has taught Individual Labor Law, Collective Labor Law, and Labor Procedural Law.
Instructor in the Master’s in Taxation program at the College of Public Accountants of Guadalajara.
Paola Leticia Argote Valencia
Corporate Associate
argote@inkabogados.com
She is a litigating attorney in fiscal and administrative matters, with experience in corporate law and money laundering prevention.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Guadalajara Campus, and holds a Master’s degree in Constitutional and Administrative Law from the University of Guadalajara…
Paola Leticia Argote Valencia
She is a litigating attorney in fiscal and administrative matters, with experience in corporate law and money laundering prevention.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Guadalajara Campus, and holds a Master’s degree in Constitutional and Administrative Law from the University of Guadalajara; she also has a Specialization in Administrative Justice from the Higher Studies Center in Fiscal and Administrative Law of the Federal Administrative Court of Justice.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study and Research of Fiscal Law in Mexico (AFIDEM) and the Organizing Committee of the National Sergio F. de la Garza Contest; she is a co-author of the chapter “Compliance Officers” in the book Money Laundering Prevention, Administrative, Criminal, and Procedural Topics published by Tirant lo Blanch.
Since October 2020, she has been certified as a Compliance Officer by the National Banking and Securities Commission.
She is a professor at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Guadalajara Campus, teaching Commercial Companies and Fiscal Law; she is also a certified translator for English, Spanish, and French, accredited by the Judiciary Council and the Supreme Court of Justice, both of the state of Jalisco.
Pedro Sandoval de Casas
Tax Associate
sandoval@inkabogados.com
He holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Guadalajara Campus, and is currently a candidate for a Master’s degree in Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Guadalajara; he also has a Specialization in Administrative Justice from the Higher Studies Center in Fiscal and Administrative Law of the….
Pedro Sandoval de Casas
He holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Guadalajara Campus, and is currently a candidate for a Master’s degree in Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Guadalajara; he also has a Specialization in Administrative Justice from the Higher Studies Center in Fiscal and Administrative Law of the Federal Administrative Court of Justice.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study and Research of Fiscal Law in Mexico (AFIDEM) and the Organizing Committee of the National Sergio F. de la Garza Contest; he has contributed as a columnist to the Consejero Empresarial magazine and is a co-author of the chapter “Compliance Officers” in the book Money Laundering Prevention, Administrative, Criminal, and Procedural Topics published by Tirant lo Blanch.
He is a professor at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Guadalajara Campus, teaching Constitutional Controls and Amparo; he is also a certified translator for English – Spanish and vice versa, accredited by the Judiciary Council and the Supreme Court of Justice, both of the state of Jalisco.
Alberto Maldonado Becerra
Financial Associate
maldonado@inkabogados.com
Bachelor of Law from Universidad Panamericana. Director of the Corporate Area at “Estrategia Legal Empresarial, S.C.,” established to advise companies of IPADE alumni.
Co-founder of the digital platform “Legalshare.” Collaboration table with the top 100 firms in Mexico for the implementation of the Financial Reform in terms of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF). This led to obtaining the first authorizations in Mexico to operate a financial…
Alberto Maldonado Becerra
Bachelor of Law from Universidad Panamericana.
(2010-2012) Director of the Corporate Area at “Estrategia Legal Empresarial, S.C.,” established to advise companies of IPADE alumni (2010-2012).
(2013) Co-founder of the digital platform “Legalshare.”
(2014) Collaboration table with the top 100 firms in Mexico for the implementation of the Financial Reform in terms of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF). This led to obtaining the first authorizations in Mexico to operate a financial intermediary SOFOM E.N.R. and Currency Exchange Centers.
(2014) Founder of Leganta, specializing in corporate and regulatory services.
(2015 – to date) Legal Director and Member of the Credit Committee at CAPEM financial.
(2016-2016) Executive Program in Venture Capital – Invescap by EGADE Business School.
(2016) Consultant on the review and interpretation panel for the second financial reform to credit auxiliary organizations and entities before the CNBV. (Representing the Investment Advisors Guild of Jalisco)
(2017) Co-founder of the leasing company Apalancamiento Empresarial, focused on the medical, agricultural, transformation, and technology industries.
(2017) External consultant for the comprehensive reform of the Natural Gas regulation in Jalisco. (Legal drafting and collaboration for the technical drafting of the document).
(2017) Achievement of the AML/CTF certification granted by the CNBV.
(2018) Associate in the Financial Regulation Area of the law firm Ibarra Navarrete & Kublich.
(2018-2019) Certification as an advisor at the Mexican Institute of Best Corporate Practices (IMMPC).
(2020) Founder of the Trustee “SDIF Mexico – Trust Design Service” / national Trustee delegate of said entity.
(2019-2021) Executive MBA (Medex) by the Pan American Institute of Top Business Management – IPADE (Guadalajara).
(2022) Member of the Association of Multiple Purpose Financial Societies in Mexico, A.C. (ASOFOM)
(2022) Candidate for the international AML certification from ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists).
(2022) Member of the National Association of Certified Compliance Officers, A.C. (ASONOC)
(2022) Co-founder of the Private Equity Fund “Asymetric,” focused on boosting startups and SMEs in Latin America.
(2022) External member of various Advisory Boards and Credit Committees in the financial services sector, medical industry, technology, and innovation.
Ana Paola Ramírez Ibarra
Associate
paola.ramirez@inkabogados.com
Bachelor of Laws, Diploma in Corporate and Business Law. Expert in Property and Fiscal Criminal Law, who contributes timely, effectively, and proactively, ensuring legal certainty to minimize legal risks in companies and maximize positive outcomes in their economic and social resources.
She excels in her analytical skills and high focus on results, working as part of a team, with negotiation skills, ease of communication, flexibility, and adaptability. Diploma in Intelligent Updating and Planning in…
Ana Paola Ramírez Ibarra
Bachelor of Laws, Diploma in Corporate and Business Law. Expert in Property and Fiscal Criminal Law, who contributes timely, effectively, and proactively, ensuring legal certainty to minimize legal risks in companies and maximize positive outcomes in their economic and social resources. She excels in her analytical skills and high focus on results, working as part of a team, with negotiation skills, ease of communication, flexibility, and adaptability. Diploma in Intelligent Updating and Planning in 2022.
Darío Mondragón González
Associate
mondragon@inkabogados.com
Litigating Attorney with a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Guadalajara, with experience in federal public service as an Official of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice, who has been recognized for his commitment and constant study of innovations in the application of Law and Justice.
Also served as Legal Advisor at Ramos, Ripoll y Schuster, Notaries 63 and 117 in Guadalajara, Jalisco; and at Corporativo Jurídico Valencia Ovalle, characterizing him as an excellent litigator…
Darío Mondragón González
Litigating Attorney with a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Guadalajara, with experience in federal public service as an Official of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice, who has been recognized for his commitment and constant study of innovations in the application of Law and Justice. Also served as Legal Advisor at Ramos, Ripoll y Schuster, Notaries 63 and 117 in Guadalajara, Jalisco; and at Corporativo Jurídico Valencia Ovalle, characterizing him as an excellent litigator specialized in business management and contracts. He was the Head of Contact and Management Attached to the Municipal Presidency of Bahía de Banderas.
Víctor Loreto
Associate
loreto.victor@inkabogados.com
Graduate of the Law program from the University of Guadalajara, with experience in administrative, fiscal, amparo (constitutional protection), property liability, alternative justice, family, criminal, and civil matters.
Has worked at: The Administrative Court of Justice of the State of Jalisco, Property Liability Trials, Agency 8 operative of Ciudad Niñez, related to crimes against minors, and the Medical Arbitration Commission of the State of Jalisco.
Víctor Loreto
Graduate of the Law program from the University of Guadalajara, with experience in administrative, fiscal, amparo (constitutional protection), property liability, alternative justice, family, criminal, and civil matters, has worked at: The Administrative Court of Justice of the State of Jalisco, Property Liability Trials, Agency 8 operative of Ciudad Niñez, related to crimes against minors, and the Medical Arbitration Commission of the State of Jalisco. Noted for handling and tracking all types of procedures before authorities, coupled with actively seeking the best solutions for our clients.
Socially Responsible Company
By promoting policies of flexibility and reconciliation, equal opportunities in promotions, diversity in hiring, strict compliance with regulations, proper management of conflicts of interest, efficient use of resources, and by providing our professional services voluntarily and without financial compensation to vulnerable individuals, we thus collaborate with the society of Mexico.
Members of the Mexican Bars Association (INCAM)
