Mexican Attorney.

Lic. Carlos Hernandez-Ojeda, LL.M.
Founder

Carlos is a licensed Mexican Attorney specialized in Mexican Real Estate and Corporate laws. After several years of practicing as an Attorney in Mexico City, Carlos relocated to Austin, Texas to pursue his Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from The University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, where he graduated in 2004. His main areas of studies in American law were business, contract and immigration law.

His transactional experience as a Mexican Attorney include counseling clients buying Real Estate in Mexico (border and coastal properties), incorporation and organization of new businesses in Mexico, review of transactional matters, cross border financing and other Mexican law related matters.
Because of his experience in Real Estate in Austin and after working for American law firms, he understands the needs and expectations of American clients when retaining a Mexican Attorney. His association with top Mexican Attorneys and law firms allow him to represent clients in a cost effective but competent manner.
His goal is to make American clients comfortable knowing that they are represented by a highly trained and ethical professional.

Email Carlos: Carlos@HernandezOjeda.com

Professional Experience

  • HERNANDEZ-OJEDA
    Foreign Legal Advisors
    Founding Member
    Austin, TX
  • Counsel to clients in cross-border investments and negotiations.
  • Main areas of practice include cross-border real estate investments, business/corporate, labor and immigration law.
  • Advisor on international mergers and acquisitions, negotiation and drafting of legal documents including joint venture agreements and Mexican government contracts.
  • Legal representation including incorporation and governance of new businesses, negotiation of existing and new real estate contracts, review and negotiation of real estate trusts, promissory agreements, lump sum agreements, permits, escrow, due diligence, deeds and other related documents involved in real estate transactions in Mexico.
  • Clients include real estate investors from California, Texas and Edmonton (Canada) with business and investments in Mexico.
  • Coordinate and oversee local counsel in Mexico to assist with legal matters requiring presence in different cities of Mexico.
  • Represented investors, sellers and buyers in purchase, sale and lease of over 13 million dollars of residential real estate in Texas. Assisted clients with contract negotiation, escrow and secure domestic and international financing.

  • HERNANDEZ SIMPSON, LLP.
    Foreign Associate
    Austin, TX
  • Assisted primary Counsel in drafting all type of legal documents, briefs, petitions, motions and demand letters. Participated in the planning and creation of new business entities including partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations.

  • BANCOMEXT Mexican Bank of Foreign Trade
    Special Counsel
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • Counsel to the trustee of the bankruptcy of Bufete Industrial SA de CV (one of the largest construction companies in Mexico with operations in ten other countries) on corporate governance, foreign subsidiaries, and officers’ liability. Retain and coordinate local counsel in the US.

  • BERMUDEZ, WIENCKE & BERMUDEZ, SC.
    Associate Attorney
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • Main areas of practice: corporate and labor law.

  • MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
    Advisor to the General Director of Human Resources and Procurement
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • Special Counsel to the Federal Ministry of Social Development on implementation of personnel employment policies and labor liability mitigation.
  • Carlos has represented clients in Real Estate transactions in Texas worth over 16 million dollars. Education
  • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (2004)
    Master of Laws (LL.M.)
    President of the 2003-2004 LL.M. Class.

  • THUNDERBIRD, School of Global Management (2001)
    Select courses of the Master of Business Administration curriculum.

  • UNIVERSIDAD ANAHUAC DEL SUR-LATINOAMERICANA (1998)
    Law Degree, Mexico

    Languages:

    Fluent in English and Spanish.


    Academics:

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
    Instructor of "Doing Business in Mexico, and Buying Real Estate in Mexico".

    Clerkships
  • COURT OF APPEALS, 12TH TRIBUNAL, SECOND CIRCUIT
    Clerk to the Honorable Federal Magistrate Hilario Barcenas.
  • DIAZ MIRON ABOGADOS, S.C.
  • JAUREGUI, NAVARRETE Y NADER, S.C.

    Email Carlos: Carlos@HernandezOjeda.com

    Publications:

    “Proposal to modify the existing regulations of vacations and holidays of the Mexican Federal Labor Law” Excerpt published in the Law Journal of the National Association of Corporate Counsels. Volume 19, August 2000. Pages 35 to 38.
    The Mexican legislature adopted in 2007, several of the recommendations made in the thesis and modified the Mexican Federal Labor Law to promote greater productivity of the labor force.

    Licensed to practice law only in Mexico


    Some of his activities and affiliations:
  • UT Law School Immigration Clinic. (Fall 2003)
  • Austin Marathon Finisher (2010)
  • Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association.
  • Austin Board of Realtors.
  • National Association of Realtors.
  • Texas Asociation of Realtors.