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Mateo advises clients on the legal aspects of antitrust, regulation and international trade. He specializes in compliance proceedings for Mexican and international companies, as well as trade and industry associations, and represents clients in law enforcement matters before Mexican competition, foreign trade, and other regulatory agencies.

Between 2008 and 2013, he was General Director of Legal Affairs at the Federal Competition Commission. Between 1998 and 2008, he served as a Counselor and then Minister in the Mexican Mission to the World Trade Organization. He has acted as legal representative of Mexico in more than thirty disputes before the WTO, in addition to serving as a panelist or chairman in eight trade disputes before the WTO, and as a facilitator in the Airbus-Boeing case. He is an appeals arbitrator at the WTO and a member of the list of arbitrators of USMCA and the World Intellectual Property Organization, as well as being on the roster of various free trade agreements.

He has a law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a Masters degree in International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations.

Working languages: Spanish, English, French and German.