José María Ortega

José María
Ortega

Partner

Spanish English

More than thirty years leading the firm’s civil and commercial litigation, insolvency proceedings, and international arbitration practices in Mexico and before foreign courts.

José María leads the firm’s Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency Proceedings, and International Arbitration practices. He regularly represents domestic and international entities in complex commercial disputes, including compliance with financial leasing, operating lease, and factoring agreements, enforcement of trusts and mortgage guarantees, as well as disputes in construction, energy, transportation, shareholder conflicts, and challenges to corporate resolutions. He has served as an expert in Mexican law before courts in the United States in insolvency proceedings and has extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration involving contract performance, construction, energy, and banking matters.

Civil Litigation Commercial Insolvency Proceedings International Arbitration Corporate Disputes Construction and Energy Cross-Border Litigation
+30
Years of experience
Columbia
LL.M. Law School
ICC
Arbitration Diploma
2
Working languages
Civil and Commercial Litigation

Complex disputes before state and federal courts. Financial leasing, factoring, trusts, and mortgage guarantees.

Insolvency Proceedings

Advice to debtors and creditors in inspection, conciliation, and bankruptcy. Negotiation of complex agreements and restructurings.

International Arbitration

Domestic and international arbitrations in construction, energy, banking, and shareholder disputes.

Corporate Disputes

Shareholder conflicts, challenges to corporate resolutions, and cross-border litigation.

Construction and Energy

Contractual disputes in the construction, energy, and transportation sectors, both in court and arbitration.

Cross-Border Litigation

Expert in Mexican law before U.S. courts. Coordination in international insolvency proceedings.

UNAM
Law Degree
(Honors, 1990–1994)
Faculty of Law
Columbia
Master of Laws · LL.M.
(1995–1996)
School of Law, New York
UP
Postgraduate Studies in Procedural Law
Civil and Commercial (1998–1999)
Universidad Panamericana
ICC · ELD
Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
(2001)
ICC Mexican Chapter
BMA
Diploma in Amparo Proceedings
(2007) · Active member
Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados