Carlos Ledezma
Associate, Mexico
PRACTICE AREAS
- IP Enforcement
EDUCATION
- Law Degree, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
- Master’s of Law Degree, Criminal Law, National Institute of Criminal Science, Mexico
- Certification in Final Oral Hearing Litigation Techniques, Emory University, United States
LANGUAGES
- Spanish
- English
Carlos Ledezma has been an associate in the Intellectual Property Enforcement Department at the Arochi & Lindner Mexico law office since 2015. He has more than 20 years of experience across different areas of law, specializing in criminal litigation and, most recently, copyright and intellectual property crimes.
Carlos advises on the implementation of efficient strategies to prosecute intellectual property crimes that minimize risk and liabilities. He has represented clients in a variety of sectors including the fashion, luxury, and sporting goods industries, certification bodies, as well as technology and video game companies.He has extensive experience as a litigator in complex intellectual property and copyright criminal disputes.
He has successfully litigated complex criminal/contentious proceedings before the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and local State Attorney General´s Offices, including the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City, as well as the Judicial Branch of the Federation. He is also an expert in anti-piracy operations.
Carlos has a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a master’s degree in criminal law from the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Penales of Mexico. Additionally, he has taken a seminar on intellectual property at the Universidad Panamericana of México and several courses in the new accusatory system, the most prominent including from Emory University in Atlanta, California Western School of Law in San Diego, and NYU, all in the United States, and a course in International Criminal Litigation at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Chile. He has also been a guest speaker at various forums and universities on the subject.
