MEXICO
DEL RIO Y MORENO DE LEIJA ABOGADOS
DEL RIO Y MORENO DE LEIJA ABOGADOS is a law firm specialised in criminal law litigation and consultancy. Its offices are located in Mexico City, with a network of correspondent lawyers in the country’s major cities. The firm is comprised of lawyers with many years of professional experience. It offers a personal, high quality service, offering timely and effective solutions in criminal matters facing its clients. The firm’s commitment is to work in permanent communication with its clients to ensure the correct and accurate defence of their interests. DEL RIO Y MORENO DE LEIJA has participated in the drafting of various laws and rules regarding criminal law and human rights – hired by local governments as each state of the country has its own rules and laws – as well as by the federal government.
Alberto del RíoAzuara Partner Tel: +52 55 52024155 adr@drml.com.mx Tel: +52 55 52024155 www.drml.com.mx Paseo de las Palmas 751 – 6th Floor Lomas de Chapultepec 11010 Mexico City México
The firm’s practice areas are: criminal investigation, criminal trial, constitutional lawsuits, extraditions, provisional remedies and restraining orders, reclusion centres and application of sanctions, and consultancy and auditing services. DEL RIO Y MORENO DE LEIJA offers advice to both individuals and companies in the prevention and protection of their interests when their freedom, their assets or their rights are at risk. Due to the very nature of the firm’s specialised area – criminal law – it maintains the utmost confidentiality regarding the identity of its clients. The firm’s referrals are professionals and firms specialised in other judicial areas in both Mexico and abroad, and according to the criminal nature of the case, including: property crimes, tax crimes, banking and financial crimes, environmental crimes, crimes against life and body integrity, intellectual property crimes, crimes against public administration and justice, and others. Its consulting services have also been hired by local governments in the preparation of diverse initiative of law and rules regarding criminal law and human rights. Alberto del RíoAzuara established DEL RIO Y MORENO DE LEIJA with Jesus Moreno De Leija in 2009. He was secretary to Mexico City’s attorney general and to the attorney general of the Republic from 1988 to 1991. He was also a public counsellor in crime prevention. Mr Del Río entered private practice, and became partner of the criminal law firm, Bufete Luengo Creel, from 2000 to 2009. He was also previously a criminal law professor at Escuela Libre de Derecho.
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