About
FERNANDO GUTIÉRREZ IS COUNSEL IN THE MEXICO CITY OFFICE AND A MEMBER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PRACTICE.
Fernando focuses on constitutional and administrative law. His practice encompasses a broad range of public law disciplines, including public procurement law, budget law, environmental law, energy law with particular emphasis on the petroleum sector, administrative liability of public officials, State liability, urban development, civil aviation, economic competition, consumer protection, and standards and metrology law.
He has more than 20 years of experience in both advisory and litigation matters across the public and private sectors. In private practice, he was involved in several negotiations and litigation matters of vital importance to Mexico's aviation sector during a particularly significant period marked by the government's interest in once again participating directly in the provision of air transportation services. He also founded his own firm, Gutiérrez Vázquez y Serra, S.C., which operated until 2018. In the public sector, he served at the Supreme Court of Justice with Justice Sergio Armando Valls Hernández and at the Ministry of Public Administration. During his time at the Ministry, he worked in the Comptroller's Office at PEMEX Refinación as Head of the Appeals Unit and, from February 2011, served for two years as Head of the Internal Audit Office of the Comptroller's Office at P.M.I. Comercio Internacional, S.A. de C.V., appointed by the Ministry of Public Administration.
Fernando earned his Law degree (J.D. equivalent) in 2004 from Universidad Panamericana, where he also completed a Master's Degree in Administrative Law. He has served as a professor of Administrative Procedure Law and Administrative Law at Universidad Panamericana. He is fluent in Spanish and English.