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JUAN CARLOS OLLIVIER IS SENIOR COUNSEL IN THE FIRM'S MEXICO CITY OFFICE AND A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL MARKETS AND FINTECH PRACTICES.
Juan Carlos advises on capital markets, fintech, and financial regulation in general. Since joining the Firm, he has been instrumental in developing and leading the financial-regulatory practice, assisting clients in implementing disruptive business models in Mexico and in obtaining authorizations for the operation of financial entities and other regulated entities. His practice also encompasses investment funds, payment networks, and the fintech sector at large. He has been ranked as Band 1 in Fintech Legal by Chambers and Partners and has participated in various studies, reports, and symposia related to his legal practice.
Juan Carlos's prior experience includes over 10 years as in-house counsel at Scotiabank Inverlat Financial Group, where he advised on mutual funds, capital markets, fixed income, foreign exchange, listed derivatives, corporate finance, structured securities, and warrants, and was involved in the implementation of investment advisory services regulation and the financial reform. In the public sector, he served as General Counsel of Stock Affairs at the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), where he was responsible for reviewing and authorizing securities issuance, mutual funds, and stock regulations compliance, and participated in the development of mutual funds regulation. He also worked at the Institute for the Protection of Bank Savings and at Matheson Ormsby Prentice in Dublin, Ireland, where he was part of the team structuring programs for securities and structured notes issuance.
Juan Carlos obtained his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and a postgraduate degree in Financial Law from the same institution. He also holds a master's degree in International Business from Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France, and a diploma in Applied Finance Law from the Law Society of Ireland, Dublin.