About
ERNESTO PALACIOS JUÁREZ IS A PARTNER OF THE FIRM IN THE MEXICO CITY OFFICE. HIS PRACTICE FOCUSES ON LITIGATION.
Ernesto focuses his practice on civil, commercial, and administrative litigation, with particular depth in constitutional litigation. He advises on high-value civil disputes involving material, moral, and punitive damages, and on complex commercial litigation relating to financial institutions and services, including banking, insurance, financial leasing, and trusts, as well as the hospitality and real estate sectors. His practice also encompasses strategic administrative and constitutional litigation in sectors such as aviation, telecommunications, data protection, financial services, expropriations, public bids, concessions, construction, civil protection, antitrust, education, and railways.
He has litigated cases before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and has particular experience in amparo proceedings challenging the unconstitutionality of any kind of legislation. He gained extensive experience in constitutional proceedings (constitutional controversies between authorities, actions of unconstitutionality of federal laws, and dissolution of municipal branches of government proceedings) early in his career while working for the firm of a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, which informs his approach to designing litigation strategies involving constitutional issues.
He obtained his law degree from Universidad Panamericana in 2004 and his specialist degree in procedural law from the same institution in 2005. He has served as a professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidad Iberoamericana. He is co-author of the 1st through the 7th editions of "Complex Commercial Litigation, Chapter Mexico" published by The Law Reviews. His native language is Spanish, and he is fluent in English.