{"id":8860,"date":"2016-07-17T08:06:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T14:06:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:20:49","slug":"pereznieto-d-leonel-en","status":"publish","type":"abogados","link":"https:\/\/www.creel.mx\/en\/our-lawyers\/pereznieto-d-leonel-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonel Pereznieto Del Prado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LEONEL PEREZNIETO IS A PARTNER IN THE FIRM&#8217;S MEXICO CITY OFFICE AND HEADS THE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS THE INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLIANCE PRACTICE GROUPS. HE IS CO-HEAD OF THE INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE PRACTICE AREA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more than two decades, Leonel Pereznieto del Prado has provided legal counsel to clients at the intersection of risk transfer, crisis management, public law, and regulatory enforcement. He has a well-trodden history of conducting complex investigations and assisting clients in successfully weathering government enforcement actions.<\/p>\n<p>His expertise and experience in the fields of insurance and reinsurance, transportation, mining, and security\/defense procurement place him in an unparalleled position to guide global clients through the labyrinth of non-contentious and contentious dealings in these sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Leonel has acted as expert in Mexican law before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the District Court, Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division.<\/p>\n<p>Leonel has been ranked in the top tiers for both insurance and compliance by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.<\/p>\n<p>He obtained his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in 1998, an LL.M. from University College London in 1999, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University in 2000. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 2001. He worked as a foreign associate in the Washington, D.C. office of WilmerHale and served as a legal intern with Judge Peter J. Messitte at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He is a member of the International Bar Association (Anti-Corruption Committee and Insurance Committee) and of the American Bar Association (International Anti Money Laundering Committee).<\/p>\n<p>Some of his relevant publications include: &#8220;Terrorism Insurance in Mexico in the Age of Drug Wars: A Perspective for Reinsurers,&#8221; The Euromoney Yearbook, International Reinsurance Review 2011\/2012; &#8220;Must Global Reinsurers Get Dragged into Litigation in Mexico,&#8221; The Euromoney Yearbook, International Reinsurance Review 2012\/2013; Mexico Chapter in &#8220;The Transport Finance Law Review,&#8221; Law Business Research 2015; &#8220;Insurance Anti-Money Laundering Regime Developments in Mexico,&#8221; The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Insurance and Reinsurance 2019; &#8220;The New Normal \u2013 Political Risk Insurance in Mexico,&#8221; Chambers &amp; Partners Guide, 2022; &#8220;The State of Anticorruption Enforcement in Mexico,&#8221; GIR Insight, Americas Investigations Review 2021; &#8220;When Good Companies Get Caught Up in the Fight \u2013 A Practical Crisis Management Guide for Doing Business in Mexico,&#8221; The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management, Fourth Edition, Law Business Research 2021.<\/p>\n<p>His native language is Spanish. 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