Experience

Aragon Partners LLP Other
Founder
12/2009 - Present
Founded a five attorney corporate law firm based in New York with an office in Mexico City. The firm advises institutional and non-institutional clients on their investments in a range of investments such as commercial real estate, energy, and medical technology. Other areas of practice include employment, corporate finance, and all aspects of real estate.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc Corporate Strategy & Development
Assistant General Counsel and Merchandising Consultant
12/2004 - 3/2008
Led a team that served as a legal and strategic partner to Wal-Mart Real Estate, Design and Construction. Managed a team of In-house attorneys, paralegals and over forty outside attorneys.

Performed extensive analysis of proposed projects ranging from merchandising concepts, site selections, and optimizing the effectiveness of Wal-Mart's Sustainability initiatives.

EXCEL SECURITY Corporate Strategy & Development
Head of Marketing and Chief Counsel
9/2000 - 10/2004
Served as General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer for a vertically integrated security company with over 600 employees. Responsible for the 900% growth of a security technology company over a two-year period by creating effective channels of communication between the Sales and Marketing and Operations Teams. Devised and implemented protocols for nearly all management and non-management functions.

Duval & Stachenfeld LLP Other
Associate
7/1998 - 7/2000
Represented opportunity funds in real estate investments. Deal structures typically involved a “money partner” and an operating partner, in which the operating partner received preferred equity subject to achieving specified IRR benchmarks. Transaction dollar volume exceeded USD $2 Billion.

Hogan Lovells/Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres-Landa, S.C Other
International Associate
8/1995 - 12/1997
Advised US and international companies in connection with their operations in Mexico.