Lorena Valencia Rosales

With over ten years of experience in corporate and contract law, she provides continuous advisory to domestic and international companies across different economic sectors, on complex and atypical contract negotiations as well as corporate and regulatory governance compliance.

Over the same period, she has led advisory and negotiations for the establishment of airlines, airports and dispatch offices, as well as private-sector clients, demonstrating women's leadership in the aviation sector.

Experience and background

Member of the International Aviation Women's Association (IAWA), where she serves as Mexico's representative on the Latin American and Caribbean Committee and is also part of the Legal Committee.

Columnist at Aviación 21 (A21), writing articles on national and international aviation legislation.

Pro bono, she provides legal advisory and social support to Trueqmx, working with terminally ill children.

Aeronautical and airport services:

Comprehensive advisory to clients on national and international legislation to identify responsibilities and obligations of permit holders and concessionaires of domestic, international, regular, non-regular, passenger, cargo and private commercial air transport services; commercial private air transport; and non-commercial private transport.

Due diligence and advisory to permit holders and/or concessionaires of regular domestic, non-regular domestic, private commercial and private non-commercial air transport services for expanding operations in Mexican territory.

Compliance, advisory and strategy for permit holders of flight dispatch services.

Compliance, advisory and critical-path planning for foreign airlines commencing aeronautical operations in Mexican territory.

Review of national and international insurance policy compliance for air sector permit holders.

Obtaining Validation of Airlines' Operations Specifications (AOC).

Analysis, critical-path planning, compliance and drafting of filings for obtaining international air transport, domestic air transport, air taxi and flight dispatch office permits.

Obtaining nationality marks from the Mexican Aeronautical Registry.

Routine supervision and due diligence of on-board aircraft documents to prevent fines and sanctions during airport audits.

Analysis and drafting of compensation policies in accordance with current legislation, and submission to PROFECO through approval.

Supervision, drafting and negotiation of national and international contracts (English and Spanish) for dispatch, maintenance, sale and lease agreements for aircraft, and code-sharing arrangements.

Advisory for the purchase, sale and recovery of aircraft and air transport equipment.

Advisory to airport goods and services providers forming part of the value chain in the aeronautical industry.

Corporate and contract services:

Incorporation and advisory for general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, limited joint-stock companies, cooperatives and simplified joint-stock companies.

Drafting and negotiation of shareholder agreements.

Drafting, review, amendment and negotiation of contracts across various industries.

Structuring of corporate arrangements with domestic and foreign related parties.

Legal due diligence in acquisition transactions.

Dissolution and liquidation of companies.

Mergers and spin-offs of companies.

Filing of notices with the National Foreign Investment Registry and the Commercial Companies Portal.