Mexican law firm Creel hires NAFTA renegotiator as partner
Mexican law firm Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez has hired Narciso Campos Cuevas, a former chief of staff at the finance ministry, to the position of partner, and who will form part of the firm’s compliance and financial services practices.
Campos’ main focus will be the financial services industry, and he will concentrate on advising financial intermediaries and related companies on regulatory matters, the law firm said.
Campos (pictured) was chief of staff to the Mexican foreign minister during the re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the US and Canada and, prior to that, he served as head of the banking, securities and savings unit of Mexico’s finance ministry.
On account of his prior position as a public official in the federal government, the firm has implemented all appropriate measures to ensure that his admission and practice as partner strictly adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards to avoid conflicts of interest, the law firm said.
From January 2017 to November 2018, Campos was chief of staff to the foreign ministry and worked on the NAFTA renegotiation and in matters related to Mexico’s relationship with the US and Canada.
Prior to that, from 2013-16, Campos was in charge of public policy related to the development, supervision and regulation of the banking sector and the securities market at the finance ministry, with his work focussed on financial institutions, banks, stock exchanges, derivative exchanges, broker-dealers, credit bureaux, representation offices of foreign financial institutions, mutual funds, savings and loans entities, as well as derivatives market participants and operators, in addition to foreign exchange houses and credit unions.
He was also in charge of the interpretation for the administrative purposes of financial laws.
During his post as assistant secretary for banking, securities and savings at the finance ministry, Campos played a significant role in the design, drafting and lobbying of the financial reform of 2014, which included modifications to 34 laws relating to the financial sector and its operations, and the drawing up of a new law to regulate financial institutions.
