COVID-19. the ministry of the environment and natural resources resumes the deadlines and statutory terms due to the covid emergency.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
August 24th, 2020
Gabriel Calvillo
Counsel since 2018
Phone: +52 (55) 5201-7400
Mail: gcalvillo@macf.com.mx
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Gabriel Calvillo
Counsel since 2018
Gabriel focuses his practice on compliance, corporate criminal liability, white collar crimes and environmental litigation. His experience comes from the practice of criminal law, both private and public sectors.
Gabriel has been criminal counsel in corporate criminal matters for more than ten years, as well as Head of the Environmental Crimes Unit of the Attorney General´s Office in matters particularly close to corporate activity, such as crimes against the environment, corporate homicide and industrial related offences. He specializes in complex corporate criminal liability cases and criminal compliance.
In his environmental practice, Gabriel regularly represents corporations in complex litigations cases, as well as buyers and sellers in environmental and compliance due diligence. He worked as General Counsel for the Federal Environmental Enforcement Agency (PROFEPA), Litigation Director General at the Environmental and Natural Resources Ministry, as well as Head of Environmental Crimes Division of the Federal Department of Justice. In private practice he represented corporations for more than ten years in complex environmental damage and toxic torts cases.
July 30th, 2020
New legal reforms on Corporate Criminal Compliance
On July 22, 2020, the Decree 257/2020 was published introducing reforms to the Criminal Code of the State of Yucatan that explain in detail the content of corporate criminal compliance programs in Mexico.
Professional Related: Claudia Aguilar , Gabriel Calvillo
July 6th, 2020
Wilkie: LATAM COVID-19 Task Force – Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues
Wilkie: LATAM COVID-19 Task Force – Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Martín Sánchez , Patricio Trad
July 3rd, 2020
SEMARNAT: New amendments to the Resolution, due to the COVID-19 health emergency
Amendments to the resolution published on May 29, 2020 by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, due to the COVID 19 health emergency.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo
June 3rd, 2020
SEMARNAT: New extension of non-business days period
SEMARNAT: New extension of non-business days period.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
May 4th, 2020
SEMARNAT: Extension of suspension period
New extension of non-business days period of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, due to the COVID-19 health emergency.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
April 20th, 2020
SEMARNAT Term Extension
As a consequence of the measures ordered by Mexico’s General Health Council and Ministry of Health to prevent and combat the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19, on April 17, 2020.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
April 16th, 2020
Amendment to the forestry legislation and its implications in the industrial, real estate and hospitality sectors
The amendment to the Sustainable Forest Development Law extends the federal jurisdiction for forestry land use change authorizations that now include urban areas and certain agricultural lands and extends corporate criminal liability associated to environmental crimes.
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
April 15th, 2020
Amendments to the dumping in the Mexican Marine Zones Act
On April 13, 2020, a Decree was published in Mexico’s Federal Official Gazette in order to amend, add and eliminate certain provisions set forth in the Dumping of Wastes in the Mexican Marine Zones Act (the “Decree”).
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
April 14th, 2020
IACHR Resolution and Compliance
Inter Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("IACHR") Resolution 01/2020 states that companies have a key role to play in the health crisis and warns of the risks of restricting their rights. At the same time, it requires companies to be monitored by governments and held accountable for their abuses, recommending that they adopt human rights due diligence processes.
Professional Related: Claudia Aguilar , Gabriel Calvillo
April 7th, 2020
Criminal risk and adjustments to corporate Compliance
Criminal compliance, protection of personal sensitive data and anti-corruption implications arising from the federal and state Administrative Orders issued in connection with the SARSCoV2 virus disease epidemic ("COVID-19")
Professional Related: Claudia Aguilar , Gabriel Calvillo
March 26th, 2020
Suspension of business-days for SEMARNAT
On March 24, 2020, a Decree was published in Mexico’s Federal Official Gazette in order to determine the period considered as non-business days regarding administrative acts and procedures managed by the SEMARNAT and its administrative agencies (the “Decree”).
Professional Related: Gabriel Calvillo , Paula Pérez
Education
- Master in Law LL.M; Georgetown University Law Center, 1997
- Specialization in Accusatory Criminal System and Oral Litigation; Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Penales, 2014
- Law Degree; Universidad Iberoamericana, 1994
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Experience
- General Counsel, Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Medio Ambiente.
- Head of the Specialized Prosecutor´s Unit, Fiscalía General de la República. (promoted the creation of the Special Prosecutor's Office for the Attention of Crimes Against the Environment)
