Marco Tulio Venegas Cruz

LITREDI is a boutique law firm specialized in domestic and international arbitration, litigation, and dispute resolution in general.Through pragmatic advice, clients can rely on our full commitment, integrity and high work standards to successfully represent them in their most complex disputes. We provide a wide range of dispute resolution services to corporations, governments, state-owned entities, private individuals, international organizations and vulnerable groups in all stages of a controversy.

LITREDI offers clients a combination of excellence, efficiency and unique advocacy skills. Due to our firm’s philosophy, our team members handle each case personally, providing our clients with the highest level of support and personal involvement at every stage. We understand the complexity of facing and evaluating the risks associated with a conflict because of the personal and economic interests involved, and for that reason we are experts in designing tailor-made strategies for the prompt and efficient resolution of a dispute and, where possible, for the avoidance of future conflicts. LITREDI’s services include comprehensive advice in the anticipation, avoidance and management of potential disputes.

Being a boutique law firm allows us to be free of conflicts of interest, which is an incomparable advantage over large law firms. Likewise, the size of our firm allows us to offer more options in designing fee arrangements, in line with more recent market trends.

As leading professionals in their fields, the members of our team together have more than 55 years of experience, with unparalleled knowledge in the resolution of high-profile disputes. Throughout theirprofessional careers, our attorneys have been successful in 91% of their cases. We have represented and advised clients in arbitration, administrative, civil and commercial ligation proceedings related to disputes in matters such as conflicts between shareholders, joint ventures, distribution and supply agreements, franchises, unfair competition, energy, construction and infrastructure, financial services, intellectual property, consumer protection, and advertising, among other topics.

LITREDI is proud to have our team members consistently ranked among the leading individuals in arbitration and litigation practices in Mexico, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and World Trademark Review. Clients particularly praise Mr. Marco Tulio Venegas, saying that his “technical knowledge is vast and varied,” the “work is of excellent quality,” and he “is always on top of things and leads his team of lawyers very well.” Margarita Garate, in turn, is considered to be a “meticulous and methodical, well-studied lawyer who always gives 110%.”

Marco Tulio has advised and litigated for over 25 years in various areas of the law before judicial courts and arbitral tribunals. Not only does he have extensive experience in Mexican procedural law, but he has also handled arbitration proceedings under the arbitration rules commonly applied in Mexico and around the world, such as the Arbitration Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Rules of the Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM), the Rules of Commercial Arbitration of the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of the National Chamber of Commerce (CANACO), and the Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), among others.
 

Marco Tulio began his professional career initially focusing on amparo matters, and later on tax and administrative litigation, areas in which he has extensive experience in administrative proceedings, appeals before administrative authorities, and amparo proceedings challenging tax and administrative resolutions, as well as specific provisions or entire bodies of law.Subsequently, Marco Tulio enhanced his professional practice by actively participating in various relevant international arbitrations between transnational companies, as well as between private companies and public entities. His experience includes his participation as counsel for at least 30 major international arbitration proceedings, which comprise some of the most significant in the history of Mexico in matters of energy and infrastructure.

Along with his intense activity in administrative litigation and arbitration, Marco Tulio has established an important civil and commercial litigation practice, which has led to his recognition as one of the best litigants in the country. He has represented several companies in Mexico’s local and federal courts in numerous disputes, with outstanding participation before judicial courts in more than 50 arbitration-related procedures (related to provisional measures and special lawsuits aimed at setting aside or achieving the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards).

Marco Tulio also has valuable experience in intellectual property litigation as well as in litigation related to consumer protection and advertising. Finally, he is also an expert in public tenders and has exceptional skills in contract negotiation processes.
 

With this blend of knowledge and experience, Marco Tulio has been able to successfully combine his track record for achieving the best results for his clients in a wide variety of substantive and procedural matters.

LANGUAGES
Spanish, English and French.