Raúl Pérez Johnson

Academic Background:
• Doctor of Law Candidate, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
• LL.M., University of Chicago Law School.
• Postgraduate course, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School.
• Postgraduate specialization on Constitutional Law, University of Salamanca, 
Spain.
• Bachelor in Law, Universidad Anáhuac Law School, with special honors awarded 
on the professional examination and the thesis titled: “On the Limitations of the 
Amending Power of the Constitution”.
• Various postgraduate courses on Constitutional Law, Amparo and American Legal 
System from: Universidad Panamericana Law School, The National Judges and Justices of the Federal Judicial Power Association and the Federal Judicature Institute, Judicial School (Federal Judicial Power). 
Professional Experience:
• 2007-2011. Partner in charge of the constitutional and administrative litigation team at Alanís, Serrano y Doblado, S.C.
• 1998-2001 and 2005-2007. Senior Associate of the administrative, industrial property, constitutional litigation and arbitration group at Creel, García-Cuéllar y Müggenburg, S.C.
• 2004-2005. Foreign Attorney member of the International Arbitration group at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, Tx.
• 2002-2003. Clerk to Justice Pedro Esteban Penagos López, collaborating in drafting opinions in constitutional litigations related to administrative and industrial property matters at the Eleventh Administrative Circuit Court in the First Circuit, Federal Judicial Power, Mexico City.
• 1997-1998. Member of the criminal and constitutional litigation group at Sodi Abogados, S.C., Mexico City. 
Associations: 
• Mexican Bar Association, member of the Constitutional Law and Amparo Commission (Under-coordinator) and the Administrative Law Commission.
• Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México, member of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Commission, of the Fundamental Rights Commission and of the Legal History Commission.
• International Trademark Association (INTA), member of the association.
• London Court of International Arbitration, member of the Young International 
Arbitration Group.
• ADE, Revista de la Asociación de Diplomáticos Escritores, member of the Editorial 
Board and General Counsel (Pro bono). Other Activities:
• Professor of Law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho; Fundamental Rights at the J.D. equivalent level and European Union Law at the Masters level.
• Professor of Law at Universidad Anáhuac Law School; Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Rights, Amparo and Constitutional Procedural Law.
• Guest Lecturer on various topics related with Constitutional Law, Constitutional History, Human Rights, Constitutional Litigation and Administrative Litigation at: Universidad Anáhuac Law School, Mexico City; Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas, Mexico; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás, Mexico; Supreme Court of Mexico; Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México; Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C., Mexico; Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia; Universidad Militar de Nueva Granada, Colombia; Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil.
• Honorary Researcher of the Instituto de
Investigaciones Jurisprudenciales y de
Promoción y Difusión de la Ética
Judicial of the Mexican Supreme Court
as well as of the Instituto de Investigación Jurídica e Informática of the Escuela Libre de Derecho. 
Areas of Specialty: 
Administrative litigation in various areas and instances, Amparo, Constitutional Controversies, Unconstitutionality Actions, Class Action Lawsuits, IP litigation, International Litigation, Arbitration and Human Rights litigation. 
Languages: 
Spanish (native), English, French (fluent), German, Danish, Dutch, Italian and Polish (basic knowledge).