Thomas S. Heather joined the firm in 1981 and has been a Partner since 1982. He specializes in Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructurings and Insolvency, Compliance, Anti-corruption and Investigations and Arbitration and Dispute Resolution.
Thomas S. Heather has more than 40 years of experience and has earned recognitions and distinctions as a leading lawyer in Mexico and Latin America. He has lectured widely internationally at leading Mexican and U.S. universities, has published more than one hundred articles and has co-authored several treatises. He is a founding member of the International Insolvency Institute, past chairman and co-founder of the Mexican Mediation Institute and of the Financial Law Committee of the Mexican Bar Association and is a member of the Arbitration Academy of Mexico and of the Best Practices and Governance Committee of the Mexican Business Council (Consejo Coordinador Empresarial – CCE). He was recently inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy as a fellow.
He is currently a director and member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees of Grupo Financiero Banorte, Seguros y Pensiones Banorte, GRUMA, RLH Properties, Grupo Televisa and AFORE Siglo XXI – Banorte, where he heads the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board, Program on International Financial Institutions of Harvard University, and has been a delegate to the United Nations - UNICITRAL, in respect of conferences on multinational group insolvencies.
Has represented in the past three years, the bank and financial creditors, in the successful restructuring of AHMSA GRUMA, Grupo Industrial Saltillo, Controladora Comercial Mexicana, Vitro, Grupo Collado, Industrias Unidas, Urbi, Empresas ICA and ISOLUX among others.
Has represented corporate clients as counsel in international arbitrations dealing with joint ventures, supply and construction contracts, energy investments, hotel industry disputes; has acted as arbitrator and presided over arbitration tribunals under ICC, LCIA and American Arbitration Association Rules, as well as under NAFTA. He is an experienced international mediator.
Represents three of the Big 4 accounting firms in compliance and investigation matters in regard to the PCAOB and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Has drafted several Codes of Ethics and participated in anti-corruption investigations, designing relevant corporate policies.
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