Former President of the Illustrious and National Bar Association of Mexico, founded in 1760 for the periods 2008-2010 and 2010-2012.

Former Senator of the Unión Iberoamericana de Colegios y Agrupaciones de Abogados UIBA. Former Counselor of the Presidency of the Union Internationale des Avocats, Paris, France.

International Arbitrator. Panelist of the Chapter XIX Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on antidumping.

Arbitrator of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris ICC and Arbitrator at the Arbitration Center of Mexico CAM. Former Vice President of the Commission of Foreign Trade of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers of Mexico (CONCAMIN).

Researcher at the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico where he is Director of the Private Law Review and Coordinator of the Legal History Section.

National Researcher Level III in the National System of Researchers of CONACYT (National Council of Science and Technology).

Awards and Decorations:

Among its international decorations he is:

• Knight of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George;
• First Class Distinguished Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort by the Ministry of Justice in Spain;
• Great Cross of Merit in the Service to the Spanish Advocacy awarded by the General Council of Spanish Lawyers;
• San Ivo Cross by the Royal and Illustrious Bar of Zaragoza;
• Medal of Honor of the Bar Association of Madrid;
• Honorable Mention of the Bar Association of Seville;
• Collegiate of Honor at the Bar Association of Valencia
• Medal of Merit of the Bar Association of Oviedo.
• was awarded with the 2008 Jurisprudence Prize by the Tecnológico de Monterrey campus Mexico Campus.
• was awarded with the 2013 Malinalli National Prize by the Autonomous University of Tabasco in Mexico.

Academician of the Following Academies:

• Honorary Academician of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Madrid.
• Foreign Corresponding Academician of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence.
• Mexican Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, seat number 36;
• International Academy of Customs Law, seat number 39;
• International Institute of History of Indiano Law, Madrid;
• Member of the Societé D’Histoire du Droit, Paris.
• Number 81 sitial partner of the Chilean Bibliophile Society.
• Member of the International Scientific Committee of the Journal of History of Law Research Institute of History of Argentine law, Buenos Aires.
• Member of the editorial committee of the Mexican Comparative Law Bulletin of the Institute of Legal Research of UNAM.
• Member since August 1999 of the editorial board of the journal “Ars Iuris” of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Panamericana.
• Author of several books and articles published in Mexico and abroad on Arbitration, International Trade, Mercantile Justice and Law, and history of Mexican Law.