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Mauricio Gómez Guerrero
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Mauricio Gómez Guerrero

Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare

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  • Spanish
  • English
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Mauricio is a partner at CMS Mexico, where he leads the Life Sciences and Healthcare practice. He advises national and international clients on complex regulatory, compliance, and administrative litigation matters, with practical experience across the full product lifecycle: manufacturing, labelling, import/export, distribution, marketing, and crisis management involving audits or recalls.

With 15 years of experience, he is widely recognized as one of Mexico’s top regulatory lawyers. His background includes senior roles at COFEPRIS and IMSS, as well as leading the Life Sciences practice at a top-tier U.S. law firm in Mexico.

This dual public-private experience enables Mauricio to bridge legal insight with business strategy, offering agile, solution-oriented counsel aligned with clients’ operational needs.

He has a solid academic background studying his Masters (LLM) in Global Health Law at Georgetown University, graduating with a Certificate in Food and Drug Law, previously got his Law Degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and attended several diplomas in Harvad Law School, Columbia University, Escuela Libre de Derecho and the CIDE.

Since 2018, Mauricio Gómez has been a professor at Escuela Libre de Derecho, Ciudad de Mexico, on Health Regulations Diploma.

Relevant experience

  • A Fortune 500 health company on the recent Mexican government transition (2018), advising on the new key stakeholders for health regulation and healthcare public services, new government priorities, and policy future trends.
  • A global top five pharmaceutical company on the design and drafting of its regulatory strategy to launch an oncology biotechnology drug in Mexico. This includes advising on its European facilities' regulatory compliance with Mexican standards to obtain the Good Manufacturing Certificate from COFEPRIS (Mexican Drugs Regulatory Agency).
  • A major hygiene and consumer products company on regulatory compliance at its hygiene products facility in Mexico, and the regulatory strategy to transfer the manufacturing process of one of its key products from Europe to Mexico.
  • A major hygiene and consumer products company on the regulatory incorporation of medical devices to its business portfolio in Mexico.
  • A leading duty free stores company before COFEPRIS in a regulatory enforcement administrative trial for cigarettes and alcohol advertisement in violation of Mexican health regulations.

Memberships & Roles

  • Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa A.C.
  • Vice coordinator of the Health and Life Sciences Regulations Committee

Awards & Rankings

  •  The Legal 500, Latin America, Mexico, Life Sciences, Next Generation Partner, 2022 - 2023.
  • Chambers and Partners, Latin America, Mexico, Life Sciences, Up and Coming, 2023.

Education

  • Since 2018, Mauricio Gómez has been a professor at Escuela Libre de Derecho, Ciudad de Mexico, on Health Regulations Diploma.
  • 2015, Georgetown University LLM. Global Health Law
  • 2015, Georgetown University, Food and Drug Law Certificate
  • 2009, Universidad Iberoamericana, Law Degree
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