Aldo José Ocampo Castañares
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Senior Partner
Mr. Ocampo is the main partner of the firm and joined it in 1991. In 2022 he will be 31 years old, dedicating himself to the legal areas of insurance law, reinsurance, litigation of complex cases and civil liability.
Throughout his career he has specialized in companies in the financial, energy, oil and real estate sectors and has represented or advised important companies such as: Mapfre México, Inter, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), La Latinoamericana Seguro, CaptiveOne, Avla México, SPP Seguros , Circuitronix, Pan American Life Insurance Group, QBE
Among mentioned and recognized success stories:
Fertinal Case: without a doubt, the largest, most complex and scandalous insurance case that has ever occurred in Mexico. Their participation in this case was understanding the insurance contract and collaborating in the implementation of the strategy to follow.
Abkatun cases: two PEMEX oil platform incidents, which total 1.5 billion dollars. He collaborated closely with the English firm HFW, in the implementation of the strategy to obtain payment from the retrocessionaires, achieving a satisfactory negotiation for both parties.
La Latinoamericana Case: a case that is still active, in which its participation consists of avoiding the execution of a sentence unfavorable to the company, where it has been sentenced to pay stratospheric sums of money. Attorney Aldo Ocampo has managed to control the execution of the sentence for more than 12 years and with high expectations that the insurer will be completely released.
Creation of extended guarantee for real estate:Â due to its management, today the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit considers that the extended guarantee of real estate is not an active insurance operation, in this way its client will be able to exploit it without the need for an insurer.
Thanks to his multiple success stories and excellent practices worldwide, Mr. Aldo Ocampo has been classified for 10 years by three of the most important rankings in the legal world: Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Top Ranked Legal, and Best Lawyers.
This year he was winner of the Legal 500 Mexico Awards 2023, with the distinction of: “2023 Lawyer of the Year – Insurance”.