##  [Juan Luis Serrano Leets](/en_GB/team/juan-luis-serrano-leets) 

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 Juan Luis Serrano Leets Partner 

 <juan.luis.serrano@garrigues.com> - [Mexico City](/en_GB/office/mexico-city) - +52 55 5029 8500





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Juan Luis has 20 years’ experience as a lawyer specializing in intellectual property and health regulations.

He is professor on the chair in health law at Universidad Panamericana and Escuela Libre de Derecho.

He is a legal advisor at the Mexican Health Foundation and a member of the board of the Association of Health Law Professionals and the Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Physicians and Professionals.

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Juan Luis is a partner practicing in the areas of IP, pharmacy, biotechnology and Life Sciences, data economy, privacy, cybersecurity, administrative and constitutional law. He has extensive experience in handling high level matters in Mexico and Latin America, combining legal advisory work with public policy.

He has successfully directed contentious strategies to obtain regulatory exclusivity and adjustments to the validity of patents for pharmaceutical products.

He has provided advice on several business development transactions in the Life Sciences industry, including, co-developments, acquisitions and sales of product portfolios and sales in the public sector.

Juan Luis was legal director of a well-known multinational pharmaceutical laboratory, with responsibility for Mexico and Latin America and worked in specialized IP law firms.

 

 

 

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- Master of Laws (LLM) Innovation Law and Policy, University of Toronto.
- Specialization in Commercial Law Institutions, Universidad Panamericana
- Law Degree, Universidad Panamericana.

 

 

 

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- Councilor of FUNSALUD (Mexican Health Foundation).
- Board member of AMEIFAC (Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Physicians and Professionals).
- Member of CANIFARMA (Legal Affairs Committee of the National Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry).

 

 

 

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- Chambers and Partners Latin America 2025  
    Band 5 – Intellectual Property  
    Band 1 – Life Sciences
- Legal 500 2025  
    Recommended Lawyer
- Best Lawyers 2025
- Leaders League 2025  
    Recommended
- Lexology INDEX

 

 

 

 





 

 



 

 

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[ **Intellectual Property** ](/en_GB/services/intellectual-property)



[ **Administrative and Constitutional Law** ](/en_GB/services/administrative-and-constitutional-law)



[Life Sciences and Healthcare ](/en_GB/services/life-sciences-and-healthcare)



[Data Economy, Privacy and Cybersecurity ](/en_GB/services/data-economy-privacy-and-cybersecurity)



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