Brenda Cordova

Brenda Cordova graduated from the School of Law of the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi. Fluent in English and Spanish, she also completed the coursework requirements for an LLM degree in International Law and Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin (the School of Law and the Institute of Latin American Studies). She has taken several courses on Mexican customs and international trade at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus San Luis Potosi and at BANCOMEXT.  Brenda’s legal practice covers the following areas of Mexican Law: Customs, International Contracts, Foreign Investment, NAFTA and other free trade agreements signed by Mexico.  She has helped U.S. companies doing business in Mexico on specific issues such as: import/export requirements, incorporating IMMEX, NAFTA audits, certificates of origin, classifications of goods, “pedimentos”, customs valuation, among others.  She served as a foreign legal consultant for Braumiller & Rodriguez in Dallas, Texas and for Integrated Trade Systems, Inc., an affiliated company of PEMEX (Petroleos Mexicanos) in Houston, Texas. She was the head of the Secretaria de RelacionesExteriores (“Foreign Affairs Ministry) in Rioverde, S.L.P. She has been a law professor at the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores and at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi. Brenda was a co-hosts a weekly legal affairs TV program in S.L.P. Currently, she represent clients on her areas of expertise and is a renowned speaker at business and legal conferences and seminars.

Mrs. Cordova leads a team of Mexican attorneys and trade consultants that represent clients on other areas of Mexican laws and regulations such as: intellectual property, fiscal, civil, corporate and business law.