Lawyers
Ricardo Cacho
Lawyer
Law degree from ITAM and a Master's degree in International Criminal Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
He was General Director at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Procuraduría Fiscal de la Federación), in charge of criminal proceedings for tax and financial crimes throughout the republic, as well as litigation before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and negotiations of reforms before the Congress of the Union (rules on money laundering, tax evasion, Fintech, virtual assets, criminal procedure, criminal liability of legal entities, among others).
He was also in charge of Mexico's international representation before the UN, OECD, OAS, OAS and FATF in matters of corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, financial crimes, fintech and virtual assets.
He was Chief of Staff in the international area of the Attorney General's Office. He participated in an international trial in The Hague, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and worked in firms specialized in Tax Law at the beginning of his career (Calvo Nicolau Abogados, and Calvo, González Luna, Moreno y Revilla).
Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana and the Universidad Panamericana, teaching Criminal Litigation, Tax and Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes in the Digital World and International Treaty Law. He has also taught International Criminal Law at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores Monterrey. He has written several books and legal articles.
Sebastian Calderon
Lawyer
Law degree from Universidad Anáhuac México Sur.
He served as Deputy Director of Investigations at the Procuraduría Fiscal de la Federación, having as his main function the litigation of matters concerning the commission of tax and financial crimes at the federal level.
He also provided various training courses to public servants of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit on Fintech and virtual assets.
In addition, he participated in various international forums with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America, and represented Mexico before the UN, OECD, OAS and FATF on issues of corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, financial crimes and virtual assets.
Adjunct professor at Universidad Iberoamericana and Universidad Panamericana, teaching Criminal Litigation, Tax and Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes in the Digital World and International Treaty Law.