Luis Fernando Palomino Bernal
“Luis Fernando Palomino Bernal is an outstanding lawyer with strong commercial and financial insight and high-level technical expertise.”
Chambers
Area of Specialization
- Litigation attorney since 1996, recognized for his ability to lead financial restructurings, insolvency proceedings, arbitration, and complex corporate disputes.
- Specialist in bankruptcy proceedings, cross-border cases, arbitrations, and shareholder and partner conflicts, with a proven track record in high-risk negotiations and strategic litigation.
- Trusted advisor to national and international business groups, providing legal solutions that combine technical precision, business insight, and strong negotiation skills.
- Managing Partner and Founding Partner of Palomino, Flores, Hernández & Rodríguez, Abogados, with offices in Mexico City and Guadalajara a firm renowned for handling matters of high corporate sensitivity.
- Investor and co-founder of Palo Investment, a Miami-based firm focused on acquiring and restructuring companies facing liquidity challenges or family disputes, integrating legal strategy with business vision to maximize value.
Background
- Graduated in Law from the Universidad Panamericana, distinguished for obtaining academic excellence in his generation.
- At the Universidad Panamericana, he has obtained six specialties and two Master’s degrees: in Public Law and in Business Law.
- He holds a Master’s degree from the Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona, Spain.
- He attended the Academy in Oral Litigation Skills for Latino Lawyers at the California Western School of Law in San Diego, California.
- He is currently a Doctorate in Law from the Universidad Panamericana.
Affiliations
- Speaker at national and international congresses (Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Colombia, Paraguay, Australia, Puerto Rico, Singapore).
- Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Insolvency Law and President of its Mexican Chapter.
- Active member of INSOL International, serving on the Latin America Committee and the Small Practitioners Committee.
- Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
- Member of ANADE (National Association of Business Lawyers).
- Member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados).
- Member of the International Insolvency Institute (III).
- Invited member of the Local and International Tax Commission of the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants, Jalisco Chapter.
- Since 2000, tenured professor of Insolvency Law at Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus.