Eduardo Ramos-Gómez

Eduardo Ramos-Gómez

Eduardo Ramos-Gómez is managing partner of Duane Morris' Singapore office. Mr. Ramos-Gómez has practiced international and corporate law for more than 20 years, advising multinational and foreign companies in Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America on cross-border direct foreign investment, project development and project finance. His practice encompasses a broad range of international investments, mergers and acquisitions, securities, financing, joint ventures, licensing, venture capital formation and investments, privatization, infrastructure projects, and other corporate transactions in the United States, Latin America and Asia.

Mr. Ramos-Gómez formerly served as Mexico's Ambassador to Singapore, Negara Brunei Darussalam and the Union of Myanmar. He is an advisory board member of the Singapore Management University School of Law, a member of the Commission on Globalization World Forum, president of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, vice chair of the Mexican Law Committee in the Section of International Law and Practice for the American Bar Association and chapter chair of the International Division of International Law and Practice Section of the New York Bar Association. He has been named chair of the Section's 2009 meeting to be held in Singapore. Mr. Ramos-Gómez also will head the Latin America desk in the Singapore office.

Mr. Ramos-Gómez is a graduate of the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and a graduate of the University of Virginia (LL.M.).

Professional Activities

· U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
- President, Northeast Chapter

· Commission on Globalization World Forum
- Commissioner

· American Bar Association
- Section of International Law and Practice
-- Vice-Chair, Mexican Law Committee

· New York State Bar Association
- Vice-Chair, International Law Section
- Co-Chair, International Division
- Chair, 2009 Meeting, Singapore

· Inter-Pacific Bar Association

· International Bar Association

· Association of the Bar of the City of New York

· Corporate Bar Association of Westchester & Fairfield County

· Interamerican Federation of Lawyers

· Honorary member of Fundación Colosio, AC (Mexico)

Experience

· Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2004-present

· Thacher Proffitt & Wood, New York, New York
- Partner, 2002-2004

· Ambassador of Mexico to Singapore, Negara Brunei Darussalam and the Union of Myanmar
- 1998-2001

· Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas y Gonzalez Baz
- Partner and Office Administrator, 1986-1998

· Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez
- Professor, 1990-1992

· McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Virginia
- Associate, 1985-1986

· Miranda y Estavillo, Mexico City
- Associate, 1980-1984

· Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City
- Professor of Law and Civil Litigation, 1983-1984

Board Memberships

· Singapore Management University School of Law
- Advisory Board Member

· Centro de Estudio Estratégico y Relaciones Internacionales (Venezuela)

· SUNSGLO
- Board of Advisors

· Singapore Repertory Theatre

Civic and Charitable Activities

· Mexican Cultural Institute, New York
- Treasurer

Selected Publications

· "Derechos Políticos en Latinoamérica Legislación Electoral y de Partidos Políticos," International Human Rights Group, Proyecto Observador Electoral, 1985.

· "El Derecho del individuo de reingresar a su propio país en Latinoamérica," Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute, Segundo Estudio de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho de Salidas y Retorno, 1984.

· "La Crisis de la Deuda Internacional; Una perspectiva Internacional," Latin American Report Volume XXI, Diciembre de 1984.

· "Consideraciones Legales sobre a Legislación Mexicana en Co-Inversiones, transferencia de Tecnologia el Programa Maguiladora," Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, 1984.