Rafael is an entrepreneur and cross-border attorney licensed to practice law in California and Mexico,
specialized in banking & finance, ESG Capital, mergers & acquisitions, tax advisory and dispute resolution, real
estate and corporate law, with substantial experience in the creation and operation of Fintech and finance
corporations in Mexico and the United States. He has acted as CEO of financial institutions both, in Mexico
and in the United States.

In addition to having law degrees from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and the University
of California, Berkeley, and being a member of the California State Bar, Mr. Gómez has post graduate studies
in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and IPADE Business School.

He has been an associate at local and global law firms, partner at a global firm and has acted as in-house
counsel for companies in the financial sector.

In his free time, Rafael enjoys playing drums, mentoring entrepreneurs and attorneys, teaching about
the law and restoring classic German automobiles. He is a published law articles author and is currently writing
a book.

Lawtæm 2024 – Present
Latin America
Partner

Partner at the first integrated technology-focused law firm in Latin America, expanding the areas of practice of the firm.

Private Equity Firm 2021 – 2024
Mexico
Managing Partner

In charge of all legal affairs of the fund, as well as all legal aspects of its investments

Fintech 2012 – 2021
California
President and CEO

Directed and managed an automobile finance company across 16 U.S. states.

Baker McKenzie 2010 – 2012
Mexico
Partner

• Chair of the Banking & Finance Practice and Chair of the Financial Sector Strategy in Mexico;
• Member of the Latin America Banking & Finance Steering Committee;
• Specialized in banking & finance and capital markets, structured finance, financial restructurings, acquisition financing, infrastructure projects development and finance, asset-backed securitizations and real estate financing.

Finance Corporation 2007 – 2010
Mexico
Chief Executive Officer

Directed and managed a regulated consumer finance corporation across all 32 states of Mexico.

Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar 1995 – 2003 & 2005 – 2007
Mexico
Associate

• Specialized in the fields of banking and finance, mergers & acquisitions, real estate and capital markets, including structured finance, asset-backed securitizations, infrastructure projects development and finance, complex realestate transactions, government contracts, aircraft and equipment finance, private equity and venture capital; corporate finance, energy, telecommunications, railroad, aviation, financial and corporate restructurings, windingup and divestiture liquidations;
• Litigation and arbitration strategies; multi-million dollar international commercial arbitration cases.

Latham & Watkins 2004 – 2005
San Francisco, CA
Attorney

• Project financing of various generation power plants in the United States and other muti-million dollar domestic and international banking and financing transactions;
• High-profile international mergers & acquisition deals;

• Major cross-border class-action litigation.