Jose Antonio Vazquez Cobo
Partner
Overview
José Antonio Vázquez Cobo is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Mexico City office. Mr. Vázquez Cobo's practice encompasses a variety of litigation and dispute resolution matters.
For more than 25 years, Mr. Vázquez Cobo has represented Fortune 500 and other prominent companies in a diverse range of industries, including infrastructure, medical, automotive, telecommunications, entertainment, hospitality, technology and media, energy, advertising, real estate, banking and aviation, among others. He handles high-stakes commercial disputes – including contractual disputes, extra-contractual liability, class actions, shareholders and managers conflicts, enforcement of guarantees and insurance claims, as well as banking, financial, insolvency and real estate litigation – before judicial courts and arbitration tribunals in proceedings that often involve substantial international and multijurisdictional components.
In addition, Mr. Vázquez Cobo has successfully intervened in domestic and international commercial arbitration proceedings and in judicial probate proceedings involving some of the most prominent families in Mexico.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Vázquez Cobo was an attorney at a global law firm in its Mexico City office.
Representative Experience
- Successfully represented a global renewable energy company in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration, obtaining the payment of damages caused to the turbines of the largest combined cycle plant in Mexico
- Successfully represented a multinational transport infrastructure company in an international arbitration for the enforcement of a shareholder's agreement against its partner, as well as in parallel judicial proceedings that were settled as consequence of the arbitral award that contributed to the collection of an amount in excess of $100 million
- Successfully represented a global gaming, hospitality and restaurant company in two ICC arbitration proceedings and more than 15 judicial proceedings for the enforcement of several franchise agreements
- Represented a Mexican renewable energy company as plaintiff in a commercial arbitration against a Swiss trading company for the enforcement of a sale and purchase agreement over clean energy certificates
- Represented a leading Mexican advertising agency as defendant in an ICC arbitration for the termination of a master agreement for the sale of fixed publicity in several Mexican airports; the matter was concluded with a favorable settlement agreement for the client
- Represented one of the world's largest kitchenware manufacturers in a commercial litigation involving parallel commercial arbitration proceedings in order to enforce the purchase agreement of a Mexican joint venture; the decision set precedent and was recorded in the Mexican jurisprudence records
- Represented a U.S. citizen in a trial involving real estate, probate law and trust agreement components, obtaining a favorable sentence that shaped two relevant judicial precedents recorded in the Mexican jurisprudence records
- Acted as defense counsel for an aircraft builder in a product liability trial, resulting in the total dismissal of the claim
- Represented multiple heirs and executors in several judicial probate proceedings, having obtained, among others, a settlement for the client in excess of US$35 million
- Member of the team that obtained a multimillion-dollar judgment for environmental responsibility against an international chemicals manufacturer
- Successfully represented a medical device manufacturer as defendant in a judicial proceeding filed by a former vendor, avoiding for the client the specific performance of fraudulent agreements executed by the former vendor and a disloyal attorney-in- fact
- Currently representing one of the biggest tire manufacturers worldwide as commercial litigation outside counsel
- Successfully represented a multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce in high-stakes and highly publicized commercial and constitutional proceedings against one of Latin America's largest TV conglomerates, defending its right to import and distribute certain streaming devices
- Successfully represented a leading auto parts manufacturer in multiple commercial proceedings
- Represented a Brazilian bank as creditor within the bankruptcy proceedings of a Mexican construction and real estate company
- Represented a New York bank as creditor within the bankruptcy proceedings of two leading agriculture companies in Mexico
- Represented a gaming, hospitality and restaurant company as main creditor within the bankruptcy proceedings of an entertainment company and its subsidiaries
- Represented a Japanese automobile company within the global out-of-court restructuring of a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer
- Represented an international graphite electrodes manufacturer in the bankruptcy proceedings of the largest steel manufacturer in Mexico
Credentials
- Escuela Libre de Derecho, Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration
- Universidad Iberoamericana, J.D.
- The Best Lawyers in Mexico, Amparo Law, Arbitration and Mediation, 2017-2025
- Chambers Latin America – Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Mexico: Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation, 2017-2021, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, 2025
- Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Mexico: Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation, 2017-2021
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Mexico: Dispute Resolution – Litigation, 2017-2024
- Best Lawyers Global, Arbitration and Mediation, 2017-2024