Marco Antonio Rojo Olavarría
Partner
Biography
Marco is a trial lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in administrative, constitutional, and commercial litigation. He represents domestic and international companies before the Federal Court of Administrative Justice and the Federal Judiciary—including the Mexican Supreme Court—and represents clients in administrative proceedings before regulatory authorities and oversight bodies in the energy, finance, infrastructure, telecommunications, and transportation sectors.
His practice includes amparo actions, administrative challenges and administrative-liability proceedings, as well as high-value civil and commercial disputes. Marco has extensive experience with enforcement of security interests, disputes arising out of public-works projects, letters of credit, and rights-of-way, often with cross-border elements and end-to-end strategies ranging from interim measures through appeals and related motions.
Marco has been recognized by Best Lawyers and Chambers & Partners (2025) in administrative and commercial litigation. Since 2022, he has served as an adjunct professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Santa Fe campus, teaching Constitutional Controls I and II (Amparo Law). He also serves on the Scholarship Committee of the Fausto Rico Álvarez Foundation and mentors scholarship recipients at Universidad Panamericana. In addition, he has been a member of the Mexican Bar Association since 2018.
Before joining Rivera García, Marco worked at leading litigation firms in Mexico.
- Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Master’s in Human Rights and Democracy.
- Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, Master’s in Constitutional Law.
- Universidad Panamericana, Specialization in Amparo Law.
- Escuela Libre de Derecho, Law Degree.
- Mexico
Representative Matters
- Represented a contractor consortium in setting aside a USD 148.8 million public-works closeout tied to the modernization of a thermoelectric plant in Altamira, reducing the consortium’s financial exposure.
- Represented a construction company in an investigation by Mexico’s Federal Audit Office into alleged serious administrative offenses in the Mexico–Toluca Interurban Train project, avoiding sanctions and debarment.
- Represented a wind-power permit holder in opposing the regulator’s attempted revocation of a self-supply permit, preserving operations and the permit’s validity.
- Represented a construction company in a debarment proceeding alleging misrepresentation of contract requirements, avoiding sanctions.
- Represented a federal motor-carrier permit holder in a complaint alleging nonpayment of indemnities, avoiding permit revocation and operational suspension.
- Represented a telecommunications company in an amparo action challenging regulatory measures concerning the advertising of “unlimited” services, neutralizing sanctions and corrective orders.
- Represented a contractor in a claim for payment under a public-works contract for a Federal Judiciary building in Apizaco, with proceedings before the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico.
- Represented an energy company in an amparo challenge to a judgment on the validity and enforcement of an ICC arbitral award arising from a gas-transportation contract in a dispute with a state-owned enterprise.
- Represented a bank in securing restitution of USD 38 million improperly paid to a state-owned enterprise following a fraudulent draw on a standby letter of credit.
- Represented a pipeline operator in obtaining judicial recognition of rights-of-way and authorization to complete works on the Tula–Villa de Reyes pipeline across federal land, coordinating with the land administrator and neighboring concessionaires.
- Represented secured lenders in cross-border mortgage enforcement against a resort property in Quintana Roo for a USD 4.49 million loan, obtaining interim measures and a favorable judgment.
- Advised a federal water-sector agency and drafted procurement policies and internal manuals.
- Advised a supplier on a claim the procuring authority filed with the surety, with no call on the bid bond in a public tender.
- Advised a multinational company on recovering significant receivables from multiple supply contracts for materials and medical consumables with a decentralized public health agency.
- Represented a construction company in negotiating and documenting multiple contract amendments with a public transportation authority for a high-capacity bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor project.
- Represented European elevator and mobility-systems companies in negotiating a payment-in-kind agreement with the authority responsible for building and operating Mexico City’s international airport.
- Represented a construction company in negotiating and executing the final settlement and termination of a public-works contract with the State Legislature of Querétaro for the detailed design of the state congress headquarters.
- Represented a consortium of multinational companies in preventing a unilateral termination for default of a public contract in the oil sector after one member entered bankruptcy proceedings before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.