Director's Profile

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Escuela Libre de Derecho.
Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Business Law from the University of Navarra, Spain.
Master’s Degree in Environmental Law from the University of País Vasco, Spain.
Postgraduate Specialization in Corporate and Economic Law from the Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara.
Postgraduate Specialization in Environmental Law and Globalization from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Professional Experience

Managing Partner at Limón Consultores, S.C. (2013 – to date).
Undersecretary of Management for Environmental Protection at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) (2006 – 2012).
Deputy Legal Counsel at the Federal Attorney General’s Office for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) (2005 – 2006).
General Legal Coordinator at SEMARNAT (2003 – 2005).
First Head of the Legal Affairs Unit of the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) (2001 – 2003).
Secretary General of the Government of the State of Jalisco (2000 – 2001).
Undersecretary of Government for Legal Affairs for the Government of the State of Jalisco (2000).
Secretary General of the Guadalajara City Council (1995 – 1997).
Director General of Legislative Studies and Government Agreements at the General Secretariat of the Government of Jalisco (1998–1999).
He previously served as the Postgraduate Coordinator of Law and was a Professor at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara campus, from 1992 to 1995.

Select Publications

Limón Aguirre, Mauricio, “El derecho humano a la participación medioambiental”, en Muñúnzuri Hernández, Salvador E., y García-Villegas Sánchez Cordero, Paula María (coords.), “Sentencias relevantes en materia ambiental”, México, Porrúa, 2019, pp. 21-26.
Limón Aguirre, Mauricio, “Los derechos de acceso a la información, la participación y la justicia en materia ambiental. El acuerdo de Escazú. Un análisis comparativo con el convenio de Aarhus y sus posibles implicaciones para México” Editorial Tirant lo blanch. México, 2020.
Limón Aguirre, Mauricio, et al. “Marco jurídico del agua. Hacia una Ley General de Aguas en México.” Editorial Tirant lo blanch. México, 2022.
Limón Aguirre, Mauricio, “La Zona Federal Marítimo Terrestre y los acantilados”, en Rocha Torres, Silvia Eugenia, et al. (coords.), “El derecho administrativo en el foro”, México, Tirant lo blanch, 2024, pp. 145-160.
Limón Aguirre, Mauricio, “Los terrenos ganados al mar y la legislación ambiental”, en Hernández Meza, María de Lourdes, et al. (coords.), “Desafíos de la gestión y regulación ambiental para alcanzar un México más sustentable”, México, Tirant lo blanch, 2024, pp. 133-148.

Expertise and International Involvement

Has participated in various seminars and delivered numerous lectures on environmental and natural resource law.
Was an invited expert by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to review the Manual on Compliance and Observations of Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
Has participated as an expert in the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)

Memberships

Academia

Professor in the Doctorate Programme in Business Law at Anáhuac University, North Campus.
Professor in the Master’s Programme in Business Law and Specializations at Pan-American University (Universidad Panamericana).
Professor in the Master’s Programme in Environmental Policy, Management and Law at Anáhuac University, North Campus.

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