Mauricio Gárate

Mauricio Gárate serves as General Counsel at AmRest since March 2021, bringing extensive legal expertise gained from prominent positions such as Partner in the Office of the General Counsel at PwC from June 2019 to January 2021 and General Counsel at Grupo Lala from March 2017 to May 2019. Previous roles include Associate General Counsel & Compliance Country Manager at DHL Supply Chain - Mexico and Legal Director - Corporate at Grupo Modelo, where responsibilities encompassed oversight of the Corporate Legal Department. Additionally, Mauricio held the position of Legal Director for Latin America at Blockbuster, managing legal affairs across multiple countries in the region. Early career experience includes roles as an Associate at Ritch Mueller, S.C. and as a Foreign Associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. Mauricio holds a Licenciado en Derecho with a focus on corporate and financial law from Universidad Panamericana and pursued an LLM in International Business Transactions at the University of Dundee.