Fernando Navarro Sánchez
Senior Fellow – Mexico
Fernando Navarro Sánchez currently serves as the Capacity Building and Conflict Resolution Expert at the Ombudsman’s Office for UN Funds and Programmes. He is also a JAMS panelist and has served as a commercial mediator with experience mediating and co-mediating complex matters involving parties and counsel from Latin America, the U.S., and Europe. Mr. Navarro has significant experience in the energy sector, specifically in renewable energy in Mexico and Latin America.
About Fernando Navarro Sánchez
Fernando Navarro Sánchez currently serves as the Capacity Building and Conflict Resolution Expert at the Ombudsman’s Office for UN Funds and Programmes. He is also a JAMS panelist and has served as a commercial mediator with experience mediating and co-mediating complex matters involving parties and counsel from Latin America, the U.S., and Europe. Mr. Navarro has significant experience in the energy sector, specifically in renewable energy in Mexico and Latin America.
Mr. Navarro is passionate about dispute resolution, particularly negotiation and mediation. He is a frequent speaker, writer and trainer in those specialties in several cities of Mexico, the US, and the Central American region. He has acted as a co-mediator, a solo mediator, and as a negotiation consultant. He is co-founder of the academic initiative “Academia de Negociación,” an organization dedicated to fostering negotiation skills throughout the Spanish speaking world.
Mr. Navarro received his law degree from the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, in Mexico. He holds an LL.M. in dispute resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law in California. He is certified by the Mexico City Courts System as a private mediator. Mr. Navarro is also a fellow with the International Academy of Mediators, and a member of the International Advisory Council at the International Mediation Institute.
Litigation Practice
- Mr. Navarro worked for six years in a prestigious Mexican law firm in the litigation, corporate and transactional areas.
- He has extensive litigation practice experience as a legal consultant for renewable energy projects in Mexico and Latin America.
Mediation Practice
Mr. Navarro has participated as a solo mediator in over twenty cases in Mexico and the United States.
- He has served as a co-mediator or observer in more than thirty commercial mediations in both countries.
- He has experience as a mediator in family, commercial, construction and labor matters.
