Eduardo Ramos-Gómez is managing partner of Duane Morris' Singapore office. Mr. Ramos-Gómez has practiced international and corporate law for more than 20 years, advising multinational and foreign companies in Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America on cross-border direct foreign investment, project development and project finance. His practice encompasses a broad range of international investments, mergers and acquisitions, securities, financing, joint ventures, licensing, venture capital formation and investments, privatization, infrastructure projects, and other corporate transactions in the United States, Latin America and Asia.

Mr. Ramos-Gómez formerly served as Mexico's Ambassador to Singapore, Negara Brunei Darussalam and the Union of Myanmar. He is an advisory board member of the Singapore Management University School of Law, a member of the Commission on Globalization World Forum, president of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, vice chair of the Mexican Law Committee in the Section of International Law and Practice for the American Bar Association and chapter chair of the International Division of International Law and Practice Section of the New York Bar Association. He has been named chair of the Section's 2009 meeting to be held in Singapore. Mr. Ramos-Gómez also will head the Latin America desk in the Singapore office.

Mr. Ramos-Gómez is a graduate of the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and a graduate of the University of Virginia (LL.M.).

Professional Activities

U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
- President, Northeast Chapter
Commission on Globalization World Forum
- Commissioner
American Bar Association
- Section of International Law and Practice
-- Vice-Chair, Mexican Law Committee
New York State Bar Association
- Vice-Chair, International Law Section
- Co-Chair, International Division
- Chair, 2009 Meeting, Singapore
Inter-Pacific Bar Association
International Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Corporate Bar Association of Westchester & Fairfield County
Interamerican Federation of Lawyers
Honorary member of Fundación Colosio, AC (Mexico)

Admissions

Singapore (Foreign Lawyer)
New York (Foreign Legal Consultant)
Mexico

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 1985
Escuela Libre de Derecho, J.D., 1980

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2004-present
Thacher Proffitt & Wood, New York, New York
- Partner, 2002-2004
Ambassador of Mexico to Singapore, Negara Brunei Darussalam and the Union of Myanmar
- 1998-2001
Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas y Gonzalez Baz
- Partner and Office Administrator, 1986-1998
Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez
- Professor, 1990-1992
McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Virginia
- Associate, 1985-1986
Miranda y Estavillo, Mexico City
- Associate, 1980-1984
Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City
- Professor of Law and Civil Litigation, 1983-1984

Board Memberships

Singapore Management University School of Law
- Advisory Board Member
Centro de Estudio Estratégico y Relaciones Internacionales (Venezuela)
SUNSGLO
- Board of Advisors
Singapore Repertory Theatre

Civic and Charitable Activities

Mexican Cultural Institute, New York
- Treasurer

Selected Publications

"Derechos Políticos en Latinoamérica Legislación Electoral y de Partidos Políticos," International Human Rights Group, Proyecto Observador Electoral, 1985.
"El Derecho del individuo de reingresar a su propio país en Latinoamérica," Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute, Segundo Estudio de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho de Salidas y Retorno, 1984.
"La Crisis de la Deuda Internacional; Una perspectiva Internacional," Latin American Report Volume XXI, Diciembre de 1984.
"Consideraciones Legales sobre a Legislación Mexicana en Co-Inversiones, transferencia de Tecnologia el Programa Maguiladora," Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, 1984.