Patrick Del Duca, ha sido incluido en las ediciones 2010 y 2011 de THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®, y asesora a empresas e individuos en sus desafíos corporativos, comerciales y financieros. Posee vasta experiencia en el lanzamiento, desarrollo y salida de emprendimientos, desarrollos de infraestructura, operaciones financieras, reestructuraciones y materias ambientales. Formado en los sistemas de derecho civil y anglo-sajón, ha trabajado local e internacionalmente, especialmente en Europa y Latinoamérica.

El Sr. Del Duca es miembro del Pacific Council on International Policy y Co-Chair del Mexico Law Committee de la American Bar Association’s International Law Section. Es profesor adjunto en la facultad de derecho de UCLA y enseña Finanzas Internacionales, Derecho de la Unión Europea, Negocios Asociativos, Infraestructura y Desarrollo en Latinoamérica y Arbitraje Internacional. El Sr. Del Duca es autor del libro Choosing the Language of Transnational Deals: Practicalities, Policy and Law Reform, recientemente publicado por la American Bar Association.

Antes de sumarse a Zuber & Taillieu, fue socio de Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP y de Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP. Empezó su carrera como asistente legal del Juez Alfred T. Goodwin de la U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals y del Juez Antonio La Pergola de la Corte Costituzionale de Italia.

Representaciones Destacadas

• Financiación y Desarrollo de Proyectos de Infraestructura: Desarrollo, financiamiento y venta de energía (por ejemplo, plantas generadoras, producción de etanol, etc.), telecomunicaciones, transporte (por ejemplo, gasoductos, puertos, proyectos ferroviarios y carreteras a peajes) y otros proyectos de infraestructura;
• Restructuración Financiera: Representación de bonistas y otros acreedores financieros, con especial foco en mercados emergentes, por ejemplo, en la restructuración de dos compañías de telecomunicaciones latinoamericanas cotizantes en la bolsa de Nueva York;
• Nuevos Emprendimientos: Desarrollo y lanzamiento de negocios vinculados a la tecnología como la distribución de música por Internet, tecnología de “energía verde” y biotecnología, generalmente con un enfoque internacional;
• Derecho Ambiental: Asesoramiento contractual y regulatorio en materia de medioambiente en numerosas industrias.

Distinciones Profesionales y Actividades

• Seleccionado en las ediciones 2010 y 2011 de The Best Lawyers in America®, en las áreas de Comercio Internacional y Derecho Financiero. 
• Co-Chair, ABA Section of International Law, Mexico Committee.

Publicaciones Representativas

• CHOOSING THE LANGUAGE OF TRANSNATIONAL DEALS: PRACTICALITIES, POLICY AND LAW REFORM (American Bar Association, 2010), con la revisión de James Prendergast, 43 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE LAW JOURNAL 583 (October 2010).
• con L. Del Duca y G. Gentili, Introduction to the IALS Conference on Comparative Constitutional Law, 28 PENN STATE INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW (Winter 2010).
• co-editor with L. Del Duca, Judicial Highlights, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE LAW JOURNAL.
• Governo e forme di finanziamento delle aree metropolitane negli Stati Uniti.  Una guida per la navigazione in Cittá a Confronto:  Le Istituzioni Metropolitane nei Paesi Occidentali (Giuseppe Franco Ferrari and Pierciro Galeone, eds.) 37 (Societá editrice il Mulino, Collana dell’Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani 2011).
• When Language and Law Intertwine, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, June 18, 2010.
• co-autor de varios artículos sobre acontecimientos jurídicos en Brasil en varios números de Legal Developments in Latin America Newsletter, American Bar Association Section of International Law, including Brazil’s updated list of tax havens, Major Brazilian enterprises, even if not organized as a sociedade anônima, must publish their financial statements in both Official Gazettes and major newspapers, Brazil’s update and expansion of disclosure requirements for issuers of securities to the public, New Application of Tax on Depositary Receipts Traded Outside Brazil, New Writ of Mandamus Law, Law no. 11,962 Extends Labor Benefits for All Brazilian Employees Abroad, Brazil’s High Court of Labor Disregards Corporate Entity, Brazil Experiences Its First Insider Trading Prosecution, Securities Commission Guidance on Fiduciary Duties of Administrators, New Regime for Call Centers of Regulated Enterprises, Brazil’s Recent Progress to Implement International Accounting and Financial Standards, Prospective Legislative Reform to Improve Position of Non-Controlling Shareholders, Recent Improvements to Brazil’s Antitrust Enforcement Mechanisms, Corporate Governance and International Accounting Standards, and 2007:  The National Year of Clean Development for Brazil.
• con W. Heimann-Nunes y D. Rodríguez-Bravo, Criminal Exposure for Civil Wrongs in Foreign Countries, IN-PARK MAGAZINE (junio/julio 2009).
• con L. Del Duca, An Italian Federalism? – the State, its institutions and national culture as rule of law guarantor, 54 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW 799 (2006).
• con A. Feld y C. Vallejo, US Capital market debt meets emerging market collateral, in LAW OF INTERNATIONAL INSOLVENCIES AND DEBT RESTRUCTURING (Oceana/Oxford U. Press, 2006).
• The rule of law: Mexico’s approach to expropriation disputes in the face of investment globalization, 51 UCLA LAW REVIEW 35 (2003).
• con L. Del Duca, Selected Topics under the Convention on International Sale of Goods (CISG), 106 DICKINSON LAW REVIEW 205 (2001).
• con D. Mortillaro, The Maturation of Italy’s Response to European Community Law: Electric and Telecommunications Sector Institutional Innovations, 23 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 536 (2000).
• con R. Zamora, Mexico’s Secured Lending Reforms, 33 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE LAW JOURNAL 225 (2000).

Orador en Conferencias

• Speaker, 2021:  International Law Ten Years from now – International Financial Law and Institutions, Southwestern Law School, February 26, 2011
• Moderator, Secured lending and lien registry systems: best practices in the Americas and Europe, Spring meeting ABA section of International Law, Washington, DC, April 7, 2011
• Environmental Liabilities in Business Transactions, Environmental Law Institute Western Boot Camp on Environmental Law, January 27, 2011
• A Map for the Navigation of Metropolitan Governance and Finance in the United States, Regimi e Forme di Finanziamento delle Aree Metropolitane nel Diritto Comparatos, Rome, Italy, February 5, 2010
• Moderator, U.S. - Mexico’s Introduction of Adversarial Criminal Procedure: A Judicial Earthquake Propelled by Constitutional Amendment, Fall meeting ABA Section of International Law, Miami Beach, October 29, 2009
• Moderator, U.S. – Mexico Commercial Arbitration and ADR, Spring Meeting ABA Section of International Law, Washington, DC, April 16, 2009
• National Reporter, National Unification in Federal States—Italy, International Academy of Comparative Law’s Congress on the Unification of Law (La incidencia del derecho uniforme en el derecho nacional: Límites y Posibilidades), Mexico City, November 13-15, 2008
• Challenges in Implementing the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions—Importance of Secured Transactions Reform, Uniform Commercial Code Institute, April 18, 2008, Washington, DC
• Aspectos Legales y Manejamiento del Riesgo, Curso de Primeros Empresarios, PACE Business Development Center, Boyle Heights, February 27, 2008