Briseida Olvera

Corporate lawyer with strategic vision and commitment to continuous learning, excellence, and value creation. With experience in complex commercial contracts, M&A, due diligence, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property across operations in Mexico and Latin America. Proactive, meticulous, and results-driven — focused on delivering practical legal solutions and becoming a business partner that actively contributes to strategic decision-making.

Legal, Intellectual Property & Compliance Intern - Covestro

(2025-11)

• Support the Legal Director in the design and execution of legal and operational strategies, ensuring alignment with global corporate standards, internal policies, and applicable Mexican law.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts — including supply, distribution, services, civil construction, lease, and master agreements, as well as NDAs — providing legal risk assessments and proposing solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Manage Legal Operations in coordination with the Procurement area: oversee the end-to-end supplier contracting process, including verification of legal standing and capacity to contract (corporate bylaws, powers of attorney, tax registrations), contract drafting, and coordination with the Contractor Lead for documentation validation. Handle legal matters arising from suppliers' corporate changes — entity name changes or legal entity substitutions — ensuring continued compliance with applicable l
• Design, develop, and deliver Compliance training programs and internal talks for employees and external suppliers, covering: crime prevention, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, workplace violence prevention, personal data protection, and direct marketing regulation — fostering an ethical and compliance-driven culture across the organization.
• Protect Covestro's brand, corporate image, and intellectual property in the context of institutional, governmental, and private-sector collaborations; reviewing and negotiating licensing clauses, logo usage rights, assignment of rights, and corporate image standards.
• Prepare and distribute weekly legislative and regulatory update reports to the governing body and Executive Committee in Mexico, covering key developments in antitrust, labor, tax, foreign trade, and anti-money laundering law.
• Lead specialized legal research and regulatory analysis to support compliance strategies; develop executive presentations, training materials, and internal content tailored to different organizational levels.
• Implement and strengthen internal policies and compliance programs, including the adaptation of global standards to Mexican legislation, standardization of contract templates, and continuous improvement of legal processes.

Legal Trainee - DSM-Firmenich

(2024-11 - 2025-11)

• In collaboration with the Legal Director, I drafted and reviewed civil and commercial contracts across various categories: supply, distribution, specialized and non-specialized service agreements, civil works, lease agreements, framework agreements, NDAs/CDAs, General Terms and Conditions of Sale, and amendment agreements.
• Managed contractual instruments linked to commercial operations — delivery certificates, contractual assignments, and amendment agreements — including legal risk analysis and proposal of mitigation measures per transaction.
• In collaboration with external law firms, I actively participated in the dsm-firmenich merger process, which encompassed: (i) preparation of the articles of incorporation of the new merged entity, including the definition of bylaws, appointment of the Board of Directors, and designation of attorneys-in-fact; (ii) management of post-incorporation procedures, including registration with the National Registry of Foreign Investments (RNIE) and processing of the employer substitution before the Mexic
• Supported legal due diligence processes through systematic documentary and contractual review; prepared ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meeting minutes and monitored internal corporate governance requirements.
• Prepared legal risk reports (QLR), litigation reports, and regional compliance reports for Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.

Bachelor of Laws - LLB - Universidad del Valle de Mexico (2022-08 - 2026-12)

Corporate Law Diploma - Corporate Law - Universidad Iberoamericana (2025-09 - 2026-06)