PRACTICE AREAS

Energy, natural resources and environmental

• Advice on electric energy projects, both conventional and renewable, including due diligence; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; public bids, procurement; financing; preparation of contracts in general, and in particular engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts, enforcement of legacy contracts (contratos legados) and procedures to modify self-supply energy schemes (PPA), financed public works (OPF), and generation under the Electricity Industry Act.
• Advice on Wholesale Electricity Market operations and activities.
• Advice on public bids, procurement, public and private contracting and hydrocarbon projects (upstream, midstream and downstream); including counsel on contracting with the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), For-Profit State Companies and private sector participants.
• Legal advice in matters related to the issuance and renewal of mining concessions, and proceedings before federal, state and municipal authorities.
• Tax planning and labor structuring for companies engaged in energy or mining projects.
• Advice on corporate governance, regulatory compliance and anti-corruption matters.
• Assistance in regulatory and environmental issues, including obtaining federal, state or municipal permits for oil and electricity projects.
• Resolution of disputes involving entities in the energy industry or mining industry, in civil, commercial, administrative, tax, labor and environmental matters.