Energy & Natural Resources

Services

Our Firm provides comprehensive legal services throughout all stages of energy and natural resources projects: structuring, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and, when the time comes, decommissioning.

In the power industry, we have represented all types of participants — generators, suppliers, marketers and end users — in regulatory consultations, obtaining permits, contractual matters involving hedging, supply, construction, operation and maintenance, interconnection and compensation, migration from the legacy regime to the new regime, as well as the placement of products in the Wholesale Electricity Market.

We have extensive experience in generation projects, both renewable and conventional, as well as in projects related to infrastructure for the transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity, including wind and solar farms; thermoelectric, hydroelectric, combined-cycle and cogeneration plants; distributed generation facilities; electrical substations; transmission and distribution lines; and other power infrastructure facilities.

In hydrocarbons, we have extensive experience in obtaining permits for the production, storage, transportation, distribution and commercialization of various types of hydrocarbons and fuels, and have advised several clients on the construction and operation of pipelines, regasification plants and storage facilities.

In addition, we have dispute resolution specialists with specific experience in energy and natural resources, allowing us to assist in filing the judicial actions necessary for the proper development of projects, as well as in the various applicable dispute resolution mechanisms, whether involving authorities or private parties.

Our team maintains alliances with technical specialists in electricity, social impact and environmental matters, allowing us to deliver added value to our legal services.

Acknowledgments

Our practice and members of our team have been consistently recognized for several years by leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. The practice’s leading partner, Lupita Esparza, has been recognized as a Next Generation Partner and Rising Star by both rankings. Alejandro Ripoll, co-head of the practice, and Diego Álvarez, senior associate, have also been recognized by both rankings.

Representative Matters

Distributed Generation and Isolated Supply Projects. Providing general advice to several companies for the installation and operation of power generation plants using distributed generation and local generation mechanisms.

Qualified Users and Wholesale Electricity Market. Supporting major consumers in becoming qualified users and/or migrating from the legacy regime to the new regime.

Power Generation Permits. Obtaining generation permits in their various forms, as well as accreditation as market participants (PM). We have successfully obtained permits in recent years despite the sector’s slowdown, including for Felipe Ángeles International Airport and Time Ceramics.

CFE Power Plant Modernization and Construction. Structuring a transaction for the repowering of CFE generation plants with a special payment mechanism. We also advised a major Chinese multinational company in connection with the construction of a 350 MW power plant for CFE.

Regularization of Power Generation Projects. Assisting one of Latin America’s most recognized clean energy companies in the regulatory, contractual and corporate regularization of several large-scale projects.

Industrial Parks. Advising several industrial parks, as well as companies with facilities within them, on the structuring and implementation of various schemes to secure the electricity supply required for their operations.