Energy and Infrastructure

The energy sector in Mexico is undergoing substantial transformation and development, and a huge number of business opportunities are arising. Is your business in the loop? Let us help you prepare your business to participate, be active in bids, and take part in the services, financing and leasing opportunities within the Mexican energy sector. Whether your business is involved in the upstream, midstream or downstream oil & gas sectors, or in any electricity-related business, we can represent your company in Mexico in the developing of your business, the relationship with the new players of the Mexican energy sector and/or with PEMEX, CFE, CENACE, CRE and all the energy agencies. We will be able to protect your technology, negotiate new ventures and opportunities and structure and negotiate that consortium that you want to be a part of. We can help you properly and timely file your bid documents, maximizing your possibilities of a successful award. Let us advice you with your lease or service agreements for that rig, those offshore projects, the development of your power generation plant or the negotiation of your PPA, and guide you through the authorities and regulatory process. Let us help.

Our firm only practices Mexican law. Attorneys in our U.S. Representative Office in Houston are only authorized to practice Mexican law, and are not authorized to practice Texas law.

Services and related transactions

Drafting and Negotiating Joint Venture and Consortium Agreements.

  • General legal advice to a number of foreign companies in connection with their joint venture & consortium agreements and negotiations, most of them related with their participation in bids and auctions within the Mexican energy sector.
  • Advising a U.S. company in the drafting and negotiation of a joint venture agreement with a Mexican private fund, related to the selling of machinery to energy sector companies involved in oil & gas projects.
  • Structuring the entities and agreements implemented for the design, financing, construction, operation and management of an electric power production facility in Mexico by Cemex.
  • Proposing a structure for a joint venture between a green energy technology European company, a private investment fund and a Mexican company in their participation of a green energy power plant construction in Mexico.
  • Negotiated an MOU and Consortium Agreement involving a number of Mexican and U.S. companies, in connection with the consortium’s participation in an international bidding process with the Mexican CFE.
  • Participated in the drafting of an MOU for the development of new technologies in the energy business in Mexico, between a U.S. technology company specializing in the oil & gas sector, and a Mexican corporate group.
  • General advice to Archer Well Company in its negotiation of a collaboration and consortium agreement with a Mexican counterparty.

Legal advising in the establishment of power plants projects.

  • Advising companies, whether with foreign or domestic investment, in their plans for the structuring and development of electric power production projects to sell power to qualified consumers in Mexico.
  • Proposing an agenda to a Mexican company for the start-up of an energy project for the construction of an electric power production plant.

General Foreign Investment Advice and Operations’ Structuring.

  • Participating in a transaction implying the design, financing, construction, operation and management of an electric power production facility in Mexico by Cemex, including the drafting of several of the mayor agreements involved in the transaction, among them an investment, operating and management trust to which several international financial institutions were parties.
  • Provided general corporate legal advice to former oil & gas player Pride International in connection with the company’s business start-up in Mexico.
  • Structuring and negotiating natural gas commercialization and transportation agreements on behalf of a multinational corporation.
  • General corporate and foreign investment advice to Archer Well Company, regarding its Mexican operations.
  • General corporate and administrative legal advice to a consortium conformed by Bufete Industrial and Arema (a Spanish company), in its participation in bid processes organized by several Mexican State Governments for the design, financing, construction and operation of water treatment facilities in Mexico.
  • General legal advice to a group of U.S.-based companies in connection with certain agreements related to the companies’ start-up operations in Mexico, including regulatory compliance in foreign investment matters.
  • General advice to a Mexican financial institution in connection with the structuring of several companies and trusts to put in place an asset-backed financing for a leading industrial group in Mexico.
  • General legal advice to a number of Mexican subsidiaries of foreign companies in connection with their compliance with a number of environmental and regulatory matters.
  • General legal advice to a Mexican company for the restructure of its natural gas transportation and supply permits with the Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE).
  • Structuring and negotiating liquefied natural gas (LNG) commercialization and transportation agreements on behalf of a Spanish-based company.

Advice and Representation in Public Bidding Procedures with PEMEX and CFE.

  • Represented Archer Well Company in the preparation of all documents, and the submission, of a number of direct and indirect bids before PEMEX.
  • Represented former oil & gas company Pride International in a number of bidding procedures before PEMEX, in connection with the company’s Mexican operations.
  • Represented a Consortium formed by a number of Mexican and U.S. companies in its participation in an international bidding process with the Mexican CFE.

Drafting and Negotiation of Lease and Services Agreements for the Energy Sector.

  • Represented Archer Well Company in the drafting and negotiation of a long-term equipment lease agreement with Materiales y Equipo Petrolero, in connection with its operations with PEMEX.
  • Structuring, drafting, reviewing, negotiating and formalizing a series of agreements related to the design, construction and installation of solar-powered systems, including a Master Solar Purchase and Installation Agreement.
  • Drafting and negotiation of cross-border agreement of Mexican services company with CFEnergia.
  • Advising Prodensa in the negotiation of manufacturing and other services agreements with a number of major global players in the energy sector.
  • Represented former oil & gas service provider Pride International in its negotiation of a number of operational agreements for the company’s Mexican operations.
  • Drafting, negotiating and formalizing EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and turn-key agreements for power generation plants in Mexico, including cogeneration and self-supply projects.
  • Drafting and negotiating purchase and services agreements on behalf of U.S.-based company with CFE for the acquisition of fly ash from several power plants owned by the state-owned company.
  • Drafting, negotiating and formalizing fuel and gas trucking and transportation services agreements with a number of U.S. and U.K.-based fuel and energy traders.

General Corporate Advice for Companies in the Energy Sector.

  • Drafting, negotiating and formalizing an agreement to sell metrics navigation instruments to a shipping company for its ships used for the oil & gas industry.
  • Advising Prodensa in the negotiation of manufacturing and other services agreements with a number of major global players in the energy sector.
  • Drafting and negotiating services, representation, sales and agency agreement for Ingenieria Especializada, for the global supply of specialty valves used in the oil & gas business.
  • General advice to Archer Well Company in its intended acquisition of another U.S. company substantially involved in providing services to companies within the Mexican energy sector.
  • Structuring and drafting a MOU for the development of new technologies and business opportunities in the energy business in Mexico, between a U.S. technology company specializing in the oil & gas sector based in Houston, Texas, and a Mexican corporate group based in Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Represented former oil & gas service provider Pride International in its overall Mexican operations, including negotiations of consortium agreements, bidding proceedings, incorporation and branch registration, and a number of day-to-day operations of the company in the Gulf of Mexico region.
  • Provided overall labor advice to a number of Mexican companies, subsidiaries of foreign entities, in connection with their Mexican operation in the energy sector.
  • Represented Archer Well Company in its structuring and incorporation to conduct business in Mexico, and in a number of ongoing day-to-day matters.
  • General advice for the restructuring and revision of multiple Water Rights’ Titles and the rights derived thereof, as well as in connection with zoning and land use changes and permits, including successfully obtaining zoning and land use changes in highly-sensitive zones within the Mexican territory.

* For confidentiality purposes, we do not disclose the names of our clients in all representative transactions which are referenced above and within each of our practice areas.