ENERGY

We advise our clients on matters related to oil, gas and electricity, including renewable energies. Combined with our administrative / regulatory practice areas, we provide a comprehensive approach to energy issues in Mexico for the development and execution of various projects.

Since the 2013 constitutional amendments in energy matters, to this date, the country’s energy policy has undergone several changes. Although there is a constitutional basis and secondary legislation that continues to guarantee private participation in various activities in the industry, the government, regulatory entities and state-owned productive companies have followed different policy lines that, to some extent, have hindered the development of various projects throughout the country. Hence the importance not only of knowing the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the activities, but also the public policies and political risks inherent to them.

Our services include:

  • Advice to national and international clients in connection with the legal, regulatory and administrative framework applicable to the generation of electric power, as well as activities related to oil products and petrochemicals, including, among others, marketing, transportation, distribution and storage.
  • Legal advice during the bidding processes for the awarding of contracts for the exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons called by the National Hydrocarbons Commission, including analysis and advice related to the awarded contracts and obligations under such agreements.
  • Review and negotiation of power purchase agreements (PPA's) entered and between consumers and electricity suppliers, either under the basic or qualified supply schemes.
  • Advice in matters related to distributed generation, including analysis of administrative provisions applicable to the matter, for the development of projects that allow the implementation of the referred scheme.
  • Real estate and regulatory due diligences for the development of electric power generation projects in different areas of Mexico, mainly through photovoltaic and wind technology. Our agrarian and real estate practice allows us to complement the services provided to our clients for purposes of designing and implementing schemes either for the purchase and sale of the properties on which the projects will be developed or the lease of agrarian lands in compliance with the applicable provisions and with a view of fostering a cooperative relationship with the communities and holders of agrarian rights.
  • Revision and negotiation of agreements for the commercialization and supply of natural gas to final users.
  • Advice aimed to comply with the legal and regulatory provisions and obligations applicable to hydrocarbon permits granted for activities such as import and export, as well as for those related to petrochemicals and petroleum products, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, among others.