Mr Alejandro Ripoll González > Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster > Guadalajara, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster Offices
Av. Américas 1500, Piso 14
Col. Country Club Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
C.P. 44610
Mexico
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Mr Alejandro Ripoll González
Work Department
Corporate & Business - Infrastucture Projects & Energy
Position
Partner
Career
Alejandro’s practice encompasses corporate law, foreign investment, infrastructure, energy, mergers and acquisitions, finance, transactions, commercial arbitration and implementation of corporate governance in family businesses.
Alejandro has provided advice for infrastructure and energy projects with the combined value for over $4 billion USD in locations such as Mexico, Costa Rica,
Panama, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Honduras and Malaysia; the projects include port terminals, regasification plants, roads, railways, high speed trains, dams, among others.
Alejandro is a professor and researcher in Alternative Dispute Resolution at Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara. He is a professor of Legal Framework of Business at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO). Former member of the Council of Young Entrepreneurs of the National Chamber of Commerce in Guadalajara. Former President of the U.S.-Mexico Bar Association, UP Guadalajara chapter. Mexican delegate to the Global Sales Law Project of the University of Basel, Switzerland. Translator for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNICTRAL) on the subject of national and international decisions on international sales transactions. Guest professor at the University of San Diego for the Thorsnes International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition as Foreign Arbitrator.
Languages
Spanish, English.
Education
Alejandro Ripoll obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Law and his Master´s degree in Business and Corporate Law at the Universidad Panamericana. He majored in Obligations, Contracts and Corporations at the Universidad Panamericana, as well as in Energy Law at the Escuela Libre de Derecho.
Alejandro attended Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Workshop, and studied the American Legal System for Foreign Lawyers at Fordham University, New York. He began his professional career at Baker & McKenzie and is currently a partner at Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster, where he is a Leader of the Corporate & Business Team. Active member of the Mexican Bar Association, for which he coordinates the Commission of Commercial Arbitration in the Jalisco Chapter. ABC arbitrator accredited by the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of the National Chamber of Commerce.
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Projects and infrastructure
The ‘efficient and coordinated’ team at Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster is well-versed in advising clients on project and infrastructure matters, covering all phases of projects, from early planning, budgeting and bidding, and public & private partnerships, to financing, execution and sale. The group is routinely instructed by developers, lenders, investors and government entities, and it has notable expertise in highways, renewable energy plants and prisons; recent highlights include assisting China Communications Construction Company with the Tren Maya bidding process. Practice co-head Guadalupe Esparza Sanchez focuses her practice on energy law, infrastructure and project finance, and has experience advising government entities and private sector companies on the design, structuring and implementation of public works projects and PPPs. Alongside her, Alejandro Ripoll Gonzalez specialises in the structuring, bidding, financing, execution, purchase and sale of large-scale energy and infrastructure projects. Key senior associate Diego Alvarez Ampudia specialises in infrastructure and energy projects, and has experience advising national and international clients on the structuring, bidding and execution of large-scale and complex operations including metro lines, port facilities, roads, railways, dams and renewable energy facilities.
Mexico > Energy and natural resources
Working from the firm’s offices in Mexico City and Guadalajara, respectively, practice heads Guadalupe Esparza Sanchez and Alejandro Ripoll González provide clients of Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster with financial, transactional and regulatory advice across the energy sector. Clients appreciate the ‘excellent attention’ and ‘extensive experience of the team’, which is especially strong when it comes to electricity market transactions. Generation projects are also an area of strength, while the department stands out from the crowd with an experienced disputes team when it comes to power and energy sector contentious matters. Senior associate Diego Álvarez Ampudia assists the practice heads on the full suite of energy matters, while experienced partner Edmundo Elías Fernández works closely with the department as part of his broad practice in customs and international trade, tax, commercial and corporate law, and government affairs.