Mr Alejandro Ripoll González > Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster > Guadalajara, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster
Av. Américas 1500, Piso 14
Col. Country Club Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
C.P. 44610
Mexico
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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 ‘professional’ and ‘dynamic’ team at Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster has earned a strong repuation for handling all stages of project development, including planning, bidding, financing and related transactions, in addition to the structuring of PPPs. Financial institutions, developers, sponsors, private companies and government entities frequently look to the group for its expertise in highway, railroad, airport and energy infrastructure projects. The department is co-led by Guadalupe Esparza Sánchez and Alejandro Ripoll González. Esparza Sánchez is well-versed in advising government entities and companies on the design, structuring and implementation of public works projects and PPPs – particularly for port and highway projects. Ripoll González, has long focused on energy, infrastructure and foreign investment matters, along with real estate and M&A. The key name to note at senior associate-level is ‘specialist in the energy sectorDiego Álvarez Ampudia, who majors on the planning and financing of metro, port, railway, dam, highways and power plant projects.