Priego Brito & Guzmán Juárez Abogados

Socio Fundador — Derecho Energético & Corporativo

Erik Priego Brito founded PBGJ and has practiced for over 25 years, with a career rooted in Tabasco, the operational heartland of PEMEX.

He has focused on oil and gas work since 2000, and following the 2013 energy reform he became the go-to advisor for international firms and public-sector stakeholders entering the Mexican energy market. He was the first Tabasco-based lawyer to open a dedicated oil sector practice Petrolegal, to develop preventive legal models for the hydrocarbons industry, and to represent the region on national committees before the Mexican Congress, chambers of commerce, professional associations, and industry confederations.

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Executive Secretary — Mexican Academy of Energy Law (AMDE) Active Member — The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (USA) Active Member — Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) Eneryerco Award — National Energy Law, Energy & Ecology 2019 2017 Energy Award — Jorge Calles Broca, Grupo Presente Multimedios Nominee — Best Lawyers, Energy Practice 100 Leaders in the Energy Sector — Petróleo & Energía Magazine Active Member — Mexican Bar Association (BMA)

Qualifications: Doctor of Law and Master’s degree, University of Salamanca; Master’s in Energy and Specialization in Hydrocarbons, UDLAP; Master’s in Civil Law, UJAT. Additional studies at Yale, Harvard, Escuela Libre de Derecho, UNAM, Cambridge, University of Houston, IPADE, and UCM.