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Yuriria Mascott

Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Yuriria Mascott joined Baker McKenzie as a legal consultant in April 2019. Prior to this, she worked as the undersecretary of transportation of the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT), appointed by the President of Mexico. She has also worked as the general director of the Mexican Postal Service, has headed up the acquisitions department and supply management of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and has held advisor positions for the Airports and Auxiliary Services Administration (ASA) and the SCT.
Yuriria has also worked in several law firms, some of which specialize in criminal law and in aeronautical and corporate law. She was also a member of the Corporate Legal Consortium, S.C.
Career
Yuriria focuses on public service and public contracts. She executed the largest infrastructure program to modernize transportation and improve connectivity, has participated in bilateral air agreements as well as the enactment of the first reform to railway law in years and has chaired a number of boards for large organizations.
Memberships
International Women’s Forum – Member
Education
- Autonomous University of Coahuila (Master’s Degree in Public Sector Resource Management) (2011)
- Instituto de Desarrollo Empresarial Anahuac (Diploma on Theory and Tools of the Harvard Negotiation Project) (2008)
- Quality Training of Mexico (Diploma on Coaching, Advice and Skills for Supervisors, Managers and Leaders) (2007)
- Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (Specialist in Material Resource Management) (1997)
- Universidad Panamericana (Administrative Law) (1993)
- Universidad Panamericana (Corporate Law) (1991)
- Universidad Panamericana (Industrial Law Course) (1991)
- Universidad Panamericana (Criminal Law Specialization) (1990)
- Universidad Panamericana (Labor Law Specialization) (1990)
- Escuela Libre de Derecho (Criminal Law Course) (1990)
- Universidad Panamericana (Banking Law Course) (1990)
- Universidad Panamericana (Law Degree) (1989)
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Energy and natural resources
Appreciated for its ‘local and global expertise‘, Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.‘s energy and natural resources practice is one of the broadest in the Mexican market, representing stakeholders in projects across both oil-and-gas and renewable energy. It is as adept in major projects as it is in smaller, innovative undertakings, with the practice’s client base featuring owners and sponsors from around the world. Advice includes project development at every stage, regulatory compliance and operations; more recently the team has assisted clients with carbon offset matters. Benjamín Torres-Barrón heads the department and is also chair of the firm’s regional energy, mining and infrastructure group for Latin America. Marco Nieto-Vazquez has experience advising the private sector, the Mexican public sector, and international energy-related organisations; while the ‘deep expertise‘ of Daniel Sánchez is brought to bear in advice to developers and lenders on project design, implementation, collateralisation and development. Senior associate Carlos Maass-Porras ‘always delivers‘ according to one client; with further support provided by associate Pamela Lemus and legal consultant Yuriria Mascott.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Monterrey
- Energy and natural resources
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment