Mr George Y. Gonzalez > Haynes and Boone, SC > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Haynes and Boone, SC
TORRE ESMERALDA 1, BLVD
MANUEL ÁVILA CAMACHO #40, DESPACHO 1601
COL LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC, 11000, CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Mexico

Position

Partner

Career

George Y. Gonzalez is a trusted advisor to clients in the energy, oil and gas, midstream, upstream, downstream, power, water, food and beverage, construction, infrastructure, real estate, healthcare and technology industries. A partner in the Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions and International Practice Groups in the Houston office of Haynes and Boone, he counsels U.S. and international businesses in general corporate law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate control matters, securities, privately held companies and international legal issues.

George counsels public and private corporations and other businesses on their corporate, partnership or other limited liability structure; provides guidance on day-to-day operating and transactions strategies; and negotiates combination, service agreements, public private partnerships (P3), and other transactions.

George has negotiated on behalf of clients in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela, among other countries. Additionally, he has participated in panel discussions regarding business developments in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Canada, Venezuela, Chile and the Andean regions. George studied for a year as a Rotary Graduate Scholar in 1991 at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

Greater Houston Partnership, Board Member; Rice University Jones Business School, Council of Overseers; Spain Texas Chamber of Commerce, Board Member; Greater Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Chairman; Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Emeritus; Houston Hispanic Bar Association, Advisory Director HBA/Monterrey Lawyer Exchange Committee, Program/Brochure Committee Past Co-Chair; Mexican Cultural Institute of Houston, Past Director.

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1994, Executive Editor, Harvard International Law Journal; B.A., Rice University, 1990; Postgraduate Degree, Rotary Scholarship, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 1991.