Holland & Knight LLP

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Partner

Rodolfo Rueda is an international business attorney in Holland & Knight's Mexico City and Houston offices. Mr. Rueda focuses on regulatory and government affairs, as well as cross-border natural resources and energy transactions.

Mr. Rueda represents clients identifying important regulatory considerations, develops strategies to address regulatory issues and helps implement strategies to achieve clients' business goals. He has extensive experience in legislative activity, lobbying and governmental affairs.

Mr. Rueda also handles transactions involving projects in Latin America, with a particular emphasis on all facets of oil and gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), power and renewable energy projects. He advises clients on international and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate transactions, energy infrastructure project development, government procurement, public policy, compliance, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and dispute resolution in the energy sector.

Mr. Rueda is also licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant in Texas. Representative Experience

Provided advice, support and closed the lease management of offshore oil rigs of Norway Corporation for an approximate value of $290 million Structured, advised and closed an approximately $82 million share purchase and sale agreement between Iberdrola and a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., with respect to the participation of the former in 13.25 percent of Gas Natural Mexico Provided the accompaniment to a $1.77 billion initial public offering (IPO) of Fresnillo PLC before the London Stock Exchange Provided advice, structuring, representation and accompaniment of Iberdrola's expansion plan in Mexico since 2012, with an investment of approximately $5 billion, of which $3.5 billion have been allocated to projects initiated after the approval of the energy reform in 2013 Representation of winning bidders in the accompaniment and structuring of participation in various international public tenders, convened by Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) under the independent electricity production scheme Handled the project finance and closing of credit granted by Nacional Financiera, S.N.C. in the Pier II project, Puebla 66 megawatt (MW), with an approximate value of $60 million Handled the merger and acquisition (M&A) of BNS wind farm with Oaxaca 70 MW Oversaw the construction and commissioning of four renewable 325 MW wind power plants in the states of Puebla and Guanajuato, and 275 MW photovoltaic plants in San Luis de Potosí and Sonora Oversaw the public-private investment of approximately 7 billion pesos for the Aqueduct El Realito; project was honored by Euromoney as the 2011 Water Deal of the Year

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American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, Energy Committee, Vice President Institute of the Americas, Energy Steering Committee Mexico Program Advisory Council, Inter-American Dialogue, Honorary Member Mexican Wind Energy Association (AMDEE), Secretary, 2025-2026 Certified Lobbyist, Mexican Congress, Senate and Chamber of Deputies United Nations Global Compact, Honorary Board Member Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), Advisor to the Advisory Council, 2020-2023 Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, Mentorship Committee, 2022 Asociación Mexicana de Energía Eólica (AMDEE), Secretary, 2021-2022 Institute of Energy Law's Leadership Class, 2020-2021 Consultant Water Council (Consejo Consultivo del Agua), Board Member, 2018-2021 Fomento Mexicano para el Desarrollo Sustemtable, A.C., Board of Trustees Chairman, 2015-2020 Ministry of Natural Resources of the Mexican Government, Board Member, 2016-2018 World Energy Council (UK) Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

M.S., Business Administration, 2018, Strathclyde University Business School (Scotland) M.A., Business Administration, Specialization in Energy and Business, 2017 ICADE Business School at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Spain) Post Graduate Studies in Finance, 2014, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Post Graduate Studies in Business Law, 2013, Universidad Panamericana Bachelor of Law (J.D. equivalent), 2011, Universidad Anahuac (Mexico)