Mr Carlos Ochoa > Holland & Knight > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

The Mexico City and Monterrey offices of Holland & Knight work in close conjunction to offer clients comprehensive counsel on energy sector matters. The team regularly advises on licensing, construction and development issues across the spectrum of energy matters, as well as on transactional mandates. Clients include project owners, sponsors and lenders of varying sizes, but including some of the biggest stakeholders in the Mexican market. At the helm of the practice, Carlos Ochoa has recently led counsel to a diverse range of clients on regulatory matters. He co-leads from Mexico City alongside Rodolfo Rueda, whose practice focuses on regulatory and government related matters, as well as transactions in the energy and natural resources space. At the Monterrey office it’s Gerardo Prado and Gabriel Ruiz who are the lead contacts. Ruiz assists with corporate matters and the operational design of oil-and-gas and other energy projects; while Prado’s focus is on transactional mandates. At senior counsel level, Regina Legorreta supports on energy project structuring, while Aldo González focuses on energy-related banking and finance matters.

Praised for its ‘profound knowledge’, the team at Holland & Knight LLP is equipped to assist developers, commercial and development banks, and government entities with the financing of projects involving urban infrastructure, highways, airports, waste and wastewater, telecoms, electricity and hydrocarbons. Three partners share leadership of the practice: Alejandro Landa (who also directs the banking and finance group), is lauded as ‘very dedicated, available 24-7, and proactive’; he specialises in corporate, M&A, capital markets, real estate and the financing of infrastructure and energy projects. Carlos Ochoa majors on energy, infrastructure, real estate, project finance and M&A transactions; and Rodolfo Rueda, who divides his time between Mexico City and Houston, and deals with regulatory and government affairs, as well as cross-border natural resources and energy transactions. Senior counsel Aldo Gonzalez Melo‘s practice focuses on corporate law, projects, and structured and public finance, as well as the structuring of infrastructure and energy transactions. Since publication, the practice has been further strengthened with the hire of Mónica Rodríguez Díaz as a senior policy advisor; her experience includes both time at the Comision Reguladora de Electricidad (CRE) and as an independent energy consultant.