Greenberg Traurig LLP

Energy & Natural Resources

Shareholder

Erick Hernández represents domestic and international clients on environmental and energy matters, including corporate finance, healthcare, regulatory compliance and real estate matters. Erick has represented clients in several project finance, mergers and acquisitions and electric energy tenders, as well as hydrocarbons tender procedures, both in accordance to the new energy reform in Mexico.

Erick has been practicing Mexican environmental, energy, real estate, administrative and regulatory law for more than 15 years, advising Mexican and International entities and their holding companies, on projects related with renewables, oil & gas, hospitality and tourist, land use, urban development, corporate environmental regularization, healthcare, environmental impact and risk matters, financing of green projects, soil contamination, as well as emissions reductions and climate change.

During his professional experience he had participated in different real estate, environmental, infrastructure, oil & gas and energy projects, as well as assessing different companies in all regulatory matters, including healthcare and environmental, health and safety. Likewise, he has participated in several public and private forums and associations with companies, international associations, banks, lawyers and authorities related to Mexican Environmental, Energy, Real Estate, Administrative and Regulatory Law.

He has been involved on the preparation of several Mexican Official Standards as well as environmental and administrative regulations.

Concentrations Energy and Natural Resources Environmental Mergers and Acquisitions Finance Real Estate Regulatory and Compliance

Capabilities Energy & Natural Resources Environmental Hospitality Latin America Practice Real Estate Regulatory & Compliance Liquefied Natural Gas Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Energy Litigation Energy Transactions Upstream Oil & Gas Carbon Capture & Sequestration Renewable Energy Energy Project Finance & Development Water Law Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Mining

Admission to Practice Mexico

Spanish, NativeEnglish, AdvancedItalian, Fluent

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Vice-President, Mexico Chapter Environmental Commission, 2023-Present Co-Chair, Working Group on Circular Economy, 2022-Present Professor “Course of Environmental Legislation in Mexico”, imparted in English Language. UNAM, 2017 Coauthor of the Report for the World Bank denominated “Legal Framework for the Carbon Capture Usage and Storage of Carbon in Mexico,” 2016 Professor in the Seminar “Mexican Energy Reform” organized by the Government of the State of Sonora, 2016 Professor “Course of environmental law for practitioners of KPMG,” 2015 Participant in the worktable for the, "Discussion of the land ownership related with the Mexican Energy reform in Mexico, 2014 Participant as professor in the seminar organized by the Ministry of Economy denominated “Energy Law in Mexico and the secondary legislation,” 2014 Workshop for the discussion of the General Law of Climate Change, 2012 Participant as professor in the seminar denominated “Legal preparation for the climate change, carbon markets promotion and sustainable development,” 2013 Organization of the seminar “Adaptation of Mexico and Latin America for Climate Change,” 2011 Participation in the Conference of the UN for Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol (COP16), 2010

Diploma on Energy Matters, Energy Reform in Mexico, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, 2014 Postgraduate Studies, Environmental Law, Universidad Panamericana, 2005 Law Degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Law School, 2003 Diploma on Public Affairs, Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública, 1999