Juan Manuel González Bernal > Greenberg Traurig, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has a flourishing presence in project development, especially in energy transition and alternative fuels. It has worked on a series of wind and solar projects in Mexico over the years and has experienced further growth in energy supply projects for new data centres in Mexico. Colombia and Chile are additonal key markets for the firm, while it is also experiencing an uptick in alternative fuel projects across the Southern Cone. Miami partner Robert Downing is increasingly prominent in renewable and energy transition matters, along with oil-and-gas and alternative fuels.  Marc Rossell is co-chair of the Latin America group, and has a background in project bonds and other capital markets-driven financings. Admitted to practice in New York and Chile, Oscar Stephens is further recognised for renewable energy and infrastructure financings in Latin America. Mexico City’s Juan Manuel González Bernal is global co-chair of the infrastructure practice.

Lauded by one client as ‘without a doubt one of the most experienced groups of lawyers in the Mexican market’, the team at Greenberg Traurig, S.C. is equipped to assist developers, funds and banks with the development and financing of infrastructure projects – namely those involving highways, airports, ports, energy, water and telecoms infrastructure. A recent standout matter saw the group advise the State of Sonora on the implementation of a state fund for the financing, construction and operation of public and social infrastructure in the state, including highways, roads, hospitals and water treatment plants. Leadership of the practice is shared between project finance and public procurement specialist Juan Manuel González Bernal and Gabriela Palomino, who focuses on transactional matters and the formation of infrastructure funds. Luis Torres (finance, corporate, and M&A) and Edgar Fernando Orozco (project finance) are the key associate-level contacts. Since publication, José Antonio Butrón Quintero has left the firm.

Greenberg Traurig, S.C.‘s capital markets capabilities take in debt and securities offerings, as well as representing SPACs and handling the structuring of FIBRAs. The ‘excellent’ team is routinely instructed by domestic and foreign public and private issuers, underwriters, venture capital funds and private investment firms. Three lawyers share leadership of the practice: José Raz Guzmán, Juan Manuel González, and David Argueta. Raz Guzmán frequently works with issuers, underwriters and investors on public and private offerings of equity and debt; González acts as co-chair of the firm’s global infrastructure practice group and is experienced in the financing of infrastructure and energy projects; and Argueta focuses on capital markets and financing transactions, as well as general corporate matters.