Diana Pineda Esteban > Gonzalez Calvillo > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Gonzalez Calvillo Offices
MONTES URALES 632
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Diana Pineda Esteban
Position
Partner at Gonzalez Calvillo
Career
Diana is a partner at GC and has solid experience in energy matters, oil & gas projects, litigation, and dispute resolution. In 2022, she was elected member of the firm’s Executive Committee, and she was part of the Talent Committee, and President of Fundación Gonzalez Calvillo.
She has broad experience in the development of infrastructure projects, focused on regulatory and administrative aspects of oil & gas ventures throughout the value chain. Her experience includes the representation of national and international clients in private and public tenders; hydrocarbon production, either on-shore, off-shore, and specialized subcontractors. Diana’s practice also includes infrastructure projects, such as storage terminals, pipelines, port and other maritime facilities, design of general T&Cs and model agreements for customers. She also has experience in the development and participation in open season tenders; downstream projects of refined products and natural gas; trading and supply of commodities; strategies in connection with retail stations of refined products; risk analysis, design of and implementation of critical routes for the development of energy related projects. Her practice in this field includes project development, transactional work, regulatory aspects, and litigation.
Prior to joining GC, Diana was General Counsel at Silver Fuels, Inc. and Silver Fuels, LLC, a trading firm based in Houston and Mexico City. Diana also spent over five years in litigation and dispute resolution arising out of trade, administrative and constitutional matters. She also worked as Legal Researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, focused on sustainable foreign investment in New York.
She collaborates with several publications, including ICLG’s international compared legal guides, and is consistently invited to participate as speaker in national and international events, among those the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Center for American and International Law and the Institute for Energy Law, Latin Lawyer, AIJA, Mexico Energy Council, Argus.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Voz Experta
Women’s Energy Network
Abogadas MX
Education
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, New York, United States
Postgraduate studies in Civil Law (Obligations) ranked top 5 of the class, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Mexico
Professional Legal English studies, Columbia University, New York, United States
International Law Program, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, Spain
Law degree (J.D. equivalent), recognized with academic excellence, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Mexico
Personal
Professor of Energy Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
She has been an invited lecturer at the Escuela Libre de Derecho (Civil Law) and the Universidad Anáhuac Mexico Norte (Administrative Law), Mexico
Law Professor of Obligations I (Civil Law) at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico (2014–2017)
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Energy and natural resources
(Next Generation Partners)The energy practice is a key pillar of Gonzalez Calvillo’s broad service offering and the team places particular emphasis on projects work, from structuring and development, to financing and operation. Clients are supported through the full life-cycle of their projects, from inception, through fundraising and development, to operation, with the team also well equipped to handle potential disputes – it is particularly capable in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Five lawyers share leadership of the broad practice group: founding partner Enrique González Calvillo is a regular lead partner on transactions and financing in the sector; Jorge Cervantes Trejo is a go-to figure for power project finance, but also has a strong practice in ADR in the sector; Rodrigo Rojas Robleda is another seasoned financing expert; Oscar Moreno Silva handles infrastructure projects and regulatory matters; and Diana Pineda Esteban is an expert on the development side of energy projects work. At counsel level, Antonio de Lisi has assisted sponsors, investors, financial institutions and governments with cross-border and domestic financings, as well as project development; while Julia González focuses on infrastructure projects and designs strategies spanning regulatory, dispute resolution and risk prevention matters. Associate Jeronimo Ramos assists with infrastructure and energy project finance, structured finance, real estate transactions and M&A.
Mexico > Projects and infrastructure
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘highly sophisticated’ and ‘extremely responsive’ team at Gonzalez Calvillo is noted by one client for its ‘significant infrastructure expertise’, which encompasses a range of transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution work relating to infrastructure and project finance. The group has a strong track record assisting financial institutions, government entities, local and international development banks, multilateral entities, suppliers, contractors, and sponsors in connection with project development and financing transactions in various segments – including power, oil-and-gas, water, roads, airports, ports, railways and telecoms. The team’s six partners head up the department on an equal partnership basis: name partner Enrique Gonzalez Calvillo specialises in cross-border transactions involving energy and power generation, as well as M&A, joint ventures and project finance; Jorge Cervantes Trejo majors on M&A, project finance, private equity, energy and infrastructure. Rodrigo Rojas Robleda advises on project finance, lending and power generation projects, while Oscar Moreno Silva regularly represents clients on the regulatory and contractual components required for project development. Hernando Becerra de Cima advises developers and banks on infrastructure financing transactions; and Diana Pineda Esteban handles private and public tenders, oil-and-gas and infrastructure projects, and completes the senior team. Of counsel Antonio de Lisi is noted for his participation in financings, energy and infrastructure development transactions, joint ventures and M&A. Julia González, promoted to of counsel in January 2022, is active on the development of infrastructure projects, dispute resolution and risk prevention matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy and natural resources Mexico
- Next Generation Partners Mexico > Projects and infrastructure
- Next Generation Partners Mexico > Energy and natural resources
- Projects and infrastructure Mexico