Marcela Ánimas > Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Marcela Ánimas

55 4170 3010 manimas@nhg.com.mx

Work Department

Environmental impact and risk, sustainability and efficient use of natural resources (soil, water, atmosphere), waste handling, disposal and circularity, corporate environmental liability, divestitures and site abandonments, among other matters.

Position

Partner

Career

Marcela is partner at Nader, Hayaux & Goebel. She’s a highly regarded environmental and water resources lawyer with over 25 years of experience in Mexico. Her expertise encompasses ecological ordinance, environmental impact and risk, sustainability and efficient use of natural resources (soil, water, atmosphere), waste handling, disposal and circularity, corporate environmental liability, divestitures and site abandonments, among other matters.

She has extensive experience in M&A, real estate transactions, public offerings and other financial operations, as well as on legislative issues and public policy.

Likewise, she provides counsel on matters related to urban development, land use and other regulatory matters, including those connected with cultural patrimony and archaeological vestiges, health and safety, communications and transportation, hospitality, infrastructure and energy, among others.

Marcela has a solid background on legal aspects related to water availability and extraction rights, sustainability and circular economy (water efficiency, recycling and direct potable and indirect reuses). She has functioned as external counsel for several public national and international institutions advising on the relevance of legal certainty for successful water governance practices, strengthening the Mexican water allocation system with a perspective on water efficiency, as well as on the need to migrate to more flexible and resilient water allocation regimes for a smoother adaptation and resilience to the challenges of climate change.

Languages

English - Spanish

Education

Marcela holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM); a master’s degree in environmental policy and management from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain and numerous post graduate qualifications on compliance, real estate, energy and environmental law from some of Mexico’s most prestigious universities.

Leisure

She is frequently recognized in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories. She has published articles in Mexico and Spain on climate change, soil contamination, management of national parks and water sustainability, and frequently participates as a speaker in forums.