Marcela Ánimas > Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC Offices
TORRE ARCOS, PASSEO DE LOS TAMARINDOS 400 B
7th FLOOR COL. BOSQUES DE LAS LOMAS
MEXICO, D.F. 05120
Mexico
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Marcela Ánimas
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Environment
(Next Generation Partners) (Firms to watch)Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC‘s sustainable transition working group is not an environmental practice as traditionally conceived but is instead focused on advice and consultancy (for clients such as BBVA, HSBC and Grupo FRISA) related to the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative (CGI), along with associated matters such as green finance, sustainable development goals, the issuance of BioCredits and bonds, and environmentally conscious governance strategies, among others; name partner Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly is the key contact and has led the firm’s efforts to establish not-for-profit entity Chapter Zero Mexico – effectively the local chapter of the CGI. The firm announced the hire of Marcela Ánimas as a partner – effective as of January 2024; arriving from her own boutique, Ánimas’ incorporation should radically broaden the practice’s capabilities across the environmental impact, risk and compliance segments, along with water law.
Mexico > Energy and natural resources
Electricity and water matters are the standout strengths of the energy and natural resources department at Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC, one of the practices equipped to handle the broadest range of projects in the energy and natural resources. Recent work has included prominent exits from the Mexican electricity market, renewable energy acquisitions and financing natural gas supply projects. The team is also at the forefront of the water sector and the growing waste-to-energy projects niche, with co-head of the practice Vanessa Franyutti, and PPP expert Alejandro Rojas being the key partner contacts on such matters. Franyutti shares leadership of the wider energy and natural resources department with Javier Arreola, who is well versed in matters across the electricity sector, including renewables. Young partner Santiago Medina comes with strong recommendation from clients and is developing a notable practice in electricity PPP projects, handling structuring, bidding, acquisition, restructuring and financings. At associate level, Ana María Alpizar and Fernando Castillo are both experienced practitioners of note. The January 2024 hire of environmental law expert Marcela Ánimas from the now defunct Woods Ánimas considerably bolsters the firm’s offering in that area.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Mexico > Environment
- Energy and natural resources Mexico
- Firms to watch Mexico > Environment
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