Mr Alejandro Rojas > Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC‘s projects offering encompasses the range of financing and development mandates, including notable strength in PPPs for prison, transport, hospital, toll road, waste-and-water, and energy projects. Recent mandates have seen the group advising on waste management projects in Morelos, as well as advising Hermosillo’s water commission on the restructuring of its public debt in order to obtain financing for several infrastructure projects. The practice group is co-led by a trio of partners: Javier Arreola Espinosa, who has notable experience advising lenders on the financing of projects, as well as advising governmental and private entities on the implementation of PPPs; the ‘highly knowledgable’ Vanessa Franyutti, who is well-versed in PPPs, joint ventures, and construction, operating and management agreements; and Alejandro Rojas, who also handles the structuring of PPPs and has niche expertise in regulatory, administrative and budgetary analysis. Additional names to note include Santiago Medina (project finance and energy regulatory matters); and banking, finance, capital markets and M&A specialist, Michell Nader. Following the June 2023 departure of José Manuel López Castro, Fernando Castillo (projects, energy, capital markets, and banking and finance) is the key senior associate contact.

Highlighted for its ‘extraordinary’ team, which is ‘highly committed to the client’, Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC is well-placed to handle a range of real estate mandates that includes purchase, lease, and sale agreements; financings, joint ventures and the creation of foreign investment trusts; and related due diligence work. Banks, hotel groups, FIBRAs and SOFOMES regularly look to the group for support, as illustrated by recent work highlight representing Banorte (as lender), on the secured financing for the acquisition of the Hilton Cancún Mar Caribe hotel, in Quintana Roo. Seasoned partners Michell Nader and Vanessa Franyutti share leadership of the practice. Nader is well-known for handling banking, finance, M&A and capital markets work, in addition to his strong transactional real estate practice. Franyutti, for her part, regularly participates in real estate finance and investment deals involving retail, hospitality, residential and industrial assets. Alejandro Rojas, who is praised for his ‘loyalty to his clients’, takes care of matters involving corporate law, financings and real estate acquisitions in the hospitality and industrial segments. Of counsel Federico Vergara primarily focuses on real estate, infrastructure, project finance and antitrust matters. Eduardo Villanueva Ortiz left the firm in December 2023.

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.