About

Alejandro Becker Ania has over 25 years’ experience in the Mexican legal industry. After a successful spell at law firm Guerra González y Asociados, he spent six years at entertainment company Ocesa Presents as legal director supporting the company’s transactional issues, handling a broad range of legal matters in all areas of entertainment and corporate work. His role saw him representing the band U2 in Mexico and executing artist performance agreements for the likes of Madonna, The Rolling Stones, and Sir Paul McCartney. In 1999 Becker Ania moved to the energy sector joining Gas Natural Mexico, where his work as head of legal included obtaining geographical areas for the distribution of natural gas derived from an international bid and negotiating the acquisition of Lone Star International, a US company dedicated to the distribution of natural gas in Mexico City. After the turn of the century, Becker Ania founded Vilcehs & Becker, a law firm dedicated to the energy sector, and was commended for being a ‘pioneer’ in Mexican energy law as a result of his work. Whilst still running the law firm for 13 years, he spent his final three years serving as general counsel for Energy 7, a company that counsels and represents clients in identifying, managing and disposing of risks and liabilities arising from actual or suspected real-estate energy related liabilities. In 2014 however he moved to his current position as general counsel and secretary of the board of Gasoductos de Chihuahua, a company that transports and stores hydrocarbons. Becker Ania’s work in the energy sector has gained him plaudits with one source commenting ‘I can highly recommend him regarding his professionalism and knowledge as a specialised attorney in corporate and energy matters’.