Jose Antonio Prado, Boris Otto, Alejandro Landa Thierry
and Guillermo Uribe Lara are Partners, and Carlos Ochoa is an
Associate in the
Mexico City office.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- A pivotal step in Mexico's game-changing energy reform
process was taken this week when President Enrique Peña
Nieto asked the Mexican Senate to pass new energy-related laws and
amend existing ones.
- Mexico's sweeping energy reforms involve the exploration
and exploitation of oil and gas as well as the generation of
electric power, and are designed to end the federal
government's energy monopoly and invite private
investment.
On December 20, 2013, Mexico's Official Federal Gazette
(Diario Oficial de la Federación, which is akin to the
Federal Register in the United States) published constitutional
reforms modifying articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Mexican
Constitution. These "Energy Reforms" will utterly
transform the way in which the country handles the exploration and
exploitation of oil
