Priego Brito & Guzmán Juárez Abogados

With over 25 years in the market, specialist oil-and-gas boutique Priego Brito & Guzmán Juárez Abogados stands out from its competitors as a result of being headquartered in Tabasco, the southeastern coastal Mexican state where much of the country’s hydrocarbons production – both on- and off-shore – is located. Fielding a team over 30-strong, including four partners, the firm handles the full range of up- and mid-stream hydrocarbons matters (along with gas transportation projects), including rights-of-way, public bidding rounds, service contracts, labour matters, agrarian law and surface rights, along with administrative relations with the full range of relevant government agencies. Current matters include work relating to the Dos Bocas Refinery and the gas pipeline system serving the Yucatán Peninsula. Founding partner Erik Priego Brito is -first and foremost- an energy specialist, but also has a strong focus on anticorruption – a specialism that has allowed the firm to overcome the concern harboured by some major corporates with regard to using a regional firm. Fellow name partner, finance specialist and accountant María Teresa Guzmán Juárez , who oversees a number of the firm’s departments, has been directly involved in CNH bidding rounds 1, 2, and 3, the Dos Bocas Refinery, and the Gulf–Yucatán gas transportation systems. The firm operates dedicated practice areas covering energy and oil-and-gas; surface rights & pipeline work; labour & workforce; criminal law (corporate & asset protection); infrastructure; civil & commercial law; and environmental law, social impact & community relations. In addition to its Villahermosa headquarters, the firm also has offices in Mexico City, Cancún, and Ciudad del Carmen.