The practice at Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C. specialises in a range of mandates, including environmental due diligence for M&A transactions, administrative and criminal environmental litigation, carrying out environmental risk evaluations, and advising on remediation processes. Ensuring compliance with environmental regulations concerning water use, wastewater discharges, air pollution emissions, and environmental impact reports are all additional facets of the practice. Leadership of the practice group is shared between counsel Gabriel Calvillo and senior associate Paula Pérez. Calvillo brings previous experience as head of Environmental Crimes Division of the Federal Department of Justice to the table andleads on all white collar, corporate and criminal liability, and compliance matters, along with environmental enforcement defence. Pérez, for her part, takes care of environmental impact assessments, hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, soil pollution and urban development matters. Associates Paulina Martínez (administrative litigation and environmental compliance) and Aisha Calderón (renewable energies and environmental law) are additional names to note. Since publication, and following the July 2025 departure of Ms. Pérez, Daniela Ortega Sosa and Paulina Fabara Laphan have been promoted to counsel, and heads of regulatory and environmental compliance matters, repsectively (effective as of August 2025).
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Key clients

  • Actis
  • Aligned Data Centers International
  • Atlas Renewable Energy
  • Hagamos Composta

Work highlights

Assisted Actis with environmental due diligence relating to its acquisition of EVM.
Acted as Mexican counsel to data centre operator Aligned Data Centers International in relation to the acquisition of the Mexican subsidiaries of ODATA from Brazil’s Patria Investimentos and US IT company CyrusOne.
Advised Atlas on day-to-day environmental compliance with legal regulations.

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Practice head

Gabriel Calvillo; Paula Pérez