The ‘extremely dedicated and hardworking’ practice group at Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC is well-versed in the structuring, development and financing of infrastructure projects. The team’s experience covers a wide range of mandates, namely the structuring of PPPs and M&A transactions involving transport, hospital, prison, toll road, wastewater, renewables and oil-and-gas projects. Leadership of the practice is shared between Javier Arreola, Vanessa Franyutti and Alejandro Rojas. Arreola specialises in public procurement, the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects, restructuring and insolvency mandates and aviation finance; Franyutti handles real estate and project finance, with a particular focus on investments in the hospitality sector and M&A transactions. Rojas, for his part, deals with project finance, regulatory energy matters and M&A. Additional key contacts include Michell Nader (banking and finance, M&A, capital markets, real estate and PPPs); and Santiago Medina (domestic and cross-border financings and M&A, corporate governance and energy and infrastructure project finance). Associates Ana María Alpizar (project finance, financings and M&A); and Fernando Castillo (projects, energy, capital markets, banking and finance and real estate) are also noted. Since publication, Castillo has been raised to the partnership - effective as of January 2026.
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Practice head

Javier Arreola Espinosa; Vanessa Franyutti; Alejandro Rojas

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Santiago Medina; Ana María Alpízar; Fernando Castillo