Torre Esmeralda II- Blvd. Manuel A. Camacho No.36-1802 
Lomas de Chapultepec, 06500 México, D.F. MEXICO
MEXICO 

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• Acted as lead Mexican counsel to the Mexican government in connection with structuring of the deregulation of the Mexican electricity market, including drafting the necessary constitutional and legislative amendments. 
• Represented multinational consortium, comprised of The AES Corp., Grupo Hermes S.A. and Nichiman K.K. in its winning bid for the BOT contract for the 440 MW Merida III power plant.
• Represented Mexican construction company in negotiation and drafting of an EPC contract with Samsung Engineering and Chiyoda consortium bidding for project to modernize and reconfigure Francisco I. Madero refinery operated by PEMEX Refinación.
• Represented onshore drilling company in amendments to, and termination of, drilling services contract with CFE for drilling and work-over on geothermal wells.
• Represented Mexican company in obtaining various permits to operate cogeneration facilities.
• Represented U.S. bank in connection with structuring synthetic lease financing for production platform purchases for PEMEX. 
• Represented U.S. bank in connection with financing for Mexican company guaranteed by various Mexican trusts in connection with PEMEX platform project.
• Represented U.S. seismic acquisition firm in the formation of a branch authorized to carry out domestic and international bidding for PEMEX projects in the Gulf of Mexico. 
• Represented onshore drilling company in connection with lease of rig and provision of drilling services to PEMEX contractor.
• Represented U.S. oilfield services company in buy-out of Mexican partner from drilling fluids joint venture in Villahermosa, Tabasco.
• Represented drilling fluids company in connection with bid to PEMEX for oil cuttings incinerator facility.
• Represented major U.S. oil company in evaluation of restrictions under Mexican Constitution and regulatory laws for development of a proposal for Burgos basin gas development project.
• Represented Malaysian consortium in connection with potential bid for natural gas pipeline for Merida III power plant.
• Represented U.S. LNG marketer in connection with construction of natural gas pipeline and natural gas liquification in Sonora.
• Represented Perez Companc S.A. in the privatization (construction, operation and concession) of the Mexican Merida III pipeline project, as a member of the consortium formed with Nova Corporation and The Williams Companies, with an anticipated investment of over $200 million. 

• Represented GTE International Telecommunications Incorporated in the negotiation and formation of a joint venture with Mexican national banking conglomerate Bancomer, S.A. and industrial conglomerate Valores Industriales, S.A. to establish a telecommunications business in Mexico.
• Represented Optel Telecommunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Telefónica Autrey, S.A. de C.V., in connection with the renegotiation of its agreements with Global One Communications for the distribution of value-added services in Mexico. 
• Represented Telscape International in transactions to acquire all of the stock of two Mexican telecommunications equipment manufacturers/distributors. 
• Assisted subsidiaries of Murdoch Communications in negotiations with COFETEL (the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission) on providing of collection services for long distance calls made to the U.S. and Canada by clients of hotels in Mexico; obtaining toll-free long distance numbers from two of the primary long distance carriers in Mexico; and negotiated a joint venture with AcNet, a provider of Internet services holding a data transfer permit issued by COFETEL. 
• Represented the SABRE division of American Airlines in the establishment of a computerized reservation system in conjunction with AeroMexico and Mexicana.
• Represented Air Touch Paging in litigation involving frequency interference along the U.S./Mexico border area, and in obtaining a concession or license to operate one of their nationwide frequencies along the U.S./Mexico border area, pursuant to the bilateral frequency protocol between the U.S. and Mexico. 

• Represented Industrias del Agua, S.A. de C.V. in joint venture negotiations with Severn Trent Plc. (of England) and their successful bid to operate one quarter of the Mexico City potable water system. Represented Industrias del Agua in several further successful bids in both Mexico and other Latin America countries. Negotiated the sale of a minority interest of Industrias del Agua to Azurix Corp., a subsidiary of Enron Corp. 
• Represented Cooper T. Smith in its successful bid for a stevedoring contract in the privatization of port services for the port of Altamira. 
• Represented Laidlaw, Inc. in its proposed equity investment in various water treatment projects in the State of Morelos. 
• Represented a leading U.S. landfill operator in its bid for a hazardous wastes treatment facility in the State of Sinaloa.