Claudio Rodríguez-Galán

Practice Areas

Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Maritime: Energy, LNG/LPG and Cables | Energy | Latin America Practice | Mexico Practice | Construction | Mergers and Acquisitions | International and Cross-Border Transactions | Project Finance | Compliance Services | International Arbitration and Litigation | Anti-Money Laundering | Anti-Corruption and FCPA | Oil and Gas | International Energy | Energy Storage

Career

With more than 20 years of experience, Claudio focuses his practice on energy and infrastructure matters in the Mexican and Latin American markets. He represents international energy companies, including wind, downstream, water, solar, cogeneration, combined-cycle, pipeline, LNG, and transmission projects. Claudio is considered by peers and clients as a pragmatic and business-oriented attorney who quickly understands the effects of complex regulation on his clients’ businesses, including those derived from the Mexican Energy Reform and new federal administration criteria. Claudio has extensive experience representing developers, EPC firms, producers, investors, contractors, suppliers, and multilateral institutions in all phases of the development, M&A, and financing of energy projects. He advises clients regarding very complex regulatory issues and project development, EPC, O&M, supply contracts, M&A, services agreements, hydrocarbon transportation agreements, self-supply agreements, and power purchase agreements in the power, renewables and gas sectors. He also has extensive experience in ADRs in all kinds of energy projects and cross border transactions.

Professional Memberships

Mexican Chambers of Commerce in Italy, Directive Board

Portuguese-Mexican Chamber of Commerce

Mexican Academy of Energy Law (AMDE); Coordinator, Foreign Affairs Committee

Mexican Bar Association; Chairman, Energy Committee, 2009-2011

International Bar Association

Adjunct Professor, Foreign Investment and Economic Regulation, Universidad Iberoamericana School of Law

Adjunct Professor, International Business Law, Universidad La Salle Graduate School

Adjunct Professor, Public International Law, Universidad La Salle

Adjunct Professor, International Business, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Adjunct Professor, Private International Law, Universidad de las Américas

Adjunct Professor, Energy Law, Escuela Libre de Derecho

Education

Languages Spoken

Spanish (native)

English (proficent)

Portuguese (proficent)

Italian (basic)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Mexican Lawyer