Diego Alvarez Ampudia

Practice Areas

With more than 13 years of experience, Diego is specialized in infrastructure and energy projects (with particular expertise on renewables). He has wide experience in the structuring, bidding and execution of diverse large-scale endeavours in Latin America, which have included metro lines, port facilites, railways, highways, dams, pipelines, wind farms, solar parks, hydropower plants, and distributed energy projects. Diego is also experienced in the implementation of public private partnerships at a local and a federal level.

Additionally, Diego counts with substantial experience in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, having participated in both national and international arbitration procedures (including investment arbitration) administered by institutions such as ICC, LCIA, ICSID, CANACO & CIETAC.

Career

Diego has provided advice to numerous international and national clients in the negotiation, structuring, financing and execution of diverse and complex large-scale energy and infrastructure operations in Mexico and Latin America.

On infrastructure matters, Diego has participated in all stages of projects such as highways, hospitals, railways, ports, dams, pipelines, and airports. Additionally, Diego boasts substantial experience in public private partnerships, having provided advice to clients in the successful implementation of these schemes at federal, state and municipal levels. He has also assisted various government entities in related matters and was part of the team that drafted state legislation on the subject.

In power industry matters, Diego has assisted multiple clients in all stages of diverse power generation projects with different technologies (solar, wind, combined-cycle and geothermal). Diego has particular expertise in distributed generation and off-the-grid projects. He has also been involved in the construction of transmission lines, substations and other types of electrical infrastructure. Diego consistently provides regulatory advice specialized in the power industry for the structuring of new business models and operations, migration to the wholesale electricity market, detection and mitigation of risks, and due diligence reports for potential acquisitions or sales.

Diego also has extensive experience in arbitration matters, having participated in both commercial and investment procedures as counsel. The procedures have been administered by institutions such as the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce), LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration), CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission), CAM (Centro de Arbitraje de México) y CANACO (Cámara Nacional de Comercio de la Ciudad de México). Disputes in which he has been involved include mainly energy and infrastructure matters, but also commercial disputes derived from international sales, distribution contracts and corporate matters.

Between 2018 and 2019 he undertook an international work placement at Clifford Chance in London, in the project finance and arbitration practices of the firm.

Education

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English