Erick Hernández

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Italian

Practice Areas

Energy & Natural Resources

Environmental

Hospitality

Latin America Practice

Real Estate

Regulatory & Compliance

Liquefied Natural Gas

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Energy Litigation

Energy Transactions

Upstream Oil & Gas

Carbon Capture & Sequestration

Renewable Energy

Energy Project Finance & Development

Water Law

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Career

Erick Hernández represents domestic and international clients on environmental and energy matters, including corporate finance, healthcare, regulatory compliance and real estate matters. Erick has represented clients in several project finance, mergers and acquisitions and electric energy tenders, as well as hydrocarbons tender procedures, both in accordance to the new energy reform in Mexico.

Erick has been practicing Mexican environmental, energy, real estate, administrative and regulatory law for more than 15 years, advising Mexican and International entities and their holding companies, on projects related with renewables, oil & gas, hospitality and tourist, land use, urban development, corporate environmental regularization, healthcare, environmental impact and risk matters, financing of green projects, soil contamination, as well as emissions reductions and climate change.

During his professional experience he had participated in different real estate, environmental, infrastructure, oil & gas and energy projects, as well as assessing different companies in all regulatory matters, including healthcare and environmental, health and safety. Likewise, he has participated in several public and private forums and associations with companies, international associations, banks, lawyers and authorities related to Mexican Environmental, Energy, Real Estate, Administrative and Regulatory Law.

He has been involved on the preparation of several Mexican Official Standards as well as environmental and administrative regulations.

Concentrations:

-Energy and Natural Resources

-Environmental

-Mergers and Acquisitions

-Finance

-Real Estate

-Regulatory and Compliance

Professional Memberships

-Professor “Course of Environmental Legislation in Mexico”, imparted in English Language. UNAM, 2017.

-Coauthor of the Report for the World Bank denominated “Legal Framework for the Carbon Capture Usage and Storage of Carbon in Mexico,” 2016.

-Professor in the Seminar “Mexican Energy Reform” organized by the Government of the State of Sonora, 2016.

Publications

Listed, Chambers Latin America, Environment - Mexico, 2023.

Personal

Diploma on Energy Matters, Energy Reform in Mexico, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, 2014.

Postgraduate Studies, Environmental Law, Universidad Panamericana, 2005.

Law Degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Law School, 2003.

Diploma on Public Affairs, Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública, 1999.