Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 2

Environment

Mexico

15 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Public Law

Mexico

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Gustavo Carvajal Isunza

Latin America

Practice Areas

Agrarian Law

Antitrust

Energy

Environmental

Government and Regulatory Affairs

Mining

Career

Mr. Carvajal has over 30 years of experience focused exclusively on regulatory law issues. His background in public policy allows him to design the appropriate strategy in litigation and problems related to different levels of government in areas such as energy, economic competition, environment, urban development, and standardization, among others. He works in coordination with the main public relations and communication firms on these issues. Distinguished by government entities and private organizations that recognize his work and contributions to Mexican Administrative Law, he is named year after year as one of the best lawyers in Mexico in Environmental Law by Chambers & Partners.

Professional Memberships

Secretary of the Centro de Políticas Públicas para el Desarrollo Sustentable, A.C., an NGO that promotes and assists in the strengthening of the environmental legal framework in Mexico.

Publications

Coauthor of “La Eficacia de Gobierno como Imperativo de Legitimidad”, Centro de Centro de Políticas Públicas para el Desarrollo Sustentable, 2005.

Coauthor of “NAFTA Investment Law: Past Issues, Current Practice, Future Prospects”, Transnational Publishers, EUA, 2004, American University in Washington, D.C. 2004.

“Aspectos de Prueba en Procesos Arbitrales bajo el Capítulo XI del TLCAN”, Asper Review of Internacional Business and Trade Law, Volume III, 2003

Clients

Argonaut Gold

Icarus Aviation Ltd

Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán

Carrix Group

Ylem Energy

Experience

Founding Partner of Carvajal y Machado, S.C. (CARMAC)

Founding Partner of Solórzano, Carvajal, González y Pérez Correa, S.C. (SOLCARGO)

Technical Secretary of the Mexican Minister of Fishery

General Director of Special Events of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies

Work Highlights

Mr. Carvajal represented the Spanish company Abengoa as Lead Counsel in an international arbitration filed before an ad-hoc panel under ICSID Convention Arbitration Rules against the United Mexican States for violations of the Bilateral Investment Agreement between Mexico and Spain, obtaining a favorable award of 570 million pesos.

Represented a Mexican company in obtaining environmental impact authorization for the construction and operation of a gold mine in Baja California Sur. This project has been described by federal authorities as an example of how to approach mining projects in Mexico.

Represented the Mexican subsidiary of a United States of America company in obtaining the necessary Federal Environmental Permits, as well as in the process of modifying the Ecological Ordinance applicable to the development of a port project in Veracruz.

Provided legal advice to one of the largest silver and gold mining sites in the South of Mexico, in the state of Oaxaca, on administrative procedures to prove compliance with environmental regulations.

Education

Harvard University

Masters Degree on Public Policy

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Law Degree

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