REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  1. • Successful environmental legal representation (in a federal court) of a major Mexican mining company allegedly responsible for a major spill in Northern part of Mexico.
  2. Challenge (in a federal court) the indigenous consultation imposed to a major Mexican mining company in the federal authorization in the area of environmental impact, granted by the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) for the development of a mining project in the State of Hidalgo.
  3. • Challenge (in a federal court) a resolution of SEMARNAT that illegally denied the change of the use of land for a mining project in the State of Oaxaca.
  4. • Legal assistance to a Mexican oil company in the area of environmental obligations deriving from the License Agreement for the Extraction of Hydrocarbons onshore (Round 1.3).
  5. framework applicable to upstream operations in Mexico and environmental obligations deriving from License Agreement for the Extraction of Hydrocarbons (Deep Water) in the Gulf of Mexico (Round 1.4).
  6. • Legal assistance to a Mexican contractor of oil companies in the area of transportation and storage of fuels in Mexico.
  7. • Legal assistance to a Mexican contractor of Pemex in the area of environmental and safety due diligence for rigs offshore.
  8. • Due diligence in a terminal for the storage of basic lubricants in Mexico of a major US oil company.
  9. • Legal opinion of possible consequences deriving from social protests blocking access to an oil field in Mexico.
  10. • Successful legal representation to a major petrochemical company in Mexico allegedly responsible for not complying with environmental provisions in the area of management of hazardous wastes.
  11. • Environmental legal advice for the location and construction in Mexico of a tailing dam and lixiviation plant for a major mining company for the exploitation of manganese.
  12. • Successful legal representation of a major mining company in Mexico allegedly responsible for damages to marine mammals.
  13. • Successful water legal representation of a major mining company allegedly responsible for exceeding allowable parameters of pollutants in national waters.
  14. • Water legal advice for major Japanese Bank in the area of the public service of potable water in Mexico, regarding the granting of a possible loan for hydrological infrastructure.
  15. • Legal advice for a railroad company regarding the transportation of hazardous materials.
  16. • Successful water legal representation of a major U.S. company engaged in the production of food in Mexico, allegedly responsible for the omission of payment of federal duties related to water discharges.
  17. • Legal advice to a major producer of alcoholic beverages in Mexico regarding the compliance of the applicable legal provisions in the area of environment and water.
  18. • Legal advice to a major foreign company, in the area of environmental impact for the location and construction of a plant to reuse hazardous wastes as alternate fuel for the production of cement.
  19. • Legal advice to the fiduciary department of a foreign bank operating in Mexico, for the residential developments on the Pacific Coast.
  20. • Due diligence to a foreign company in Mexico producing chemicals, as part of the legal work for the acquisition of assets by a third foreign company.
  21. • Obtain federal environmental authorization for the transfer of various sites polluted with hazardous wastes and the corresponding remediation programs for companies in the area of automotive parts, chemicals, prints, etc.
  22. • Preparation of various environmental studies for companies in the area of oil and gas, mining, auto parts, chemicals, paints, etc., such as environmental impact assessments, environmental risk studies, technical studies for the change of the use of the ground on forestry land, programs for the prevention of accidents, baseline studies, with the support of multidisciplinary technical teams.