Alejandro LópezVelarde

Partner

Practice Areas

• Energy

• Government Procurement

• Antitrust

• Foreign Investment

• Real Estate

Professional Studies and Associations

• Mr. Alejandro López-Velarde received his J.D. Degree, from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ("UNAM"), 1991.

• LL.M., International Business Transactions, University of Houston, 1993.

• Diploma in Legal Strategies for International Trade from UNAM, 1992.

• Mr. Alejandro López-Velarde is a Professor of Law on Energy and Antitrust in the postgraduate program of UNAM and other universities.

Publications and Awards

• Featured in Who is Who and Which Lawyer? as the top energy lawyer in Mexico.

• The New Foreign Participation Rules in each Sector of the Mexican Oil and Gas Industry: Are the Modifications Enough for Foreign Capitals? The Journal of World Energy Law & Business. Dec. 23, 2009.

• Some Considerations on the New Foreign Investment Possibilities in the Mexican Oil and Gas Industry. West Publishing, 1997.

• Algunas Consideraciones Legales Sobre la Industria Petroquímica en México (Some Considerations as to the Petrochemical Industry in México), 26, Jurídica (Mex. 1996) (Universidad Iberoamericana).

• Analysis of the Recent Changes to Mexican Competition Law, North American Free Trade & Investment Report, Vol. 16, No. 20, Nov. 15, 2006; (co-author).

• Recent Modifications and Reforms made to the Procurement Laws in Mexico: Are There Violations to the Constitutional Principles? North American Free Trade & Investment Report, 2005.

• El Derecho Competencial en la Industria Petrolera (The Antitrust Law in the Petroleum Sector). Feb 2001, Corporate Law Journal ITAM.

• A Practical Point by Point Comparison of Secured Transactions Law in the United States and Mexico, Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal Vol. 36, Spring 2004. (co-author).

• Some Considerations as to the New Mexican Foreign Investment Law, 10 Newsl. of the Int'l. Sec. (State Bar of Tex.) 27-42 (1994).

• Trademarks in México: The Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, 17 Houston. J. Int'l L. 49-103 (1994).

• The New Mexican Patent Legal System: A Comparative analysis with the North American Free Trade Agreement, 9 News. Of the Int'l L. Sec. (State Bar of Tex.) 32-53 (1993).

• La Ejecución de Sentencias Extranjeras: Contrastes entre México y los Estados Unidos de América, 23, Jurídica (Méx. 1995) 23, Jurídica (Méx. 1995) (Universidad Iberoamericana) (co-author).

Other Work

Mr. Alejandro López-Velarde worked as an attorney at Pemex for eight years. He was also an in-house counsel with the Pemex Houston Legal Department and a visiting attorney at the Houston, Texas law firm of Baker & Botts, L.L.P. in 1993; and partner in the firms of Bryan, González Vargas y González Baz, S.C. and López Velarde, Heftye y Soria, S.C.

Mr. Alejandro López-Velarde’s experience includes advising foreign and national corporations and their Mexican subsidiaries, as well as Mexican groups, in energy projects, antitrust, public and private bidding processes, including processes related to governmental procurement, privatizations, and concessions, foreign investment, and real estate projects.

Mr. López-Velarde is fluent in Spanish and English.