Sainz Abogados

- Energy and Natural Resources - Administrative litigation and arbitration in energy matters

Partner

Diana Pineda Esteban brings extensive experience in energy law, spanning from project development to dispute resolution. She specializes in advising both national and international clients on structuring and negotiating complex, multijurisdictional energy and infrastructure projects. Additionally, Diana represents clients in administrative litigation related to energy matters and handling national and international arbitration cases.

Before joining Sainz, Diana was as a partner at a prominent firm in Mexico City. With in-house experience, she held the position of General Counsel at Silver Fuels, Inc. and Silver Fuels, LLC, a trading firm with operations in Houston and Mexico City. Additionally, she spent over five years in litigation and dispute resolution related to commercial, administrative, and constitutional matters. Diana also worked as a Legal Researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment in New York, focusing on sustainable foreign investment.

She has lectured on enery and civil law at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

- Spanish - English

Diana is consistently invited to participate as a speaker in seminars and conferences. She collaborates with several publications, including ICLG's international compared legal guides, and is consistently invited to participate as a speak in national and international events, among those the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Center for American and International Law and the Institute for Energy Law, Latin Lawyer, AIJA, Mexico Energy Council, and Argus.

She is also a member of Voz Experta, Women's Energy Network, and Abogadas MX.

- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Columbia University, New York, United States

- Postgraduate studies in Civil Law (Obligations), ranked top five of the class, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Mexico.

- International Law Program, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, Spain.

- Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), recognized with academic excellence, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Mexico.