Oro Negro was founded in 2012 and is a leading Mexican company that provides integrated and diversified oilfield services. Assisting with the company’s drilling services, Alonso del Val Echeverría oversees all legal operations of the organisation. With over 14 years of professional legal experience, del Val encompasses a vast amalgamation of experience in financial and intermediation operations in Latin America. With those qualities he has been able to guide Oro Negro on the settlement of a US$725m senior secured issued bond as a well as tough contract negotiations in recent times.

Prior to joining Oro Negro, del Val worked for seven years at Bulltick Capital Markets, an investment banking firm based in Miami. He has more than seven years of experience in private practice, advising clients in the US and Latin America. From 1998 to 2004 he worked with Martínez, Algaba, Estrella, De Haro and Galván-Duque, a law firm in Mexico City, where he represented foreign and domestic clients. Del Val obtained his Bachelor’s degree in law from Universidad Iberoamericana and also has a LLM from Northwestern University.