Since April 2015 Mario Barreiro Castellanos has been employed as legal director for Latin America at the largest wind turbine company in the world, Vestas. Now ultimately responsible for corporate, compliance, contracts, and employment matters for the region, Barreiro takes on a cross-border brief that heavily involves turnkey contracts, supply and installation contracts, power purchase agreements and direct lender agreements among many others.

He mentions undertaking ‘renewable energy deals in different countries under different legal frameworks in Latin America’ and ‘preparing and winning the tender for the first deal for an oil field services company to operate and maintain an onshore block in Mexico’ as sources of a particular sense of professional accomplishment. These projects also highlight Barreiro’s capabilities and the immense contribution he has made to the company’s fortunes.

These recent successes can be due in no small part to the excellent legal support and commercial expertise demonstrated by Barreiro, and he explains just how positive the last year has been for Vestas in Latin America: ‘During 2017, Vestas closed renewable energy deals for more than 1GW (including the Reynosa Project one of the largest wind energy projects in Latin America, nominated as Renewable Project Finance Deal of the Year), opened new markets for the company like Honduras and successfully participated in auctions in Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia’.