About

Number of years practice: 32 Principal practice areas: Energy, M&A, private equity, project finance and infrastructure Bar admissions: Texas Languages spoken: English

Texan energy lawyers have been among the big beneficiaries of the recent privatisation of Mexico’s energy sector. Plans for new pipelines, the ability to bid for offshore oil-and-gas blocks in the Gulf of Mexico and the need for new electricity generation and distribution facilities have attracted US-based investors, with private equity houses and energy companies in particular looking to capitalise on the opportunities offered. Houston-based Glenn Pinkerton has worked on projects and transactions on all continents and in over 25 countries, with extensive experience in Latin America. He has experience in all facets of the energy business, including upstream, pipelines, LNG, refining and chemicals, power generation and transmission and retail. Pinkerton is recognised as an expert on Mexico’s oil-and-gas liberalisation process and boasts an impressive record in energy projects in Mexico. More broadly, he has extensive experience in projects and infrastructure development and finance, real estate, asset-based mergers and acquisitions and international transactions. He has experience with many types of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures development, construction, long-term contracting, financing, investments and privatisations.