The group at Holland & Knight LLP is well-equipped to handle a broad range of project and infrastructure matters, including project financing, joint ventures, environmental permits, bidding processes, the structuring of equity and debt capital, and risk mitigation. The team is regularly sought out by clients seeking assistance with electricity, natural gas, urban infrastructure, waste water and hospitality projects. Practice head Alejandro Landa, lauded as ‘very dedicated and proactive’, specialises in project finance, capital markets and M&A with particular focus on infrastructure, energy and real estate matters. The department’s key partners include Carlos Ochoa, who focuses on energy, infrastructure and real estate transactions; and Rodolfo Rueda, who splits his time between Mexico City and Houston, where he is a certified foreign practitioner. Rueda majors on cross-border natural resources and energy transactions. Aldo Gonzalez Melo, a senior counsel as of April 2023, has focused his practice on corporate and project finance transactions relating to renewables, infrastructure and technology, while associate Adrián Ortiz de Elguea is active on renewables and hydrocarbons projects.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is always available and willing to propose innovative and creative strategies.’
  • ‘Alejandor Landa and Aldo Gonzalez are very dedicated and proactive; 24-7 availability.’

Key clients

  • Grupo HYCSA
  • North American Development Bank
  • Banco Santander
  • Grupo Financiero Santander
  • Banco Multiva
  • Veolia
  • Cemex
  • Engie
  • Johnson Controls Enterprises Mexico
  • Grupo Mexico - Valero
  • Grupo Mexico - Acciona
  • Grupo Mexico - Ferromex

Lawyers

Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Holland & Knight
Aldo González Melo focuses in the areas of corporate, project, structured and public (sub-national) finance, as well as in the structuring of cross-border, international, infrastructure and energy transactions. Mr. González Melo mainly represents financial institutions acting as lenders, arrangers, bookrunners and agents in all kind of secured and unsecured financial transactions, including term loans, revolving lines, bridge loans, syndicate financings, environmental, social and governance (ESG) loans and discounting (factoring) products. In addition, he represents borrowers and other credit parties acting as developers and sponsors in the development, structuring and banking stages of infrastructure projects, including renewable energy power systems, pipelines, public-private partnerships (P3), roads and highways, hotels and ESG water projects.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Rodolfo Rueda Ballesteros
Holland & Knight LLP

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alejandro Landa