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Ernesto Castañeda

Senior Associate
Lawyer

Contact
Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow, S.C.
Paseo de la Reforma 115
Piso 19
Col. Lomas de Chapultepec
11000 Mexico City
Mexico
Languages Spanish, English

Ernesto is an associate in the practice areas of infrastructure projects and administrative law. During the past few years, Ernesto has focused his professional career in the structuring and implementation of PPP projects in its different forms, advising clients in the public and private sectors. He had the opportunity to participate in important projects due to its complexity, innovation and social content, acquiring large experience in the procedure for its implementation.

He also has supported clients in defining the most accurate structure regarding the particular nature of the project, advising throughout the bidding procedures for the awarding of contracts, concessions, licenses and permits, as well as in the drafting and negotiation of the legal documents for the financing of infrastructure projects and advice of operating projects.

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Relevant experience

  • Gobierno Federal de México. Part of the group advising FONATUR in the design, structuring and implementation of the Tren Maya project in the Mexican southeast.
  • Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Legal advice regarding the concession of a public park (the second largest park in Mexico City, after Chapultepec), and the divestiture of 30% of the property for the construction of a 1,600-unit housing development, which represents one of the largest real estate properties in Mexico City without public funds.
  • Termo WTE. Legal advice for the implementation of a long-term services agreement for a Waste-to-Energy project in Mexico City for MXN 10 billion, using the burning of bars to generate electricity in Mexico City.
  • Grupo Indi. Legal advice to a partnership in the obtention and follow-up of a concession to carry out the design, construction, operation, maintenance, conservation and exploitation of a road infrastructure to interconnect the Ignacio Zaragoza Road and the Peñón - Texcoco highway on the Periférico Oriente.
  • APP Arriaga Tapachula. Legal advice to a partnership in the obtention and follow-up of a PPP contract for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Arriaga - Tapachula Highway Section granted by SCT.
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Education

  • Escuela Libre de Derecho,  Law Degree (JD), Mexico City, 2015.
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