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Giancarlo Schievenini

Partner
Head of Corporate/M&A
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, French
Corporate / M&A

Giancarlo advises national and international clients on a wide variety of corporate matters. During the last several years, he has been involved in several multi-jurisdictional M&A projects advising not only on the Mexican law aspects but also on transactional matters in the context of the wider transaction. His experience in other fields has led him to provide corporate advice to clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

His expertise ranges from the structuring and implementation of corporate schemes to the negotiation and drafting of SPAs, shareholders’ agreements and JVs for the operation and management of target companies, as well as complex due diligence.

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Relevant experience

  • Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) and CKD Infraestructura México on legal due diligence and acquisition of a 1,700 MW portfolio from ENEL Green Power, including 4 wind projects and 4 solar projects in Mexico.
  • Brookfield on the acquisition of 29 photovoltaic projects owned by X-Elio located in Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Spain and United States.
  • HP Inc. on corporate, employment and IP matters in Mexico in connection with the acquisition of Samsung’s global printer business for $1.05billion.
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company on Mexican law aspects of its acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques for an equity purchase price of €1.5billion.
  • Shearwater on the Mexican law aspects of its the acquisition of Schlumberger marine seismic business.
  • Artelia International on corporate aspects for its JV to enter the Mexican market with a major local consulting firm.
  • Advised Deka Immobilien in the purchase of Terret, a Class A+ development with two corporate buildings located in Polanco, Mexico City, with approximately 65,000 sqm of leasable space.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Energy Commission of the Illustrious and National College of Lawyers of Mexico
  • Mexican Academy of Energy Law
  • Mexican Institute of Public Private Partnerships
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Awards & Rankings

  • The Legal 500, Latin America, Mexico, Corporate M&A, Recommended Lawyer, 2023.
  • The Legal 500, Latin America, Mexico, Projects and Infrastructure, Next Generation Partner, 2022 - 2023.
  • IFLR1000, Highly Regarded, Mexico, M&A, 2022.
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Lectures list

  • Giancarlo Schievenini is a professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico (2017 - up to date).
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Education

  • Université Pantheón-Assas (Paris II), LL.M. International Business Law, (with INSEAD Singapore), Paris, 2016.
  • Universidad Iberoamericana, Law Degree, (J.D.), México City, 2011.
  • Universidad de Salamanca, Legal Studies, Salamanca 2009.
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Energy & Climate Change

Giancarlo has significant experience in the Mexican energy sector and has advised oil & gas industry companies, particularly in energy transactions and regulations under the legal framework passed as a result of the 2013 Energy Reforms in Mexico.

His clients range from independents companies in the upstream and midstream sectors focused on exploration, production and transport activities, to IOCs, service companies, joint ventures and consortia.

Giancarlo is currently advising one of the largest oil & gas companies in Mexico on a dispute involving Indigenous Communities rights as a result of its upstream activities in Veracruz, Mexico. This is one of the first disputes of its kind against IOCs that is being processed in the Federal Courts as a result of upstream activities in Mexico.

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Relevant experience

  • Eni SpA and Eni México on maritime, anti-corruption and regulatory aspects of its operations in Mexico.
  • External counsel for Lukoil in regards to one of its Blocks in Mexico.
  • An IOC in a constitutional administrative litigation initiated by Indigenous Communities of the Gulf of Mexico against the National Hydrocarbons Commission and the Ministry of Energy for acts related to the 2013 Energy Reform.
  • Artelia International, on a JV for the provision of services to Shell's downstream business in Mexico.
  • Grupo SIMSA, a Mexican midstream and downstream company on its daily business activities.
  • Cairn Energy PLC in relation to its JOA with Citla in the context of the Mexican Hydrocarbons Income Law.
  • DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG in relation to contractual implications under the Economic Competition Law in context of a farm-out in Mexico.
  • A consortium made up of Mexican companies and China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, on the structuring of its JV to participate in a tender called by CFE for the transportation of natural gas between the states of Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico.
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Memberships & Roles

Energy Commission of the Illustrious and National College of Lawyers of Mexico

Mexican Academy of Energy Law

Mexican Institute of Public Private Partnerships

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Lectures list

Giancarlo Schievenini is a professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico (2017 - Present)

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Education

Université Pantheón-Assas (Paris II), LL.M. International Business Law, 2016 (with INSEAD Singapore)

Universidad Iberoamericana, México City, Law Degree, 2011

Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, Legal Studies, 2009

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Infrastructure & Projects

Giancarlo advises clients on all aspects and stages of their infrastructure projects, from the designing of complex structures to the drafting, negotiation and implementation of contracts and agreements for the development of the projects. He also advises during the project financing stage, where he has acted for governments, developers and banks.

He also has wide experience on structuring tender procedures for all types of infrastructure projects such as prisons, roads, hospitals, ports and waste-to-energy projects under different Public-Private Partnerships schemes. He has advised federal ministries and agencies, local governments and private companies on all kinds of public bid procedures.

Currently, Giancarlo is a member of the team that advises the Mexican Federal Government on the design, structuring, tendering and implementation of its flagship project “Tren Maya”, a 1,552 km train in Southeast Mexico with an estimated cost of US$6-8 billion. 

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Relevant experience

  • Mexican Federal Government, advising FONATUR on the design, structuring, tendering and implementation of “Tren Maya”, a 1,552 km train in Southeast Mexico.
  • Advised APP Arriaga Tapachula, a JV formed by three Mexican top infrastructure developers and one investor, on the long-term financing of US$150 million for the execution of a PPP for the improvement and 10-year maintenance of the 500 km Arriaga Tapachula highway in Chiapas, México.
  • Advised a JV formed by Mexican investors and French company Veolia, on the structuring, implementation and financing of the first waste-to-energy facility in LATAM with a capacity of c. 1.6 million metric tons of waste a year, to generate the 965 000 MwH required by Mexico City Metro.
  • Grupo Indi, Grupo Hermes and IDNISA on the tendering, contracting and financing of a 30-years PPP contract for the improvement and maintenance Circuito Interior, an insider peripheral highway in Mexico City.
  • Advised Mexican Investors and Urbaser on the structuring and implementation of a waste-to-energy project for 2 bio-digestion plants in Mexico City in order to process 2000 tonnes/day of organic solid urban waste.
  • Mexican Federal Government, advised the Ministry of Communications and Transport on the structuring and tendering of a 30-year concession project for the construction of "Libramiento de Ciudad Obregón" a bypass located in the State of Sonora, Mexico.
  • Advising a private developer in the design, structuring and implementation of improvement and maintenance works on ports of Mexico under the control of Petróleos Mexicanos.
  • Advising a group of Mexican developers on the implementation of the “Cuapiaxtla-Cuacnopalan”, a highway concession project in Puebla, Mexico with an estimated investment of US$150 million.
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Memberships & Roles

Energy Commission of the Illustrious and National College of Lawyers of Mexico

Mexican Academy of Energy Law

Mexican Institute of Public Private Partnerships

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Lectures list

Giancarlo Schievenini is a professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico (2017 - Present)

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Education

Université Pantheón-Assas (Paris II), LL.M. International Business Law, 2016 (with INSEAD Singapore)

Universidad Iberoamericana, México City, Law Degree, 2011

Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, Legal Studies, 2009

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