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José Antonio Ruiz Porte Petit
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José Antonio Ruiz Porte Petit

Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

José Antonio focuses his practice on project development, finance, and regulatory matters, with a strong emphasis on highly regulated industries such as infrastructure, power generation, and oil & gas (upstream and downstream). He has extensive experience advising public entities, private corporations, and financial institutions on the structuring, procurement, financing and development of large-scale projects across multiple sectors.

His track record includes advising on the legal structuring, financing, and implementation of projects such as railway systems, highways, hospital infrastructure, power plants, hydroelectric facilities, refineries, fertilizer plants, and oil & gas exploration and extraction projects. These have been executed under a wide range of contractual and financial frameworks, including public works, CPS, PPS, APP, and concession titles.

José Antonio has played a pivotal role advising both lenders and project developers in the negotiation and closing of complex financing transactions, including project finance structures and corporate financings and collateralization mechanisms in energy and infrastructure projects.

In addition, he regularly advises domestic and international clients on project development agreements, compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, and the management and resolution of disputes arising from government contracts. His ability to provide comprehensive and strategic legal support throughout the full lifecycle of a project —from initial structuring to long-term construction, operation, financing and refinancing, and, when necessary, dispute resolution —sets him apart as a trusted advisor in the market.

Relevant experience

  • Representation of FONATUR in the structuring, tendering, and implementation of Mayan Train, a 1,552 km train in Southeast Mexico.
  • Representation of syndicate of lenders in the financing and collateralization of a solar power facility with a capacity of 100 MW, located in Coahuila, Saltillo.
  • Representation of a developer and sponsors in the financing, collateralization, and development of a limited recourse financing of a steam and power cogeneration facility located in Altamira, Tamaulipas.
  • Representation of an operator in the first-ever combined transfer of the operatorship of a Mexican oil block approved by Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos, with a transfer of interest in an Exploration and Extraction Contract.
  • Representation of purchasers and sellers in negotiation and drafting of Base Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas under North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB).
  • Advised in the preparation of the winner bid proposal for the construction of the main building of the airport in Mexico City.
  • Representation of a contractor of Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes in disputes related to the development of the Guadalajara Light Rail System.
  • Representation of a contractor of Comisión Federal de Electricidad in the administrative litigation related to a project for the construction of transmission and distribution infrastructure.

*This information is referred to the experience that the lawyer has accumulated throughout his professional career.

Awards & Rankings

  • The Legal 500, Latin America, Mexico, Projects and Infrestructure, Recommended Lawyer, 2023-2026.

Lectures list

José Antonio Ruiz has been a professor at the following universities:

  • Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Constitutional Law (2014-2017) and Oral Trial Skills and Alternative Dispute Resolutions Seminar (2011-2014).
  • Universidad Anáhuac México Sur, Administrative Law (2014-2016).

Education

  • University of Texas, Master of Laws in Energy Law and International Arbitration, (LL.M) Texas, 2018.
  • Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Law Degree, (J.D.), Mexico City, 2011.
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