Maria Valenzuela
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Maria Valenzuela
+52.81.8215.7706
Biografía
María Valenzuela centra su práctica en asuntos de energía. Proporciona asesoría en asuntos relacionados con derecho corporativo, regulatorio, contractual y administrativo. Ha participado en varios proyectos de energía, relacionados con energía eléctrica y con energías renovables, así como en financiamiento de proyectos y proyectos de infraestructura.
Adicionalmente maneja asuntos corporativos, incluyendo transacciones relacionadas con la constitución de empresas con inversión extranjera y la representación de sociedades extranjeras en México, la transformación y disolución de sociedades y la redacción de una variedad de contratos comerciales.
Experiencia Representativa
- Provided legal advice to a U.S. company regarding the constitution of a Mexican subsidiary and management of a corporate secretary
- Representation of a Mexican company in the drafting, negotiation and instrumentation of a joint venture for the development of solar parks to power rural farming communities in undeveloped areas
- Represented a French multinational electric utility company in the drafting, negotiation and instrumentation of structured financing with a financial institution governed equally by the United States and Mexico as lead arranger for the developing, constructing and operating a legacy 100 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic project in northern Mexico
- Counsel to a solar energy developer in the development and permitting of distributed solar projects in rural areas
- Served as counsel to a Mexican state for financing of one of the largest solar power plants to be built in Latin America
- Advised a municipality in the implementation of a public procurement tender for the acquisition of electricity for street lighting
- Advised a municipality in the design of a public procurement process through a public-private partnership for electricity supply
- Defended a biotech company engaged in the design of alternative fuels in alleged destruction of intellectual property (IP)
- Advised in the planning, design, licensing, negotiation and litigation in contentious proceedings regarding IP assets for biotech and agricultural companies in Mexico, as well as handled similar operations for various biotech joint ventures
- Representation of a Mexican company in connection with the registration of its industrial designs before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)
- Provided legal advice on IP, trademark and copyright matters to a company dedicated to the production of tequila
- Advised a product engineering services and embedded software firm in a $63 million sale of substantially all of its Mexican and U.S. assets
- Assisted a Mexican entity on the merger between two Mexican oil and gas companies
- Advised a Spanish renewable company in a project financing of more than $18 million for the development of a solar farm
- Advised a bank in electricity regulatory, banking and public procurement matters for the expansion of a public-private partnership for the electricity supply for the municipality of Aguascalientes
- Advised in the implementation of public-private partnerships for the construction of public services in diverse municipalities in Mexico
- Representation of a Mexican company in the drafting, negotiation and instrumentation of a structured financing for the development, construction and operation of a 35 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic project in San Miguel de Allende
Credenciales
Educación
- Universidad de Monterrey, J.D.
Admisiones
- México
Honores y Reconocimientos
- The Best Lawyers in Mexico, Ones to Watch, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024, 2025
Idiomas
- Inglés
- Español