"Vanessa Franyutti provides the analysis needed to develop solutions tailored to her clients’ business needs and is highly technical and meticulous, with exceptional attention to detail" Chambers & Partners (2027)
Founding partner of Nader Hayaux Goebel, with more than 20 years of experience advising developers, sponsors, investment funds, financial institutions, national and multinational companies on some of Mexico’s most sophisticated and high-profile infrastructure, energy, real estate and public-private partnership transactions.
Her practice focuses on the structuring, negotiation, development and financing of large-scale projects, including energy, roads, social infrastructure, hospitality, industrial, mixed-use and commercial developments.
Vanessa regularly advises investors and developers throughout the full lifecycle of projects, from JV investment, acquisition and initial structuring through financing, construction, operation, expansion and exit strategies. Her experience includes negotiating construction agreements, EPC contracts, concessions, operation and maintenance agreements, joint venture arrangements, trust structures, financing documentation and other key agreements required for the execution of sophisticated, high-value projects.
Throughout her career, she has been involved in transactions requiring highly coordinated efforts among private investors, financial institutions, governmental entities, operators and strategic stakeholders, particularly in regulated sectors and real estate developments.
Vanessa is recognized for combining technical sophistication with strong commercial and strategic judgment. Clients particularly value her ability to lead complex negotiations, structure efficient legal solutions and guide high-value transactions with a practical, execution-oriented approach focused on risk mitigation and value creation.
Vanessa is also actively involved in female leadership and professional development initiatives within the legal sector being a founding member and part of the board of Abogadas MX. She is consistently recognized by leading legal publications as a top practitioner in Projects and Real Estate.
She obtained her law degree (with honors) from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and later earned an LL.M. degree from The University of Chicago Law School.
Work Highlights
Infrastructure, PPPS & Project Finance
- Advised a syndicate of lenders in the financing granted to Energía Mayakan, a subsidiary of ENGIE Group, for the development, construction and operation of the expansion of the Mayakan natural gas pipeline system, as well as the negotiation of key project documentation and bankability arrangements with CFE.
- Advised Banco Santander and a syndicate of lenders including Banobras and Inbursa in the structuring and negotiation of a senior credit facility and VAT facility to finance a subsidiary of Aleatica in connection with a federal toll road project in the State of Mexico.
- Represented a subsidiary of GIA+A in the execution, financing, securitization and subsequent renegotiation of a long-term PPP agreement with the Federal Government related to a federal penitentiary center in Oaxaca, as well as in the comprehensive refinancing of the project, including the negotiation and prepayment of bonds through financing provided by Banobras.
- Advised a consortium in the public tender process organized by Banobras for the maintenance, rehabilitation and operation of four highways and two bridges in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas under a long-term PPP structure backed by federal FONADIN resources.
- Advised a Chinese contractor specialized in power plant projects in the negotiation of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with CFE related to the development of a combined-cycle power plant in Mexico.
- Advised the Government of the State of Sonora in the preparation and implementation of a comprehensive package of constitutional and legislative reforms related to public finance, procurement, public-private partnerships and financial discipline.
Real Estate
- Represented Marriott International in the structuring of a joint venture involving two landmark hotels in Cancún and Puerto Vallarta, the exit from such joint venture, as well as the subsequent divestment of the Marriott Puerto Vallarta hotel and the sale of the JW Marriott Mexico City, including strategic negotiations involving adjacent real estate assets.
- Represented Advance Real Estate in the sale of a large-scale industrial platform to Thor Urbana.
- Represented the owners of a significant land reserve in the Riviera Nayarit in connection with a joint venture with an international developer for the development of a luxury branded resort project including an approximately 200-key hotel, high-end amenities and branded residences.
- Advised an international sustainability-driven real asset investment fund, in the financing and repayment of a large-scale aquaculture facility in Mexico, as well as in its joint venture with a local tomato producer with a large export business, both as part of its broader investment strategy in food infrastructure and sustainability.