Alejandro Rojas V.

Alejandro is partner at Nader Hayaux & Goebel and specializes in projects, project finance, energy and mergers & acquisitions.

He has also strong experience in real estate finance and investment. His experience includes the advising on investments in hotels, mega-developments and time-share regimes and the related financing.

Alejandro’s projects practice focuses on project finance and public-private partnerships including the Mexican PPS model, energy and infrastructure projects. Alejandro advised both the state of Mexico and the state of Sonora on the structuring, bidding and implementation of the first PPS state projects. He has since continued to be involved in major PPS projects including hospitals, roads, water treatment plants, energy and gas.

Alejandro has strong international experience. He regularly advises multinational clients, particularly major hotel, tourism and leisure groups, on real estate investments and development in Mexico as well as in forming bidding consortiums and other aspects of infrastructure and energy projects in Mexico. He also advises financial institutions participating in tourism, energy and infrastructure.

Alejandro has been recognized by Chambers Latin America as an innovative and skillful lawyer for complex transactions.

Alejandro worked in the International Law Firm Mayer Brown LLP in New York. He obtained his LLM from the University of Columbia, School of Law and passed the New York Bar Exam. Alejandro graduated as an attorney from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México with honors.

Recent work highlights include:

• Advised the Water Operator Agency of Los Cabos Municipality (OOMSAPASLC) in the restructuring process of the Stand-By Credit Line for USD $19,000,000.
• Advised a four-member consortium integrated by leading companies in the development of technologies, through the public bidding process, granting and execution of a public procurement agreement for the Acquisition, Supply, Installation for a total amount of
  USD $40,000,000.
• Advised the Water Operator Agency of Los Cabos Municipality (OOMSAPASLC) on legal terms of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) international bidding process to build, operate and maintain for 25 years a desalination plant with a capacity of 250 liters for an amount of USD $144,500,000.
• Advised Grupo Murano in the negotiation of the hotel management, technical services and trademarks agreements with Hyatt and Accor to operate the Andaz and Mondrian hotels for an amount of USD $49,753,000.
• Currently advising an international consortium in the structuring of two unsolicited proposals under the PPP Scheme for two major federal roads projects.
• Advised Power China in the analysis of the bid documents and related bankability aspects of the financed public works (obra pública financiada) turnkey contract (contrato llave en mano a precio alzado) tendered by state productive subsidiary CFE Generación for the Salamanca combined cycle power plant with an expected capacity of 836.79.
• Advised Vise, and Impulsora de Soluciones en Infraestructura, in the public tender launched by the State of Mexico for a PPP contract for the refurbishment, conservation and maintenance for 12 years of 1,637,80 kilometers of freeways in the State of Mexico.
• Currently advising the Water Operator of the City of Los Cabos (OOMSAPAS), on the legal terms of a PPP international bidding process to build, operate and maintain for 25 years a desalination plant in the municipality of Los Cabos, State of Baja California Sur, Mexico basicly based on CONAGUA and FONADIN.
• Advised the Water Commission of the State of Sonora (CEA) on the legal terms of a PPP international bidding process to build, operate and maintain for 20 years a desalination plant in Guaymas, State of Sonora, Mexico partially funded by CONAGUA and FONADIN.
• Advised GIA and Vise during a public tender process launched by the state of Hidalgo for the construction, operation, conservation and maintenance of the Real del Monte-Huasca Highway under a 30 year PPP structure backed by federal funds from FONADIN as well as the granting of a concession. Advised the consortium in connection with their JV arrangements and the preparation of the bid.
• Advised Sistema Integral para el Manejo Ecológico y Procesamiento de Desechos (SIMEPRODE) as counsel for the structuring of a waste to energy project for different municipalities in the State of Nuevo Leon.