Mexico Environmental Practice Holland and Knight's Mexico City office has established the integration of an environmental law practice that includes lawyers and professionals in complementary disciplines. This provides our clients with a complete range of integral services regarding environmental matters.
ADVICE ON ALL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Consulting and due diligence in fundamental environmental subjects for private transactions such as
funding, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the purchase and sale of real estate, including the transfer of polluted sites, environmental guarantees and the transference of concessions, authorizations, licenses or permits Voluntary environmental audits to determine the degree of fulfillment with environmental obligations set by both national and international law, including obtaining official or private certificates of environmental fulfillment and sustainable responsibility to achieve a triple bottom line of planet, people and profit; the audits also can lead to sanction prevention, process improvement and environmental management systems optimization Advising on the interpretation and application of federal, local or municipal environmental dispositions regarding environmental responsibility, environmental impact and risk, handling of hazardous waste, liability remediation and environmental emergencies Assistance in obtaining concessions, authorizations, licenses and permits granted by federal, local and municipal environmental authorities, such as environmental impact authorization, risk studies, authorization to modify the use of forest land and concessions to occupy the federal maritime zone, among others Representation in administrative and judicial procedures, including advising in the substantiation of inspection visits from environmental authorities Providing counsel in matters of national waters, including tax implications, the obtaining and transference of concessions to occupy federal land, the obtaining of permits to discharge wastewater and the execution of hydraulic infrastructure works, among others Advising on all legal matters associated with the green economy, including projects of greenhouse gas emission reduction, obtaining carbon permits before the Clean Development Mechanism or other international voluntary markets, and the development of sustainable forestry projects under national legislation and under the United Nations REDD+ program Counseling in the implementation and fulfillment of the Equator Principles before financial institutions to assure funding for infrastructure, industrial and real estate development projects Counseling in community relations, indigenous communities consultation and fulfilling requirements under the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Convention 169
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS EXPERIENCE Advised on all legal environmental matters for the construction of the Coatzacoalcos submerged highway in the state of Veracruz, the first undersea tunnel in Latin America
Counseled on all environmental matters regarding the construction of the Los Ramones natural gas pipeline, Phase One Served as primary legal counsel for all environmental and social impact issues for the Transoceanic pipeline project Counseled on the environmental compliance for Crown Holdings' purchase of Heineken's Mexican packaging business Advised in all environmental matters regarding the construction and operation of a 100-hectares landfill in the state of Morelos, including electricity generation from the landfill's biogas extraction
CONTACT Héctor Velasco Perroni Senior Counsel | Mexico City +52.55.3602.8039 hector.velascoperroni@hklaw.com Experience: hklaw.com/hector-velasco-perroni/
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