Francisco J. Valdes Lopez

Sainz Abogados

Partner

FRANCISCO J. VALDES LOPEZ leads the firm’s Energy Practice area, former Executive Secretary of the Mexican Regulatory Commission (CRE). He provides advice in the areas of natural gas, LPG, LNG, storage, oil, electricity and petrochemical, and represents national and international clients in all kinds of regulatory matters and in the development of infrastructure projects.

Awards and Recognitions

Mr. Valdes was included in the 2017 and 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for Natural Resources Law.

Background

▪Cervantes Sainz S.C., Partner
▪Regulatory Energy Commission (CRE), Executive Secretary Partner
▪Jáuregui, Navarrete y Nader S.C., Associate
▪Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), General Attorney
▪National Fund for Worker’s Housing Institute (INFONAVIT), Chief of Legal Unit ▪Toll Roads and Federal Bridges Department (CAPUFE), Regional Director

Education

▪Postgraduate studies in Business law, Universidad Iberoamericana, 1999.
▪Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law, University of Dallas, Texas, 1998.
▪PostgraduatestudiesinConstitutionalandAdministrativeLaw,UniversidadNacionalAutónoma de México (UNAM), 1992.
▪Licenciado en Derecho (J.D. equivalent), Universidad de Monterrey, 1990.

Memberships / Professional Activities

Member of the Mexican Bar Association and former Professor of Constitutional and Labor Law at Universidad Anahuac. 

Languages
▪Spanish ▪English

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fvaldes@sainzmx.com