Mauricio Llamas
Partner
Mexico City

Biography
Mauricio is a highly skilled practitioner in environment,
regulatory matters, administrative litigation, health, andoccupational safety, for the legal operation of industrial,services and commercial establishments.

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He has experience in the whole range of regulation
applicable in those fields, from environmental impact,
land use, urban development, air emissions, hazardous
materials & waste, polluted sites’ remediation, climatechange and exploitation of natural resources; to ESG,
sanitary regulations, health care and life sciences;domestic and international trade, product stewardshipand liability and consumer protection. He hascontinuous interaction with developers and other legal
practices and technical disciplines in determining
feasibility, regulatory planning, permitting,sustainability, government negotiation, andimplementation of infrastructure, real estate, mining,
metallurgical, hydrocarbon, clean and conventionalenergy projects.

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Mauricio participates in merger and acquisition
procedures to determine the degree of compliance withthe provisions applicable to operations in Mexico,
identify contingencies and generate action andcorrective plans; including, Sustainability and ESG
policies implementation. He has been active in various
infrastructure projects of national relevance, including
the New Mexico City Airport and the Nichupté Bridge,+52 55 5091 0019

Fax+52 55 5091 0123

mauricio.llamas@hoganlovells.com

Languages
EnglishSpanishPractices
Environment and Natural Resources
Administrative and Public Law
Litigation Services
Infrastructure, Energy, Resources,and Projects
Mergers and Acquisitions
Our legal work in Latin America

Industries
Energy and Natural Resources
Manufacturing and Industrials

advising on environmental compliance and withenvironmental and social performance criteria, requiredby credit institutions.
He also has extensive experience with administrativeand judicial litigation of national relevance, including
the recent coordination and successful execution ofactions against the Federal Government that affectclean energy generators and the right of everyone to ahealthy environment, as well as related to theresponsibility for environmental damage resulting fromthe generation and management of hazardousmaterials.

Representative experience
Legal advice on regulatory and environmental mattersas sponsor in a US$1 billion loan for the project
financing of one of the most important airports in
MexicoAdvised on urban development and environmental
matters for the construction of a vehicular bridge, theEnvironmental Impact Assessment, identification of
relevant stakeholders, and legal strategies
Assistance in the strategy of the integral relicensing forthe operation of a hazardous waste disposal facility
requiring its updating and adaptation based on newlegislation due to the Energy Reform.
Comprehensive advice on environmental, regulatory,
agrarian, real estate and corporate matters related tothe construction and operation of a hazardous liquidwaste recycling plant
Advice to client for the process of obtaining approval
for the conclusion of a remediation program forenvironmental liabilities of an industrial site withhistorical contamination in Mexico City
Advice in the modification and regularization ofenvironmental, urban development and local operation
permits for the nine plants in Mexico of one of thelargest consumer goods companies in the world
Execution of a protocol for documentary and on-site

Technology and Telecoms
Real Estate

Education and admissions
Education
PhD candidate in Public Law,
Universidad Anáhuac, 2008
Advanced Studies, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, 2007
Law Degree, Universidad Anáhuac,
1999

Memberships
Asociación Nacional de Abogados
de Empresa, A.C. (ANADE)

Bar admissions andqualifications
Mexicoreview of regulatory, environmental and health andsafety issues at mining facilities to validate and ensureongoing compliance of operations
Legal advice on regulatory and environmental mattersin connection with wastewater discharge scheme
through a state government infrastructure generated
by the client's maquila operation
Update the method to determine Co2 equivalentemissions based on new legislation, and advice on theapplicability of the obligation to register emissions in
the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
Legal advice for crisis management derived from apotential accidental discharge due to atypical rainfall at
the client's mining operation
Environmental legal advice on the reform of the Mining
Law, which resulted in additional prohibitions formining activities in protected natural areas and newprovisions in the National Water Law

Awards and rankings
Leading Practitioner (Environmental law), Legal 500
Latin America, 2014-2024
Environment: Mexico, Chambers Latin America,
2014-2024
Global Leader, Who's Who Legal of Environmental
Law & Climate Change, 2005-2014
Project Finance Deal of the Year 2015 for therepresentation of Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudadde México (GACM) in the project of the New
International Airport of Mexico City, Latin Lawyers,
2015
Recommended Practioner, Best Lawyers, 2014-2024

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