Biography
Leopoldo is a lawyer licensed to practice in Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, with over 35 years of experience advising clients on international business transactions, particularly in acquisitions, divestitures, and cross-border oil, gas, and energy projects.
He began his career as in-house counsel in the International Legal Department of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and later became a partner at leading international law firms, including Baker&McKenzie and Macleod Dixon (Caracas), Norton Rose Fulbright (Caracas, Bogotá, and Mexico City), and CMS (Mexico City and Bogotá).
He has led over 30 due diligence processes for the acquisition of companies and assets in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Panama, Brazil, and Uruguay, in transactions valued between USD 110 million and USD 1.2 billion. His sector expertise includes energy (generation, transmission, distribution, and commercialization), oil and gas (midstream and downstream infrastructure), renewable energy (distributed generation), transport infrastructure (toll roads, airports), and construction.
His practice covers country entry strategies, portfolio structuring and divestment of exploration and production rights, project development agreements, joint ventures, and oil and natural gas transportation and supply contracts. He provides business-oriented legal solutions in areas such as commercial law, competition and consumer protection, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and data privacy.
Leopoldo has also supported oil and gas companies in equity financing of acquisitions through TSX-V listed vehicles and has delivered conferences and training on mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, and energy sector legal frameworks across Latin America and the Caribbean.
He is a member of the Mexican Steering Committee of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) and has provided in-house training on AIEN’s model Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) and accounting procedures to several oil and gas companies. He has also served as compliance manager, developing and implementing compliance programs and training initiatives.
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Credentials
Admissions
Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, LLM
Universidad Católica Andés Bello, Law Degree.
Prior Law Firm Experience
CMS Rodríguez Azuero
Norton Rose Fulbright Mexico
Norton Rose Fulbright Colombia and Venezuela
Baker McKenzie Venezuela
Practice Areas
Compliance Counselling
Corporate Governance
Energy/Oil & Gas Law
General Corporate
Franchising
Health and Pharmacy Law
International
Mergers & Acquisitions
Regulatory Law and Government Contracts