Our Partner
Jorge Oria y Anaya joined the firm in 1999 and has been a Partner since 2014. He specializes in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Energy and Infrastructure Projects and Mergers and Acquisitions.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jorge Oria has gained significant experience over the past 20 years, in energy, infrastructure and power transactions. He also has experience in acquisition and equipment finance, and arbitration in relation to energy and infrastructure projects. His practice focuses on representing sponsors, off-takers and local, multilateral and regional lenders as well as equity and mezzanine investors in transactions within the power (renewable and conventional), oil and gas, transportation, and water industries.In 2007, he worked as a foreign associate at Milbank in New York.
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RELEVANT TRANSACTIONS
- Represented a leading renewable energy infrastructure company in an emergency arbitration in connection with the drafting of a wind turbine supply contract for a wind farm.
- Represented a leading renewable energy infrastructure company in an ICC arbitration in connection with the construction of a wind farm in Mexico (USD$80 million).
- Represented Cubico Sustainable Investments in the development, construction, acquisition, financing, divestiture and dispute resolution proceedings related with various wind farms projects in Mexico, with aggregated capacity of approximately 750 MW.
- Represented the group of Banks as lenders in relation with the financing of the Villanueva I, Villanueva III and Don José Solar projects (subsidiaries of Enel Green Power and CDPQ), having an aggregate capacity of approximately 1 GW.
- Represented Canadian Solar in the development, financing and sale of the photovoltaic power project Aguascalientes I, which was awarded a PPA in the first long term auction called by CENACE.
- Has represented the Banks and financial institutions in different financing and refinancing transactions regarding the gas pipelines awarded to and developed by Fermaca in Mexico.
- Represented Blackrock in the development, construction and financing of the expansion project for carbon transport and storage facilities in the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas.
- Represented the Banks in a long term financing of two photovoltaic power projects owned by Jinko Solar, awarded in a long term auction by CENACE.
- Represented the Banks and financial institutions in the senior financing of Samalayuca- Sásabe gas pipeline.
- Represented the Banks and the financial institutions in the financing for the construction of Ramones II Sur y Ramones II Norte gas transport projects.
- Represented International Finance Corporation and Nacional Financiera in the financing of a 30 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Baja California, Mexico, the first of its kind to be financed in Mexico.
- Represented the sponsor in relation with the development, construction and foreign project bond financing of a 500 MW combined cycle power plant and ancillary gas and water supply facilities in northern Mexico.
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Ranked in Chambers Latam, 2024 Energy and Infrastructure Projects
- Ranked as "Highly Regarded" in IFLR1000, 2024 Energy and Infrastructure Projects
- Ranked in Chambers Global, 2023 Energy and Infrastructure Projects
- Recommended in Legal 500, 2023 Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
- Ranked as "Leading Individual" in Legal 500, 2023 Energy and Infrastructure Projects
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EDUCATION
- London School of Economics and Political Science Master's in Law specialized in International Business (with honors), 2006 London, United Kingdom
- Universidad Panamericana Law Degree, 2002 Mexico City, Mexico
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LANGUAGES
- English
- Spanish
