Rogelio López-Velarde is an Attorney and Counselor at Law, admitted in Mexico in 1988, and in the State of New York in 1991. With over 30 years of experience, Rogelio López-Velarde leads Dentons’ energy and infrastructure practice groups in Mexico, focusing his practice on energy, international business transactions, infrastructure, corporate, M&A and antitrust. His experience includes representing major stakeholders (including developers, lenders, and investment funds) in multiple landmark transactions and projects of the Mexican energy and infrastructure industries.

Rogelio López-Velarde held various positions at Pemex from 1988 to 1993, including In-House Counsel in Houston, Texas, In-House Counsel in New York, N.Y. and Head of the International Legal Department of Pemex, he was the Chairman of the first Energy Committee of the Mexican Bar Association, and he is also former President for the Latin America Chapter of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and former Chairman of the International Practice Committee of the U.S. Institute for Energy Law, 2010 – 2012.

Mr. López-Velarde has been an active speaker on numerous occasions and has extensively published articles on international law in Mexico, U.S., Canada, Europe, and South America. He is a member of the Mexican Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Mexican Academy of Private International Law, amongst other associations. He was the Mexican representative of the Editorial Board of the Oil & Gas Law and Taxation Review, the Oil & Gas Committee of the International Bar Association, and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association. In 2017, Mr. Lopez-Velarde was appointed as member of the Energy Council of the Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission.