The main lawyer involved will be Francisco Mendez, born in Mexico City, who will split his time between the city and Houston. He worked as an in-house lawyer at ExxonMobil for 20 years, with responsibility for Latin America. The new base will be supported 'by a fully bilingual and bicultural team of lawyers', according to a Mayer Brown statement. Other energy lawyers in other offices will also work with the Mexico City group. 

Culmination

Dallas Parker, leader of Mayer Brown’s Mexico Energy Reform initiative, said: 'The opening of this office is the culmination of a firm-wide effort which began in 2013, when Mayer Brown anticipated the huge potential of Mexico in light of the likely opening of the hydrocarbons sector for the first time since 1938 and the reform of the power sector.' Source: Mayer Brown