Hermenegildo Altozano

Practice Areas

Energy | Infrastructure | International arbitration | M&A | Private Equity | Commercial contracts | Corporate & company law matters

Career

Hermenegildo is the partner who leads the Pinsent Masons’ Energy and Infrastructure department in the Madrid office. He regularly advises on energy projects and operations both, in Spain and Latin America and has extensive experience in investment protection and arbitration in Latin America. Hermenegildo joined Pinsent Masons from Bird & Bird, where he was head of the Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure practice.

Hermenegildo Altozano is considered by the main international directories as one of the main lawyers in the energy sector in Spain. He was part of the legal team which designed the rules governing the electricity market in Spain in 1997. He also advised private investors in conflicts relating to the energy industry in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

He is co-director of the Energy and Regulation Forum at the Fundación para la Investigación sobre el Derecho y la Empresa (FIDE) and has been director of the Higher Program in Energy Law at the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) and associate professor of Private International Law at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid).

Professional Memberships

• Member of Madrid Bar Association (ICAM)

• Member of the Academic Council of Fide Foundation

Languages Spoken

• Spanish

• English