Carvajal y Machado, S.C.

Carvajal y Machado, S.C. (CARMAC) is a boutique law firm specializing in administrative law, offering legal practice both in litigation and consulting, as well as regulatory and public affairs management.

The founding partners, Gustavo Carvajal and Juan Pedro Machado, joined projects in 1995 and since then, have been active participants in the transformation of administrative law in Mexico. After almost three decades of practice, the Firm has repeatedly received international recognition in lawyers' guides, with a record of success in litigation and arbitration cases, and a base of prestigious clients who have placed their trust in the team.

Partners

• Gustavo Carvajal Isunza
• Juan Pedro Machado Arias
• María del Pilar Galván Luna

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Litigation 

The Firm has extensive experience in the substantiation of administrative procedures, including their contentious stages, such as administrative appeals and the filing of nullity trials before Administrative Courts. The same occurs with the promotion of constitutional defence mechanisms before the Judicial Power of the Federation, passing through the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.

Agrarian Law 

The Firm's experience covers the different areas of Mexican Agrarian Law, including contracts of use and surface occupation, cessions of agrarian rights, limitations to rural ownership and issuing of Class T shares. The team's litigious capacities and expertise on constitutional claims enable them to effectively represent their clients in disputes settled before the agrarian courts.

Antitrust 

Clients receive general advice on antitrust matters and specifically in two subjects: Investigations and merger notifications.

Energy 

The team has an extensive experience advising various clients in the public and private sector for the implementation of the comprehensive legal framework in the energy sector. They provide advice on Oil&Gas matters to the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors. Likewise, they also advise clients in the development, construction and operation of various projects in the electricity sector, including the deployment of clean energies plants. In addition, CARMAC has a vast and admirable record in the resolution of energy and infrastructure disputes.

Environmental 

CARMAC has one of the leading Environmental practices in Mexico. The team is sought by both governmental entities and private investors, given its results-driven approach to dealing with the Mexican environmental legal framework. The Firm possesses extensive experience in a wide range of Mexico’s environmental law procedures, including on-site inspections, environmental impact assessments, waste management, water use and discharge, air emissions, wildlife regulations and natural protected areas. Their environmental expertise includes active participation in the design of public policies, such as Mexican Official Standards, law proposals and regulations.

Government and Regulatory Affairs 

One of the greatest strengths of CARMAC is the legal advice it provides to public and private entities in regulatory and public policy matters. The team has extensive experience representing government entities and private companies, national and foreign, in the development of their businesses in areas of high regulatory complexity and in constant change.

The Firm handles a wide arrange of matters including administrative liabilities, advertising, civil protection, compliance, inspection and verification procedures, standardization, tourism and urban development.

Mining 

The firm provides services aimed at complying with the regulatory framework of the mining sector. They have a strong understanding of the issues that currently have the greatest impact on the mining industry, such as the protection of the rights of indigenous groups and communities, contracts with landowners, recommendations by the National Human Rights Commission, legal controversies surrounding mining concessions, all environmental aspects of the mining sector and regulatory reform projects on the matter.

Offices

Mexico City, Mexico

Paseo de las Palmas 1397

Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo

Ciudad de México, C.P. 11000

Tel. +52 (55) 8947 3240

E-mail: [email protected]