
Profile
Luis Jorge Akle Arronte focuses his practice on environmental matters and renewable energy projects.
Concentrations
- Environmental Compliance
- Renewable Energy Projects
Capabilities
Experience
- Participated, as a member of a team, in the regularization on environmental and energy matters of several winds farms, for the financing under a Project finance scheme.
- Represented, as a member of a team, a Mexican company in the development, construction and financing of a wind farm in the state of Oaxaca with a nameplate capacity of over 300 MW.
- Participated, as a member of a team, in the acquisition of a development portfolio of wind generation projects for a capacity of over 600 MW.
- Represented, as a member of a team, a Mexican company in the National Energy Control Center 2015 and 2016 long term tenders for the sale of Energy, Power and CELs to the Federal Electricity Commission.
- Participated, as a member of a team, in the drafting of a Carbon Capture, Use and Storage regulatory framework in Mexico report, pertaining to a CCUS pilot project.
- Represented, as a member of a team, a Mexican company in the acquisition and construction of a hydroelectric power plant in the state of Nayarit.
° The above representations were handled by Mr. Akle Arronte prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, S.C.
- Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes, S.C., 2011-2013
- Hernandez Gallego y Asociados, S.C., 2013 - 2017
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Chambers Latin America, "Associates to Watch," Environmental, 2024
- Listed, Best Lawyers, “Best Lawyers in Mexico: Ones to Watch,” Energy Law, 2023
- Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America Guide, 2021-2023
- Latin America: Mexico – Energy & Natural Resources, 2021-2023
- Latin America: Mexico – Environment, 2021-2023
- Team Member, a Law360 “Environmental Practice Group of the Year,” 2022
Credentials
Education
- Postgraduate degree, Administrative Law, Universidad Panamericana, 2012
- Law Degree, Universidad Panamericana, 2011
Admissions
- Mexico
Languages
- Spanish, Native