The Energy Reform recently approved by the Mexican Congress offers great opportunities to companies that want to expand into the energy sector in Mexico. But corruption levels in the energy sector remain pervasive, posing an ongoing risk to all participants. The reform legislation seeks to reduce corrupt behavior by officials…
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Javier Lopez-de Obeso
BrowsingJavier Lopez-de Obeso is an associate in the Energy, Real Estate and Infrastructure practice group at Baker & McKenzie. Before joining Baker & McKenzie, Javier Lopez de Obeso was the Energy and Anti Corruption Compliance Associate at OCA Law Firm, and the FCPA Director at the Centro de Estudios en Derecho y Gobierno in Mexico City.
He served in PEMEX for more than 10 years where was in charge of promoting the GRC and compliance program, the implementation of the improvement and simplification of the internal regulation, and previously, started the the Ethics and Compliance program in PEMEX E & P, promoted FCPA investigations, and coordinated the audit program of PEP.