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2020

PRESENTATION OF LEGAL SERVICES

SMPS Legal provides cutting-edge legal

services to address the needs of today’s

leading corporations in the Latin American

Region.

CONFIDENTIAL

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Index

1. The Firm 3

2. Practice Areas 4

3. Recognitions 5

4. Client Feedback 6

5. Tax Practice 7

6. Corporate M&A Practice 8

7. International Trade and Customs Practice 9

8. Real Estate Practice 10

9. Banking and Finance Practice 11

10. Labour and Employment Practice 12

11. Energy Practice 13

12. Global Projects 14

13. The Team Bios 15-30

14. Contact 31

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TheFirm

SMPS Legal is a law firm with regional expertise created by San Martín y Pizarro Suarez, S.C.,O&G Energy and Natural Resources Attorneys S.A.S. and Solorzano Corporation to form ateam of experienced and specialized lawyers committed to offering integratedmultidisciplinary legal counsel in Latin America from strategically located offices.

For over 20 years, the partners and lawyers of SMPS Legal have successfully counseleddomestic and foreign investors in their activities in Latin America.

Specifically, SMPS Legal provides legal services and support in transactions and projects inLatin America in important industry sectors of the economy, such as infrastructure, privateequity, tax, banking and finance, hospitality, insurance, capital markets, aeronautic,automotive, cultural, food, pharmaceutical, real estate, manufacturing and informationtechnology.

Responding to the growth of emerging markets in Latin America, SMPS Legal specializes incross-border transactions, acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances andforeign investments in the Region.

SMPS Legal currently has offices in Mexico City and Bogota where we provide advise in locallaw, and rep offices in Calgary and Dallas. SMPS Legal has strategic alliances with prominentfirms in Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Cuba and other Latin Americancountries to best serve its clients.

From knowledge of the local commercial and corporate customs and practices, toevaluating the relevant sectors of the economy and obtaining specialized legal advice, SMPSLegal assists its clients maximize the opportunities offered by the Region, providing timelyand cost effective advice.

In addition to the fact that the members of SMPS Legal share a joint vision to apply acommercial approach and provide focused legal and business advice, the Firm providestangible added value to its clients by taking the time to understand their business and legalservice needs.

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Practice Areas

TaxConsulting and litigation

Banking and FinancePrivate equity and credit institutions

International Trade and CustomsConsulting and litigation

Energy Oil and gas, mining and natural resources

Real Estate

Corporate M&A, foreign investment and transactions

Global ProjectsInfrastructure and design

Labor Consulting and litigation

Aviation

Other Matters Audit services, compliance, governance and information technology

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Recognitions

• Iván Pérez Correa (Banking and Finance Law), Jorge San Martín (Tax Law), Alejandro Ortiz (Real EstateLaw), Alexis Michel (Trade Law) were included in the “Best Lawyers 2019” guide.• Iván Pérez recognized within the 2018 Leading Adviser Awards as ‘Leading Private Equity Transactions

and Restructuring Lawyer of the Year, Mexico’ Acquisition International.•SMPS Legal was awarded “Excellence in Tax Litigation Legal Services and “Boutique Law Firm of theYear” in 2018 by Corporate LiveWire- Global Awards.•SMPS Legal has been awarded “Mexico Tax Firm of the Year” by International Tax Review in the 11th

Americas Tax Awards 2016 and was shortlisted for 2018 as well as for the award “Latin America TaxDispute Firm of the Year 2018”.•SMPS Legal won the Leading Tax Advisor of the Year - AI magazine Leading Advisor 2017 Awards.•SMPS Legal winner of the silver award in the Best Mexican Law Firm category at International Legal

Alliance Summit & Awards 2017•Ana Paula was crowned Tax Lawyer of the Year - Mexico & Best Banking & Finance Law Firm – Mexico

by Women in Wealth Awards 2017 hosted by Wealth & Finance International.•Alexis Michel was awarded “Foreign Trade Lawyer of the Year” by International Advisory Experts in

2017.•Christian Solís was awarded “Tax Litigation and Appeals Lawyer of the Year Mexico 2017” by Finance

Monthly Law Awards 2017.•SMPS Legal and/or its Lawyers have been ranked and have participated in the latest editions of

several publications:

• Chambers and Partners Latin America 2020: Tax Band 3 and Jorge San Martín Band 3, Ana PaulaPardo Band 4, International Trade Band 3 and Alexis Michel in Band 3.

•Legal 500 Latin America 2018: Tax band 3, Real Estate Band 2, International Trade and Customsband 2, Corporate M&A band 4.

•Best Lawyers 2020: 8 members of SMPS Legal recognized in 7 practice areas.

•Getting the Deal Through, Lawyer Monthly, TTR and Latin Lawyer among other legal internationalpublications.

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Client Feedback

"They take the time to understand the business that you run, so that they can make sure the solution that they present to you is based on what you need. It is not just a copy and paste of what they use for everyone. They are creative and work fast, giving you immediate responses.“Chambers And Partners 2020"They have ample technical knowledge of tax matters, which means that clients trust the services they provide," Chambers and Partners 2020Jorge San Martín: garners praise from a client for his tax knowledge. Another client endorses his dual capabilities as both a lawyer and an accountant, adding that "this helps us unlock certain solutions.“Chambers and Partners 2020Alexis Michel: "He is a lawyer with a great understanding of international trade, which puts the client at ease.“Chambers and Partners 2020Ana Paula Pardo: "very proactive and always available to support us," adding that "Ana Paula's negotiation skills differentiate her from the rest." Chambers and Partners 2020"We are very happy with them and are often impressed by their knowledge of both import regulations and the related tax issues. Their expertise in interpreting the law and understanding how the authorities view things are what I would highlight."Chambers and Partners 2019"We view their support as highly important. They pay attention to every detail and their written reports are exceptional.“Chambers and Partners 2019The lawyers, clients note, are ‘very knowledgeable and experienced’ and ‘their assistance is always on time and on point’.Legal 500 2019SMPS Legal houses 'top performing professionals with years of experience, seeking the best approach for clients' needs. The lawyers also possess cross-cultural nous and the ability to communicate and build long-term relationships’. Legal 500 2019“The team offers the full range of IT&C services, drawing on the firm’s strong tax practice if required in cases that one client admits are ‘very complex and detailed’; moreover, the team is ‘good value for money’.”Legal 500 2018

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Tax PracticeConsulting and Litigation

SMPS Legal is leader in the optimization of tax structures and M&A tax related issues. TheTax Practice is uniquely qualified as it is a fully integrated consulting and litigation TaxPractice whereby all members of the SMPS Legal Tax Team provide both consulting andlitigation services, with a clear vision of the financial and legal aspects of every issueimpacting the client.

The SMPS Legal Tax Practice assists its clients in complex transactions involving financialtechnicalities and contingencies banking on the strong financial and litigation backgroundsof all its members. This directly translates into a comprehensive handling of each case,tailored to better serve the client and providing tangible added value thereto.

SMPS Legal offers multidisciplinary advice in all matters related to tax, enforcement ofinternational treaties and implementation of national and foreign structures for residentsin Mexico and abroad, as well as tax and administrative litigation.

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Corporate PracticeM&A, Foreign Investment and Transactions

SMPS Legal assists clients in the negotiation and execution of corporate restructures, co-investments, shareholders’ agreements, transformations, spin-offs and mergers, includingnational and international private capital funds.

Our lawyers are specialists in negotiating agreements as well as in the performance ofspecialized audits to adequately assess the risks and opportunities regarding transactionsprior to the execution thereof.

The Firm has extensive experience in all areas of corporate law, including organization,maintenance, dissolution and liquidation of corporations and partnerships, civil orcommercial, public or private, profit or non-profit, as well as subject to specific regulation.

This allows SMPS Legal to identify and recommend the best and most efficient corporatestructures to achieve tax efficiency, consolidation and mitigation of potential risks.

SMPS Legal provides advise in the development of sophisticated foreign capital structuresto protect investment and comply with regulations applicable to such type of investment-related matters, as well as corporate governance services and advice with day-to-daycorporate legal needs, such as management and custody of corporate books.

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International Trade and CustomsConsulting and Litigation

The Foreign Trade Practice focuses on advising clients on inbound and outbound customsmatters and assisting them to identify and develop expansion opportunities.It specializes in customs valuation, implementation of free trade agreements, originverifications, criteria confirmations before tax and customs authorities and thedevelopment of foreign trade programs such as the “Maquila” Drawback and SectorPromotion.

The Trade Practice of SMPS Legal includes development and implementation of strategiesto optimize all tools available, dispute resolution tactics and litigations.

The Practice has sound experience in the selection, coordination and implementation ofthe best optimized corporate, tax and customs strategies in Mexico, tailored to theclient’s needs, the performance of audits to examine the correctness of import/exportoperations, the implementation of preventive measures and the representation of clientsbefore tax and customs authorities during audits, administrative procedures and todefend tax contingencies.

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Banking and Finance PracticePrivate Equity and Credit Institutions

The Firm counsels private equity companies, creditors, debtors and other participants innational and foreign markets in granting and restructuring of financing and in theestablishment of guaranties by providing prompt and cutting- edge advice in a sector thatis time sensitive in its transactions.

The Practice actively participates and assists its clients with the incorporation of privatecapital funds.

SMPS Legal has vast experience in bank and private funding transactions, as well as infinancing of States and Municipalities in Mexico.

The partners of the Private Equity Practice of SMPS Legal regularly provide regulatory andtransactional advice to banks, multi-purpose financial corporations (SOFOMS), insurancecompanies, inter-dealer brokerage firms and institutional pension fund managers(AFORES).

SMPS Legal assists private equity funds in their initial stages from fund raising to buildingthe investment funds, the portfolio investments and management, including therestructuring, refinancing and sale or recapitalization thereof.

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The attorneys of SMPS Legal have extensive experience representing

developers, creditors and investors in every type of real estate and asset

transactions, including purchase, lease, funding, development, construction

and liens on real estate assets such as offices, malls, mines, warehouses, local

businesses, residential and multi- purpose properties and hotels.

The members of SMPS Legal are key players and have been consistently

involved in matters of significant importance in the hospitality sector providing

legal assistance in well- known hospitality projects in Mexico.

The services offered by SMPS Legal include audits, regulatory, tax and

environmental matters, as well as structuring of real estate projects

through any type of structures such as Real Estate Trusts (“FIBRAs” or

Fideicomisos Inmobiliarios de Bienes Raíces).

Real Estate PracticeTax strategies, M&A and Transactions

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Global ProjectsInfrastructure and Design

The Projects Practice Team of SMPS Legal has successfully represented clients in projectsthroughout the Latin American Region. Our experience spans over several legal systemsand over the last two decades to include a wide range of technologies and industries.

SMPS Legal assists its clients in development and infrastructure projects from thedefinition of the structure and funding of the projects, to the achievement of theapplicable permits, including Private-Public Partnerships (PPP) structuring.

Our Projects Practice reflects the fundamental values of SMPS Legal, to provide cutting-edge advice and representation based upon our vast practical experience. Our ProjectsPractice Team includes experience across all major practice areas involved withinvestment in a project, from the early- stage development and regulatory mattersthrough financing, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and public offerings.

We provide advice on initial project planning and structuring (including tax planning); realestate acquisition; project bids; drafting and negotiation of all key contracts (such assupply, operating, maintenance, engineering and construction agreements); advice onlabor and employment matters; and compliance with rules and regulations of local, stateand national energy, utility and environmental regulatory authorities.

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Energy LawOil and Gas, Mining and Natural Resources

SMPS Legal has a sophisticated energy practice, with emphasis in the development andfunding of energy projects. The Firm provides comprehensive advice to clients specialized inthe generation of conventional and alternate energy in a wide range of matters such as theconsolidation of a more efficient corporate and tax structure and the obtention of permitsand authorizations requited for implementation.

For Oil and Gas, the SMPS Legal Energy Team specializes in negotiation of agreements forthe industry with PEMEX and other suppliers; advising on public contracting procedures(direct awards, public biddings and restricted invitations); the implementation of strategiesto surmount challenges with public contracting procedures, including administrativedisputes, litigations and constitutional and other appeals and proceedings; bids from PemexExploración y Producción concerning mature fields; construction of natural gas pipelines;processing gas permits before the Energy Regulatory Commission; and natural gasdistribution agreements with Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica and other distributors.

Concerning Electricity, SMPS Legal has extensive experience in the structuring and fundingof electricity projects as well as the processing of permits before the CRE in all forms (self-supply, co-generation, independent production, import and export); and in Mining, SMPSLegal advises on the structuring and funding of mining projects; the acquisition, transfer,registry and lien of mining rights; the issuance of mining licenses and payment of miningrights; drafting and negotiation of agreements, addressing litigation matters from mininglicenses to any type of real estate issues. The experience of SMPS Legal includes energyprojects, biogas, solar and wind energy.

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Labor, Employment LawConsulting and Litigation

The Firm provides legal advice on all matters related to labor and social security law,including recruitment strategies, implementation and modification of benefit plans andemployment conditions, compliance with labor provisions, collective bargainingagreements and union related matters.

The Firm continuously advises corporations in the negotiation and drafting of individualemployment contracts, confidentiality and non- competition agreements, employmenttermination; payment of profit sharing; pension funds; employer’s substitution;expatriates; outsourcing; benefit structure; saving funds and labor audits.

SMPS Legal works with foreign clients with presence in Mexico in their day to dayemployment matters, including applicability of Mexican law, payment of benefits,employment contracts, termination issues or other similar matters. We have a veryparticular expertise in handling labor and tax matters related to foreign expatriates toprevent that the employers are deemed to have a tax exposure in Mexico. Moreover, on avery regular basis, the Firm represents clients in the implementation of their foreignpolicies and programs to their Mexican employees (e.g., stock options).

The Firm covers employment litigation before the Federal and Local Conciliation andArbitration Boards in Mexico City and, either directly or through local correspondents, inother Federal Entities.

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The TeamMexico City

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Alexis Michel / [email protected]

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Alexis Michel has focused his practice not only in the compliance of obligations in matters ofcustoms and foreign trade, but in aiding, through the enforcement of administrativeinstruments that Mexican authorities have implemented, and identifying and developing areaswith opportunities of expansion for his clients. Alexis is specialized in tariff classification,customs valuation, implementation of free trade agreements, origin verifications, criteriaconfirmation and certifications before different authorities, as well as development of foreigntrade development programs as Maquila, Sector Promotion and Drawback.

Likewise, he has extensive experience in the performance of internal audits to verifycompliance with the obligations arising from foreign trade transactions. He has representedclients before the different tax and customs authorities in audits, administrative proceedingsand contesting of resolutions derived therefrom. Furthermore, he has developed a successfulpractice in matters of international commerce unfair trade practices such as antidumping andsubventions.

Before joining SMPS, Alexis worked at Jauregui, Navarrete, Nader y Rojas, S.C., White & CaseLLP, Trón y Natera, S.C. and Natera y Espinoza, S.C., accruing more than 19 years of experience.

Alexis obtained his J.D. from the División de Estudios Superiores of Centro UniversitarioMéxico, with honors, in 1998 and his degree in the Specialty in Tax Law from UniversidadPanamericana with honors in 2006.Alexis is the former Head of the Foreign Trade Commission of the Mexican Bar Association(Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C.), is an active member of the American Chamber ofCommerce, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the International Chamber ofCommerce.

Alexis is fluent in both, English and Spanish.

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Ana Paula Pardo Lelo de Larrea / [email protected]

Ana Paula joined SMPS Legal in 2015 as Tax partner. Her main practice is taxationconcerning domestic and international aspects and involves representing corporationsand individuals. She regularly advises clients on matters involving commercialtransactions, tax planning, start up business, joint ventures, investments, acquisitions,mergers, spin offs, dispositions, tax free reorganizations and transfer pricing consulting.

Ana Paula has extensive experience in international transactions, in corporate law,including representation of multinationals groups and domestic groups, specificcontroversy and litigation, representing domestic and international clients in tax auditsand negotiations skills.

Before joining SMPS Legal, Ana Paula was an associate at Hogan Lovells BSTL since 2010and before that she was an associate at Basham Ringe y Correa. She also clerked at the taxboutique, Ortiz, Sainz y Erreguerena for two years and a half.

Ana Paula obtained her Law Degree from Universidad Panamericana in 2002, herPostgraduate Degree from the Universidad de Salamanca. She holds a LL.M from theUniversity of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 2007, obtaining the Certificate ofAcademic Excellence.Ana Paula is fluent in Spanish and English and she is a member of the IFA, currently Co-coordinator of the Studies Committee.

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Iván Pérez Correa / [email protected]

His practice focuses on capital markets, banking and finance, and mergers andacquisitions.

He has advised issuers and underwriters in connection with debt, equity, asset-backedand structured securities offerings and tender offers, domestic and cross border. Iván alsoadvises clients in connection with credit transactions and restructurings, in addition tohaving and active mergers and acquisition practice, with emphasis in private equitytransactions.

Prior Experience Prior to joining SMPS Legal, Iván was a Partner with Acedo Santamarina,S.C. and Of counsel with Jones Day. Education Northwestern University (LL.M. with aconcentration in Corporate and Finance Law 2003); Universidad de Monterrey (J.D. 2001;graduated with honors; Phi Delta Phi).

He is fluent in English and Spanish

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Andrés Pizarro Suárez / [email protected]

Andrés has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate, restructurings, investments and corporate and regulatory matters. His practice includes active representation of clients involved in corporate, civil, finance and commercial projects in diverse areas and industries.

He has focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate, restructurings, investments and corporate and regulatory issues in general. His work has included active representation of diverse clients involved in all kinds of corporate, civil, finance and commercial projects in diverse areas and industries. He has represented several multinational companies in setting up operations in Mexico.

Prior to joining SMPS, Andrés worked at Notary Public No. 109 office for 16 years, theNotary Public No. 250 office and the law firm Gonzalez Calvillo, S.C.

Andres obtained his J.D. from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in 1998 and holds a masters degree in Company Rights by the Univerdidad Panamericana (2018).

He is fluent in both, English and Spanish.

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Eduardo Pizarro / [email protected]

Eduardo has a broad-based practice providing legal and business advice and counseling tomultinational and Mexican companies. His corporate practice primarily focuses in privateequity, corporate finance, joint ventures, spin-offs, mergers and acquisition transactions,general corporate law and investments for domestic and international transactions. Hispractice includes active representation of clients involved in a variety of projects, includingtransactions and investments in the areas of real estate, public and private mergers, assetand stock purchases and dispositions and the structure and formation of partnerships, jointventures and strategic alliances. Eduardo provides consulting in labor and social securitymatters and also coordinates civil and commercial litigation before both federal and localcourts.

Eduardo provides legal and business advice and counseling to multinational and Mexicancompanies. His corporate practice primarily focuses on civil law, corporate finance, jointventures, mergers and acquisition transactions, general corporate law, and investments fordomestic and international transactions. Eduardo's emphasis on financing is mainly focusedon structuring, documenting and negotiating debt-related transactions. His work hasincluded active representation of several clients involved in a wide variety of projects,including transactions and investments in the areas of real estate, public and privatemergers, asset and stock purchases and dispositions, and the structure and formation ofpartnerships, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Eduardo also coordinates civil andcommercial litigation before both federal and local courts.Prior to founding SMPS, Eduardo was a partner at Mexico’s office of Gardere Wynne Sewell,LLP., where he worked for more than 15 years.Eduardo obtained his J.D. from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), withhonors, in 1997.Eduardo is fluent in both, English and Spanish. 20

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Jorge San Martín / [email protected]

Jorge is both a lawyer and a certified public accountant. His practice is focused on taxand business planning, including mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporatereorganizations with particular focus on permanent establishments and other tax-related international matters. Jorge assists his clients in planning tax efficient structures,including the tax treatment of acquisitions and investments. His practice includes therepresentation of clients before Mexican Tax Authorities in a broad range of national andinternational tax controversies as well as in litigation.

Prior to founding SMPS, Jorge was partner at the Mexico’s office of Gardere WynneSewell, LLP, where he worked for more than 10 years, and prior to that, he was partnerof the accounting firm Rocha, Pérez, San Martín, S.C.

Jorge obtained his J.D. from UNAM and his degree as Certified Public Accountant fromUniversidad Anahuac del Norte, in Mexico City.

He is a member of the Mexico’s Public Accountants School and of the Mexican Instituteof Public Accountants. He is also a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce andthe American Chamber of Commerce, in Mexico City.

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Christian Solís / [email protected]

Christian Solís is the head of the tax litigation practice at SMPS Legal and also provideslocal and international tax consultancy to clients from a wide variety of sectors. Hisunderstanding of the tax effects of the operations and his insight on the litigationprocess provides him with a unique and integral approach that allows clients to takeinformed decisions, by not only providing tax advise but also explaining possiblescenarios that might result in tax litigation.

His experience includes local consultancy in tax matters, international taxation,mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructures and tax and administrative litigation.Before SMPS Legal, he worked at some of the most prestigious tax Firms in Mexicoand spent a year working at a Law Firm in the United States. He attained his J.D. fromthe Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Moreover, he concluded theSpecialty in Tax Law in Universidad Panamericana and holds a graduate degree ininternational taxes. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

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The TeamCalgary

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Jorge Miranda is a Public Accountant in Mexico, with extensive experience intransactions in the private and public sectors in Mexico and Canada. Jorge´s areas ofexpertise include business relations, contract negotiations, strategic planning andbusiness analysis. Prior Experience Prior to SMPS, Jorge founded SolorzanoCorporation and accrued over 16 years of managerial and accounting experience inthe service industry for both Mexican and Canadian Companies.

Jorge holds a degree in Public Accounting from the Universidad de Guanajuato inMexico and attained a Graduate Degree in Business Management in the InstitutoTecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico in 2001. Jorge is fluent in both, English andSpanish. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Council of theAmericas – Alberta, in Canada.

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Jorge Miranda / [email protected]

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Carlos Solórzano/ [email protected]

Carlos is licensed lawyer in Mexico, residing in Calgary. He specializes in oil and gas, projectfinancing and real estate. His practice focuses primarily on finance advising for projectssuch as commercial, residential and mixed-use developments, negotiation anddevelopment of strategic alliances and joint ventures, real estate and oil and gas. Carloshas also represented numerous clients in dispute resolution matters.

Before SMPS, Carlos founded SOLORZANO CORPORATION and served for several years at atop tier Canadian law firm assisting several clients on successfully establishing theirbusinesses in Mexico. Carlos also worked for Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at theConsulate in Calgary being responsible of Mexico-Alberta economic affairs and providingpotential investors with guidelines for conducting business. Before moving to Canada in2002, Carlos practiced law with top tier law firms in Mexico representing Mexican andnon-Mexican clients.

Carlos obtained his degree in Law from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México(ITAM) in 1998. He participated in the Private, Public Partnerships Course and the PrivateEquity Transactions Course of Osgoode Law School, York University, in the years of 2006and 2007, respectively, and the Alternative Dispute Resolutions Course in Alberta, Canada,in the year 2007. Carlos is fluent in both, English and Spanish and he is a member of theMexican Bar Association and of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of theCanadian Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce, in MexicoCity.

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The TeamDallas

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For two decades, Alejandro has advised and represented Fortune 500companies and other wellknown companies around the world toestablish, operate, monitor and grow their investments in Mexico andLatin America.

Alejandro specializes in assisting companies with their initialexpansion into Mexico and Latin America, as well as helpingestablished companies with all aspects of conducting internationalbusiness.

Alejandro maintains a diverse practice representing companies in abroad range of industries, including energy, hospitality (developers,managers and financing), private equity, real estate and retail(including direct sales), and has represented clients in varioustransactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporateand tax structuring, project finance and project management. He alsohave experience in anti-corruption assessment, compliance,consumer law, due diligence assessments, expert witness, humanresource and labor law, litigation assessments and privacy law.Drawing upon his over 20 years of experience, he consistentlyprovides high-quality legal services to his clients.

He was partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Dallas and Mexico Cityfrom 1996 to 2014. He went to Columbia Law School 1996, LL.M.with a concentration in Corporate and Tax Structuring and attainedhis law degree at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM) -School of Law 1994, Juris Doctorate. He is fluent in English andSpanish.

Bar Associations: Texas State Bar, New York State Bar. Alejandro is amember of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the AmericanChamber of Commerce, in Mexico City.

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Mauricio Alvarado / [email protected]

Mauricio Alvarado is an expert energy and natural resources attorney licensed to practice law in bothColombia and the United States (Texas). He is one of the founding partners of O&G Energy andNatural Resources Attorneys (currently SMPS Legal), a full service law firm dedicated to the energyand natural resources industry, including oil & gas (upstream and downstream), mining, energy(including power generation and transmission), water and energy infrastructure projects with a LatinAmerican regional expertise. Over the years, Mr. Alvarado has developed his practice on a regionalbasis. In addition to his extensive experience in Colombia and the United States, Mr. Alvarado hasdone a significant amount of work in several countries in Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean,representing clients in corporate and transactional work involving high-end, sophisticatedtransactions. He is ranked by Chambers Global as Energy & Natural Resources (Experts BasedAbroad) and has been recognized as an Oil & Gas expert by the International Who’s Who of Oil & GasLawyers 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. He has served as Council Member and Member of theExecutive Committee of the Inter-American Bar Association and previously served as President of thePublic and Private International Law Committee from 1995 to 2007. He is a former Director andfounding member of the Hispanic Bar Association, and a former Director of the Inter-AmericanChamber of Commerce, both in Houston, Texas. Prior Experience He was a founding partner and theHead of the Oil & Gas Practice of Norton Rose Fulbright Colombia S.A.S (formerly Macleod Dixon). Heworked with the international law firm of Vinson & Elkins and with Amoco Corporation (now part ofBP), both in Houston, Texas, where he represented new and existing clients on matters relating tohigh-level and sophisticated international transactions and ventures, including ongoing internationalexploration and production, oil, natural gas, power generation and energy privatization projects inseveral Latin American countries. He was formerly general counsel and head of the legal departmentof a worldwide financial group with headquarters in Houston, Texas and operations in the UnitedStates, Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean. Education • J.D., South Texas College of Law, 1990.• LL.M. (International Law), Louisiana State University, 1988. • LL.M. (Financial and Insurance Law),Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 1985. • J.D., Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, 1984. LanguagesFluent in Spanish, English and French. Bar Associations • The State Bar of Texas. • The Louisiana StateBar Association.

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Claire has extensive experience in handling mergers and acquisitions,corporate and international transactions and business law, in general.

Prior to joining O&G Energy and Natural Resources Attorneys(currently SMPS Legal), Claire collaborated as General Counsel forTribeca Asset Management Inc. in Bogota and prior to this positionshe worked as associate and partner for various international lawfirms in the United States. She was also Vice-President, Legal andCorporate Affairs of Oncopharm Corporation. In addition, she hasacted as counsel for the General Consulate of France in Houston,Texas, for many years.

Education: Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Louisiana State University LawSchool. 1987. • Masters Degree of Business Law (LL.M.) - Universityof Paris I – Sorbonne. 1985. • Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) - University ofParis II – Assas. 1984. Cum Laude. • Degree in Legal Translation(Spanish) -Comparative Law Institute of Paris. 1984.

Claire is fluent in French, English and Spanish. Her Bar Associations:The State Bar of Texas Professional Associations The American BarAssociation

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Claire Guglielmi/ [email protected]

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