Carlos E. Ahumada

Associate since 2019

Carlos regularly advises clients in connection with all aspects of Mexican antitrust law. He has advised and represented companies across several industries in different proceedings initiated by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica) and the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones) pursuant to Mexican antitrust law, including merger control filings, investigations for horizontal and vertical restraints, leniency programs and investigations on the existence of essential facilities.

Carlos also has ample experience in general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border and international transactions. He has advised national and foreign purchasers, sellers and investors in several mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

+52 (55) 5201 7574
ceahumada@macf.com.mx
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • German

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Education
  • Law Degree, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 2019
  • Masters in Law and Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2021
Experience
  • Legal Director, Energías Renovables del Sol S.A., 2020-2021
  • Foreign Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 2023-2024

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May 20, 2026
Following the announcement by the Ministry of Energy (“SENER” per its acronym in Spanish) on May 11, 2026 regarding three mechanisms to facilitate investment in the energy sector, on May 15, 2026, the “Request for Proposals for Strategic Electric Power Generation and Storage Projects, in line with binding planning” (the “RfP”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
May 19, 2026
On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court (“SCJN”) (Amparo en Revisión 551/2024) held that a retail store commercializing menstrual hygiene products lacks standing to challenge, by means of an amparo proceeding, the constitutionality of Article 2-A of the Value Added Tax Law (Ley del Impuesto al Valor Agregado, “LIVA”). Said provision establishes that the sale of menstrual cups, sanitary pads, and tampons for menstrual hygiene products is subject to a 0% rate for value added tax (“VAT”) purposes, while excluding other menstrual hygiene products from such treatment.
May 13, 2026
On May 11, 2026, the Ministry of Energy ("SENER" per its acronym in Spanish) published the "Second Request for Proposals for the priority handling of requests for power generation permits and Interconnection to the National Electric System, aligned with Binding Planning" (the "Second RfP"). This Second RfP continues the process initiated with the first request for proposals issued on October 17, 2025 (the "First RfP"), which resulted in the granting of 18 power generation permits by the National Energy Commission ("CNE").