Eugenia Portugal

Associate since 2021

Eugenia Portugal Rocha is an Associate in the Firm's Energy, Projects & Infrastructure, and Finance practice groups.

She focuses her practice on energy and transactional corporate law. She advises Mexican and international companies, developers, investment funds, and financial institutions on the development, acquisition, financing, construction, and operation of energy and infrastructure projects, as well as on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.

Eugenia has extensive experience in the Mexican energy sector, advising clients on regulatory, commercial, and corporate matters relating to conventional and renewable power projects, natural gas, midstream infrastructure, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and liquefaction terminals. She also advises on matters involving the Wholesale Electricity Market and the negotiation of complex commercial agreements and has participated in some of the most significant energy and infrastructure transactions in the region.

Eugenia received her LL.B. from Universidad Iberoamericana and her LL.M. in International Business and Economic Law from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was awarded the Georgetown Merit Scholarship.

She has international professional experience in both New York and Santiago, Chile, where she worked on transactions involving projects, infrastructure, natural resources, and capital markets, including SEC-registered sovereign debt offerings and other cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.

+52 (55) 1102-2861
eportugal@macf.com.mx
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

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Education
  • LL.M. in International Businessand Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2024–2025.
  • Certificate in Securities and Financial Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center, 2025.
  • Law Degree, Universidad Iberoamericana, 2016–2021.
Experience
  • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (NewYork) — International Visiting Lawyer, 2025–2026.
  • Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C. —Associate, 2021–2024.
  • Barros & Errázuriz (Santiago,Chile) — International Associate (six-month secondment), 2023.
  • Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C. — LawClerk, 2017–2021.
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June 22, 2026
On June 18, 2026, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”) the Agreement issuing the Guidelines for the voluntary and expedited migration of self-supply and cogeneration of electricity to the figures established under the Electric Sector Law (the “Guidelines”). Likewise, on June 18, 2026, the CNE published in the DOF the Methodology for Determining the Charge for the Electricity Transmission Service (the “Transmission Methodology”), which will become effective on October 19, 2026. The Transmission Methodology repeals the previous methodology that established the so-called “postage stamp wheeling rate” (porteo estampilla) and introduces a new transmission service charge.
June 11, 2026
On May 28, 2026, two precedents issued by the Plenary of the Superior Chamber of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (Tribunal Federal de Justicia Administrativa or “TFJA”) were published in the Court’s official journal. These precedents address the tax treatment of capital contributions and dividend distributions.
June 3, 2026
Mexico and the United States concluded the first formal round of negotiations under the Joint Review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), held on May 28–29, 2026, in Mexico City.