José Ernesto de la Peña

Associate since 2021

Ernesto has extensive experience advising several issuers, financial intermediaries and placement agents in securities issuances, including equity and debt issuances, either through public offerings or privately, and carried out in Mexico and abroad. Furthermore, he has advised several companies and banking institutions in financing operations and has broad experience in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate matters.

+52 (55) 5201 7521
jedelapena@macf.com.mx
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  • Spanish.
  • English.

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Education
  • Master’s Degree in Financial Institutions and Securities, Universidad Panamericana.
  • Law Degree, Universidad Panamericana, 2017.
  • Business Law Academy, Columbia Law School, 2016.
Experience
  • Law Clerk, Basila Abogados, 2014-2016.
  • Law Clerk, Proteak Uno, S.A.B. de C.V. 2013 - 2014.
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Cliente satisfecho estrechando la mano con un abogado: Cliente feliz con servicio legal en Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.

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July 4, 2026
On March 19, 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum, following up on what was presented in her infrastructure plan last February, presented to the Chamber of Deputies the Initiative for the Promotion of Investment in Strategic Infrastructure for Development with Welfare (the "Law"), which establishes a specific legal framework to promote investment, Co-investment and financing of strategic public infrastructure projects with coordinated participation of the public, private and social sectors. It creates vehicles and governance bodies to channel resources, distribute risks and accelerate priority projects, under principles of fiscal stability, transparency, austerity and alignment with national development plans. It contemplates a special regime of procurement, support and benefits, as well as specific reforms to the Federal Law of Budget and Fiscal Responsibility to strengthen planning, registration and accountability of multi-year commitments.
March 31, 2026
On Friday, March 27, 2026, the Decree amending, adding, and repealing various provisions of the Regulations to the Federal Law for the Prevention and Identification of Transactions with Funds from Illicit Sources ("LFPIORPI") was published in the Evening Edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation, which entered into force on March 28, 2026. The reform aligns the Regulations with the amendments to the LFPIORPI published in 2025 and substantially strengthens the supervisory and sanctioning framework for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.
March 4, 2026
On March 3, 2026, a reform to Article 123, Section A of the Political Constitution of the UnitedMexican States regarding the reduction of working hours was published in theOfficial Gazette of the Federation, which will come into effect the dayfollowing its publication (the "Decree").