Juan Pablo Betancourt

Partner since 2026

Juan Pablo has extensive experience in representing local and foreign clients on domestic and cross-border financing transactions including corporate and project finance. Juan Pablo also has broad experience representing local and foreign clients on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.

He has experience providing advice in matters relating to financial regulation, including the authorization, incorporation and start-up of operations of various institutions in the financial sector.

Likewise, Juan Pablo has experience representing issuers and financial intermediaries in the issuance of capital and debt, public and private, both in Mexico and abroad.

+52 (55) 5201 7475
jpbetancourt@macf.com.mx
Languages
  • Spanish.
  • English.

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Education
  • Master of Laws LL.M, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2016.
  • “Drafting Contracts in English” Certificate, Georgetown University Law Center, 2013.
  • Law Degree, Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2011.
Experience
  • Foreign Associate, Dechert, LLP, 2016— 2017.
Contact
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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February 3, 2026
On January 28, 2026, the Federal Electricity Commission (“CFE” per its acronym in Spanish) published the Guidelines for Mixed Development Schemes (the “Guidelines”) in the Official Gazette of the Federation. The Guidelines establish the minimum content of mixed investment agreements, the selection procedures for the participation of private parties in mixed development schemes, and the selection procedure for the migration of permits under the Electric Power Public Service Law (“LSPEE” by its acronym in Spanish).
January 29, 2026
Mexico’s Ministry of Anti-Corruption and Good Governance (Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno – SABG) has announced the launch of a dialogue process aimed at updating the regulatory framework governing the protection of personal data held by private parties. The stated objective is to align Mexican law with international standards and to strengthen preventive compliance mechanisms.
January 23, 2026
On January 19, 2026, the decree enacting the General Circular Economy Law (the “LGEC”) and amending and supplementing various provisions of the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (the “LGEEPA”) and the General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Waste (the “LGPGIR”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.