María José Canseco

Associate since 2021

María José is specialized in energy and environmental law, with a focus on electricity projects. She has participated in multiple renewable energy projects, including wind farms, solar parks, combined cycle and hydroelectric power plants, from their development and financing, to their operation. She has provided legal advice to several clients in mergers & acquisitions, debt offerings and project finance transactions in connection with their energy, hydrocarbons, environmental and regulatory aspects. María José also has experience with the new electricity framework and has advised clients in their participation in the auctions organized by CENACE for the award of power purchase agreements for the sale of electric energy, power and clean energy certificates.

She has wide experience in matters related to government authorizations, construction, supply and operation contracts, energy supply contracts, and in assisting companies regarding compliance in matters of energy, hydrocarbons, environmental impact, beach concessions, water, hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, soil pollution, environmental risk, forestry land use change, sanitary, urban development, and regulatory aspects.

+52 (55) 5201 7412
mjcanseco@macf.com.mx
Languages
  • Spanish.
  • English.
  • French.

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Education
  • Law Degree, Universidad Iberoamericana, 2020.
Experience
  • Law Clerk, Ruiz Falce Lawyers, 2016.
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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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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").