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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November 5, 2025
On December 3, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo submitted to the Senate the initiatives that, together, would redefine Mexico’s working time regime by setting a 40‑hour weekly cap, as well as new limits on overtime and the obligation to maintain an electronic record of actual hours worked.
December 3, 2025
Today, December 3, the President of Mexico announced during the morning press conference the increase of the minimum wage for 2026 and highlighted key elements of the Federal Government’s initiative and implementation strategy to reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours. According to the announcement, the initiative will be submitted to Congress today for formal presentation before the close of the regular session, and it is expected to be debated in early 2026.
November 27, 2025
On November 24, 2025, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS”, per its acronym in Spanish) issued the “Subcontracting Inspection Protocol” (the “Protocol”) which establishes the guidelines and procedures for monitoring and enforcing labor regulations applicable to subcontracting in Mexico.