About Rogelio López Velarde

Rogelio López Velarde is an attorney and counsellor-at-law at Dentons López Velarde SC, admitted in Mexico in 1988 and in the State of New York in 1991. He held various positions at PEMEX from 1988 to 1993, including head of the international legal department. He is the former chairman of the Energy Committee of the Mexican Bar Association, the former president for the Latin America Chapter of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, and the former chairman of the International Practice Committee of the US Institute for Energy Law, 2010–2012. He is a popular speaker and has published articles on international law in Mexico, the US, Canada, Europe and South America. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Private International Law and of the Energy Council of the Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission.