Biography: Public Procurement

Roberto Hernandez is a Mexican attorney specialised in public and private construction projects; public procurement; and dispute resolution related to these areas of practice. He is managing partner of Comad, SC, a prestigious boutique law firm established in 1965 and based in Mexico City, mainly focused in public procurement and construction.

Since 1989, he has advised top-class European, American and Mexican construction, engineering and architect firms in relevant construction projects in Mexico and Central America in the energy, oil, health, water, sewage, gas, petrochemical, parks, transportation, and building sectors, among others.

Some of the many cases in which Mr Hernandez have been involved are: legal advice to a European consortium for the bid and negotiation of the contract for the construction of the US$230 million Central American main transmission line (SIEPAC); a US$1.2 billion public works contract for the construction of a 62 kilometre sewage tunnel in Mexico City and surrounding states and its tunnel boring machines, a US$38 million construction arbitration of a public works project; the general advice to the consortium that currently constructs the US$1.2 billion Mexico City Metro. He has also acted as counsellor and dispute adjudicator in dispute boards in Mexico and Central America; he has acted in more than 50 mediation procedures related to federal government contracts.

Mr Hernandez has been the co-chair of the international construction projects committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) (2009 to 2011) and he currently chairs the construction disputes committee of ICC Mexico as well as chair of the anticorruption committee of ICC Mexico. He is a member of the executive committee of the division 8 construction forum of the American Bar Association (ABA).

Mr Hernandez was the consulting editor and co-author of the book International Public Procurement: A Guide to Best Practice, published by Globe Law and Business in London, England; he was the consulting editor and co-author of the book Legal Aspects of Public Procurement in Mexico, published by the BMA; and he co-authored the book International Construction published by the ABA. He has been invited as a speaker in several countries by international institutions and organisations such as King's College; the IBA; the ABA; the ICC; the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; the Universidad de Lima; and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, among others.

Biography: Real Estate

Roberto Hernández Garcia is a Mexican attorney specialised in public and private construction projects; public procurement; dispute resolution-related to such areas of practice, anticorruption and compliance. He is managing partner of Comad, SC, a prestigious boutique law firm established in 1965 and based in Mexico City, mainly focused in public procurement and construction.

Since 1989, he has advised top-class European, American and Mexican construction, engineering and architect firms in relevant construction projects in Mexico and Central America in the energy, oil, health, water, sewage, gas, petrochemical, parks, transportation, and building sectors, among others.

Some of the many cases in which Mr Hernández have been involved are: legal advice to a European consortium for the bid and negotiation of the contract for the construction of the US$230 million Central American main transmission line (SIEPAC); a US$1.2 billion public works contract for the construction of a 62-kilometre sewage tunnel in Mexico City and surrounding states and its tunnel boring machines and the general advice to the consortium that currently constructs the US$1.2 billion Mexico City Metro. He has also acted as counsellor and dispute adjudicator in dispute boards in Mexico and Central America, and he has acted in more than 50 mediation procedures related to federal government contracts.

Mr Hernández has been the co-chair of the international construction projects committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) (2009-2011) and he currently chairs the construction disputes committee of ICC México and is a member of the executive committee of the division 8 (international projects) construction forum of the American Bar Association (ABA).

Mr Hernández was the consulting editor and co-author of the book International Public Procurement: A Guide to Best Practice, published by Globe Law and Business in London, England; he was the consulting editor and co-author of the book Legal Aspects of Public Procurement in Mexico, published by the BMA; and he co-authored the book International Construction published by the ABA. He has been invited as a speaker in several countries by international institutions and organisations such as King's College; the IBA; the ABA; the ICC; the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; the OECD; the Universidad de Lima; and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, among others.

He is a founding member of CONSTRULEGAL, the first alliance of construction law firms for the Americas.

He has been recognised by Chambers and Partners and Euromoney publications as leader in the fields of construction and projects.

Biography: Construction

Roberto Hernández-García is a Mexican attorney specialised in public and private construction projects; public procurement; and dispute resolution-related to such areas of practice. He is a managing partner of Comad, SC, a prestigious boutique law firm established in 1965 and based in Mexico City, focused in public procurement and construction.

Since 1989, he has advised top-class European, American and Mexican construction, engineering and architect firms in relevant construction projects in Mexico and Central America in the energy, oil, health, water, sewage, gas, petrochemical, parks, transportation, and building sectors, among others.

Some of the many cases in which Mr Hernández have been involved are: legal advice to a European consortium for the bid and negotiation of the contract for the construction of the US$230 million Central American main transmission line (SIEPAC); a US$1.2 billion public works contract for the construction of a 62-kilometre sewage tunnel in Mexico City and surrounding states and its tunnel boring machines, a US$38 million construction arbitration of a public works project; the general advice to the consortium that currently constructs the US$1.2 billion Mexico City Metro. He has also acted as counselor and dispute adjudicator in dispute boards in Mexico and Central America.

Mr Hernández is currently the co-chair of the international construction projects committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and the current chair of the construction disputes committee of ICC México; during the last five years he has also been the IBA representative before UNCITRAL for the revision of the model procurement law. Mr Hernández is a member of the executive committee of the division 8 construction forum of the American Bar Association (ABA). He is currently general adviser of the Civil Engineers of Mexico Association.

Mr Hernández was the consulting editor and co-author of the book International Public Procurement: A Guide to Best Practice, published by Globe Law and Business in London, England; he was the consulting editor and co-author of the book Legal Aspects of Public Procurement in Mexico, published by the BMA; and he co-authored the book International Construction published by the ABA. He has been invited as a speaker in several countries by international institutions and organisations such as King's College; the IBA; the ABA; the ICC; the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; the Universidad de Lima; and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, among others.