Eduardo Marquez Certucha

Domestic

• A manager of renewable energy portfolios in its sale of 31 projects in the southeastern United States.
• A private company in its sale of a logistics and liquids blending terminal located in Oklahoma for a total value of approximately $90 million.
• An Australian funds manager on the sale of its economic interest in a portfolio of U.S. power generation facilities.
• An owner and operator of clean energy power plants, in its 51 percent interest sale to a Canadian fund for a total commitment of $656 million.
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Estate Assets on its joint venture with California Resources Corporation in which MIRA committed to fund $160 million (and up to $300 million) for the development of oil and gas properties in California.  
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in the sale of upstream and midstream assets in East Texas to Castleton Commodities International LLC for more than $1 billion. 
• PE-backed portfolio company in the purchase of oil and gas assets in Central Anadarko for approximately $132 million from a company ongoing Chapter 11 proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Represented a private oil and gas company in an acreage trade of oil and gas leases located in West Virginia
• Public oil and gas company in its $102 million divestiture of oil and gas assets located in Louisiana and Texas.
• Public oil and gas company in its $99 million divestiture of upstream oil and gas assets located in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Public oil and gas company in its $51 million divestiture of midstream oil and gas assets.
• PE-backed portfolio company in the purchase of 50% of the oil and gas interest in the Barnett Shale for an undisclosed amount.
• Private oil and gas company in its $25 million purchase of oil and gas assets in Oklahoma.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with providing long-term asset secured wind hedges to support the financing and development of various wind power projects.
• Represented a manager of renewable energy portfolios in the sale of a solar project in South Carolina.
• Represented a manager of renewable energy portfolios in the sale of a wind project in Colorado.

International

• Represented United Airlines in connection with its financing agreement with Avianca Holdings S.A., alongside Kingsland Holdings Limited for $250 million in convertible loans.
• Represented United Airlines in connection with its $456 million loan agreement to an affiliate of Synergy Group Corp. and Avianca Holdings, S.A.
• Represented a  PE fund in its purchase of a mining project in Chile.
• Represented a Mexican company in negotiating cross-border power purchase agreements.
• Represented a Japanese company in the purchase of equity in a wind project in Argentina.
• Represented a PE fund in its sale of an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Colombia for a total value of $137 million.
• Represented a PE-backed portfolio company in negotiating the EPC and O&M agreements for the development of 12 solar plants in Chile.
• Represented e-commerce U.S. public company in the sale of 20 percent in MercadoLibre, Inc. for an estimated $1.2 billion offering price.
• Represented Mexican state-owned company and its U.S. marketing affiliate in connection with its U.S. natural gas capacity and their natural gas marketing operations.
• Represented a pro bono client in Africa in renegotiating its existing debt with OPIC and sale of equity to international investors.
• Represented a pro bono client in Nicaragua in the sale of equity to international investors and shareholder agreement. 

Eduardo’s representative experience prior to joining Sidley includes: 

• Assisting the world’s largest real estate private equity fund to acquire the Mexican real estate assets of a U.S. conglomerate in a deal worth $3.3 billion (Latin Lawyer 2015 Corporate Finance ‘Deal of the Year’)
• Representing a bank on its $80 million loan to a diversified metal component manufacturer to refinance existing debt and acquire a company in Mexico
• Advising a U.S. private equity fund in a $200 million joint venture in Mexico in an offshore drilling company
• Advising a U.S. oil and gas company in connection with Mexico’s Energy Round 1 bidding process
• Assisting a Chinese airline in establishing and operating a freighter service to Mexico
• Successfully defending a Panamanian company in an international arbitration arising from FCPA claims
• Assisting U.S. and international companies in establishing operations in Mexico and in connection with their day-to-day corporate governance and operating transactions in Mexico
• Counseling the OAS General Secretariat with regards to private contracts and multilateral agreements
• Serving as a short-term consultant for the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (Financial & Private Sector Development Unit)

• In 2014, Eduardo founded the “Young Leaders of Tomorrow” mentorship program for ‘at-risk’ Hispanic students in Adamson High School
• South and Central America coordinator for Sidley’s Emerging Enterprises Pro Bono Program
• Global Shapers Community (World Economic Forum)

• Texas Young Lawyers Association, Board Member (2018-2020)
• Advisory Board Member, Institute of Energy Law, Center for American and International Law
• Social Venture Partners
• Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos Jóvenes – Houston, Executive Committee
• Founder and former President of Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos Jóvenes DFW
• International Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association
• Houston Young Lawyers Association