Juan Manuel Gonzalez Bernal is co-chair of the Global Infrastructure Practice Group at GT with over 30 years of experience handling complex transactions representing sponsors, developers, equity and debt funds and lenders across all sectors of infrastructure and energy, including toll roads, airports, transportation, telecommunications, water, oil & gas, utilities, and social infrastructure.
Juan Manuel is a founding member and co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office and leads an award-winning Mexico team dedicated to matters related to infrastructure, energy, and project development, with deep capabilities in project finance, M&A, securities, regulatory, and transactional matters, as well as in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including arbitration, administrative, civil, and commercial domestic litigation.
Juan Manuel regularly advises food, beverage & agribusiness clients in a wide range of transactions related to the agricultural sector to develop and foster joint ventures, providing legal services such as financing and M&A to some of the most sophisticated food companies in Mexico and North America.
Concentrations
•Global Energy and Infrastructure
•Restructuring & Bankruptcy
•Corporate
•Financial Regulatory and Compliance
•Restaurant Industry
•Agribusiness
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Accolades
•Listed, Latin America Corporate Counsel Association, LACCA Approved, 2021-2022
•Listed, Chambers Latin America, Banking & Finance - Mexico; Projects - Mexico, 2013-2026
•Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America Guide, Latin America: Mexico, 2021-2026
•Leading Lawyers - Capital Markets, 2021; Projects and Infrastructure, 2021-2026
•Capital Markets, 2022-2025
•Energy and Natural Resources, 2022-2024
•Banking & Finance, 2021-2026
•Corporate & M&A, 2021
•Projects and Infrastructure, 2021-2026
•Listed, Latin Lawyer, “Latin Lawyer 250 - Practice Recognition: Banking & Finance; Project Finance & Infrastructure,’ 2020-2026
•Listed, Best Lawyers, “Best Lawyers in Mexico, ” 2019-2026
•“Lawyer of the Year,” Public Procurement Law, 2024
•Project Finance and Development Practice, 2019, 2021-2026
•Banking and Finance Law; Public Procurement Law, 2022-2026
•Capital Markets Law, 2023-2026
•Listed, IFLR 1000 Mexico, 2017 and 2019-2025
•“Highly Regarded,” Capital Markets, Banking, Project Finance, 2019-2025
•“Leading Lawyer,” Capital Markets, Banking, Project Finance, 2017
•Listed, Chambers Global
•Projects (Mexico), 2012-2025
•Banking & Finance (Mexico), 2012-2025
•Member, Winning Team, IJGlobal Americas’ Awards, “Latin American Project Bond Deal of the Year,” 2014