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Miguel Angel Quintana was born in Mexico City in 1962. He attended Law School at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he graduated with honors in 1989.

Miguel Angel Quintana began his practice in 1981. Before founding Quintana Arouesty in 2006, Mr. Quintana was associated for 20 years with Noriega y Escobedo, A.C., one of Mexico's leading firms, where he was a partner for 8 years and managing partner for more than 2 years. In 2001, he joined Thacher Proffitt & Wood, S.C. where he was a resident partner in Mexico City.

Mr. Quintana’s experience includes advising foreign corporations and their Mexican subsidiaries, as well as Mexican groups, in:

	Contractual and regulatory matters, including foreign investment regulations
	Energy
	Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and trusts
	Project finance
	Public and private public bidding processes, including processes related to governmental procurement (public works, acquisition of assets and contracting of services), privatizations, and concessions.
	Real Estate transactions

Mr. Quintana has been involved in the energy field since the late 1980's, advising both domestic and foreign companies and consortia in public and private energy projects that include:

	Cogeneration
	Energy efficiency projects
	Independent power production
	LNG projects
	NG transportation and distribution
	Self-supply
	Utility assets procurement, including financed public works projects

Mr. Quintana has also advised the Mexican Federal Government in the drafting of legislation, including the 1992-93 amendments to Mexico’s power legislation, the 1995 amendments to the Foreign Investment Law, and the 1996 Railway Regulations; in 2000, Mr. Quintana acted as outside counsel for the energy transition team of President Vicente Fox.

In 2004 and 2006, the peer review publication Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers designated Mr. Quintana as "one of the Mexican experts on Project Finance."

Mr. Quintana is a member of the Board of Directors of various companies and associations.

Mr. Quintana is a frequent speaker on panels on energy and Mexican law.

	International Bar Association
	Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (Member, Board of Directors)
	Mexican Academy of Energy Law (Member, Board of Directors)
	Mexican Bar
	Mexican Energy Association (Vice President).
	Scuderia Hermanos Rodríguez A.C. (President).