Dr. Sergio Olivar is the lead Partner at Noriega + Escobedo Attorneys, specialized in projects and infrastructure, corporate law, government contracts, and public-private partnerships.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Olivar has advised the public sector on infrastructure projects – planning, selecting, analyzing, and establishing frameworks on a regulatory level. He has been pivotal in arriving at optimal schemes for implementation, as well as formulating the documents required for bidding and procurement. Historically, these projects have extended to traditional civil works, PPS (services providing projects), as well as APPs (public-private partnerships). At the same time, he has been responsible for the design of bidding bases, concession titles, and contracts.

During the course of his career, Dr. Olivar has devised projects that marry the three governmental levels with the private sector. His structural development prowess and assistance in bidding procedures take into account the evaluation of bidding proposals, pronouncing and granting of the judgment (such as posterior legal and financial closure), as well as formally initiating the projects – including compliance with obligations of the public and private sectors in construction and operation.

He has been called upon to advise the private sector in procedures for the obtention and execution of key infrastructure projects. In this regard, he is entrusted with numerous unsolicited proposals of significance across vital sectors.

Today, Dr. Olivar is highly regarded for his experience in infrastructure projects, having rendered legal advice to the governments of El Salvador and Colombia, resulting in his role as a guest of the Inter-American Development Bank for the enhancement and promotion of public-private partnerships in the states and municipalities of Mexico. Moreover, he is an active member of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE); a member and coordinator of the Commission on Works, Acquisitions, and Services at the Mexican Bar Association (BMA); and has led workshops on arbitration policy at the International Chamber of Commerce.

Last, but not least, Dr. Olivar is noted for his articles on project structuration under the APP scheme, and has acted as an expositor in conferences on the implementation of programs for the development of infrastructure under public-private partnerships. He is considered a specialist in the negotiation, preparation, and execution of credit contracts and trusts for the fulfillment of diverse projects. This means he has wide-reaching expertise in the role of advisor for banking institutions, including the National Infrastructure Fund and Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (BANOBRAS), in the negotiation of financing schemes related to energy, telecoms, water treatment plants, tourist resort developments, and sustainable housing. In order to share his experience and knowledge, he has taught corporate law (particularly trade contracts) in his role as professor at the Panamerican University – a position spanning more than seven years – and is the author of “Principios jurídicos para el uso adecuado de recursos públicos en México” (Legal Principles for the Proper Use of Public Resources in Mexico).