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Carlos Canales is a Partner at Canales Auty.

Canales Auty is a team of natural resources lawyers, with top-tier reputation in advisory and contentious matter.

Members of the firm have devoted their professional careers to the study and practice of natural resources law. We are the only boutique firm dedicated exclusively to natural resources law in Latin America. Our knowledge of the commercial and strategic aspects of the natural resources sector provides us with a clear understanding of our clients’ economic drivers, risks and opportunities. We pride ourselves in providing more than just high-quality legal counsel.

Canales Auty core practice areas include oil, natural gas, power, regulatory matters and public international law.

Our oil and natural gas practice covers a range of upstream, midstream and downstream clients, including producers, refiners, processors, transporters, distributors, LNG terminal operators and marketers.

Canales Auty has advised numerous power generation, transmission and distribution projects including natural gas, geothermal, nuclear and renewable sources.

The public international law practice includes investment treaties, price revisions under long-term contracts, oil conservation, cross border development, production sharing, joint operating, framework and unitization agreements.

We have advised clients on project development, regulatory review and environmental enforcement, fiscal analysis, rights of way, feasibility studies, due diligence and transactional support.