The Energy Regulation and Markets Review - Stikeman Elliott

Gonzalo A Vargas
About the Authors
González Calvillo, SC
Gonzalo Vargas is a transactional attorney with over 26 years of experience providing
legal and business advice and counselling to multinational and Mexican companies.
He co-heads González Calvillo’s energy and real estate and hospitality practice groups.
His work includes active representation of diverse clients involved in a wide variety
of projects, including multi-million-dollar transactions and investments in the areas
of joint ventures, oil service industry, government procurement, real estate and ADR.
Recognised as a business-oriented practitioner, Mr Vargas is an active member on the
boards of directors of several joint-venture companies.
His practice also focuses on M&A, sophisticated corporate structures as well as
issues and disputes between shareholders, hospitality industry, energy industry, crossborder
investments, complex agreements, corporate finance, antitrust regulation, private
equity/venture capital transactions, public bids and regulatory issues in general, as well
as arbitration. Mr Vargas has been consistently ranked as a foremost practitioner in his
fields of expertise by Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who and Latin Lawyer.
Carolyn Vigar
Minter Ellison
Carolyn Vigar specialises in commercial public law issues and regulatory design for
major public and government sector projects and clients. She has extensive experience
in regulatory and legislative reform, administrative law, constitutional and commercial
issues, responsible government, public sector accountability, and the Charter of Human
Rights and Responsibilities.
Ms Vigar has particular skill in energy sector regulation, market reforms and
commercial transactions including relating to renewable and co‐generation, tri‐generation
and carbon geosequestration projects.
An expert in regulatory design, she has helped develop and structure regimes
across the energy, water, transport infrastructure, primary industries and professional
sectors. She also advises on the streamlining and reform of regulation to facilitate major
infrastructure projects.
Carolyn has been closely involved in implementing major government policy
initiatives such as national energy market reforms, the national competition policy,
national social housing reforms, reform of the vocational education and training sector,
electricity privatisation and public transport reforms.
Genevieve Watt
Minter Ellison
After graduating from Monash University with a combined bachelor of laws and bachelor
of arts degree, Genevieve Watt joined Minter Ellison in March 2011 as a graduate.
During her time at Minter Ellison, she has advised both public and private sector clients
on a range of general commercial, regulatory and technology matters.
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