About
About
Mining Engineer · Technical, Economic and Judicial Expert Witness
Expert witness with extensive professional experience in administrative, employment and civil law, specialised in loss of profits calculations and the technical valuation of concessions, infrastructure and industrial projects in Spain and Latin America.
Professional career
- Since 2016
Founding Partner · Alcotán Consultores
Mexico · Spain
Technical direction of 7 mining rights before the Junta de Castilla y León; technical and economic expert witness work in accident cases; project management for the construction of luxury hotels in Baja California Sur.
- 2013 – 2016
Chief Operating Officer, Latin America · Hill International Inc. (NYSE: HIL)
Mexico · Spain
Management of all group subsidiaries, with a combined workforce of over 350 employees, and oversight of group quality standards in Project Management, Project Monitoring and construction project turnarounds.
- 2001 – 2009
Director for Iberia · Financial Security Assurance (NYSE: AGO)
Spain
Set up the representative office for the Iberian Peninsula and provided financial guarantees for toll road concessions and municipal infrastructure across Europe and the Americas.
- 1998 – 2001
Director of Structured Finance · Caja Madrid
Spain
Financed more than 80 structured finance transactions for road, rail and municipal service concessions and industrial projects.
- 1994 – 1998
Various positions · Bouygues
France · Spain · Latin America
Business development and operations across the group’s water and construction subsidiaries.
Education
- Mining Engineer (Ingeniero Superior de Minas)
- Master in Management
- Postgraduate diploma in expert witness practice in civil proceedings
Languages
Spanish, English and French.
Specialisation
Administrative law
Loss of profits calculations for drinking water, mining, toll road and renewable energy concessions; technical valuation of compliance with concession agreements.
Employment law
Calculation of variable compensation for banking and investment fund executives.
Civil law
Loss of profits calculations for incapacity arising from traffic accidents; assessment of building and facility compliance with regulations following an accident.
Awards
- Chicago Skyway — Infrastructure Deal of the Year, Project Finance Magazine (2006). AAA/Aaa bond issuance of US$1.8 billion, the largest toll road bond issuance at the time.
- Empresa Municipal de Aguas de Sevilla — European Municipal Finance Deal of the Year, Project Finance Magazine (2002). Synthetic securitisation with the European Investment Bank for €96 million.
- Rutas del Pacífico (Chile) — Latin American Deal of the Year, Project Finance International and Project Finance Magazine (2002). AAA/Aaa bond issuance with the Inter-American Development Bank.
Academic activity
Professor at the Investment Banking Institute, in charge of the Geneva and Madrid centres, also teaching in London and Paris. Has lectured at IE Business School’s Colegio de Dirección, the Escuela de Organización Industrial and the infrastructure management master’s programme at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
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