Awards & Recognition
★Named one of the 'World's Leading Lawyers' by Chambers Global for M&A and corporate work
★'Highly Regarded' practitioner by the International Financial Law Review
★One of the 'World's Leading Privatization Lawyers' by Euromoney Publications
★Hispanic Business Magazine '100 Influentials List' for 2006 and 2007
★Several 'Deal of the Year' awards during private sector career
Notable Facts
→Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment at U.S. Department of State (2021-present)
→Previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (2009-2013)
→Partner at prestigious law firms Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Latham & Watkins
→Board member of Iberdrola S.A., one of the world's largest renewable energy companies
→Trustee of Dartmouth College and member of Council of Foreign Relations
→Co-founder of TeatroStageFest Latino theater festival in New York
→Cuban-American immigrant who arrived in US in 1967
→Architect and first Chair of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP)
→U.S. Alternate Governor to World Bank and other international development banks