Carlos M. Marquez

Senior Associate

[email protected]

Washington, D.C.

P: +1.202.639.7808
F: +1.202.639.1189
Carlos M. Marquez

As a senior associate in the firm's Global Projects group, Mr. Marquez represents both domestic and foreign companies and private equity firms in a wide variety of transactions, including project financing, project development, as well as domestic and international mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. Marquez has represented clients in project financing and M&A transactions in numerous countries, including Chile, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Curaçao, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, and Mexico. His transactional experience includes a variety of industries, such as power generation (including renewable energy) and telecommunications.

Prior to joining Baker Botts, Mr. Marquez worked as a student-attorney in the Duke Children's Law Clinic representing families in a variety of special education and disability benefits cases. Additionally, Mr. Marquez worked as a student-attorney in both the Duke Start-Up Ventures and Community Enterprise Clinics, advising start-ups and non-profits in corporate governance and entity formation issues.

Before entering law school, Mr. Marquez worked as a bilingual teacher in the Houston Independent School District as part of the Teach For America program and later as a 6th grade math teacher with KIPP Houston Public Schools.

Related Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Strategic investor in its agreement to purchase a duel-fueled simple-cycle power facility in Florida. 
  • Liberty Latin America in its pending combination of its Costa Rican operations with the Costa Rican operations of Millicom International Cellular S.A.
  • Investment manager in its agreement to acquire an LNG liquefaction, storage, and terminal business in Florida.
  • Liberty Latin America in the sale of approximately 1,300 telecommunications towers across Panama, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Barbados and the British Virgin Islands to Phoenix Tower International
  • International investment vehicle in a joint venture to build and operate an international subsea cable system in the Caribbean and Central America
  • Liberty Telecomunicaciones de Costa Rica LY, S.A. in the acquisition of Itellum Comunicaciones Costa Rica, S.R.L.'s operating B2B, B2C and national wholesale businesses in Costa Rica
  • bp North America in its agreement to purchase EDF Energy Services
  • Private equity fund's sale of a portfolio of hydroelectric projects located across the United States
  • An affiliate of Jaguar Fund No. 1, L.P., in its acquisition of Telefónica S.A.’s operations in El Salvador
  • Liberty Latin America, in its formation of a 50/50 joint venture with América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. to combine their respective Chilean operations, VTR and Claro Chile
  • Liberty Latin America, in its acquisition of América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V.’s operations in Panama
  • Liberty Latin America, in its acquisition of Telefónica S.A.’s wireless operations in Costa Rica
  • Private equity fund's purchase of 31 hydroelectric projects in the United States
  • NRG, in its acquisition of Stream Energy, a national electric and gas retailer
  • NRG, in its acquisition of various retail energy businesses
  • Liberty Latin America in its cross-border acquisition of United Telecommunication Systems NV (Curaçao)
  • NRG, in the sale of its Canal 3 gas-fired generation project to an affiliate of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
  • American Industrial Partners, in several add-on transactions for portfolio company, acpi, including the acquisitions of Cabinets 2000 and Master WoodCraft Cabinetry

Project Finance

  • Represented BKV-BPP Power LLC, a joint venture between BKV Corporation and an affiliate of Banpu Power Public Company Limited, in connection with the financing of the Temple II generating facility in Texas
  • Subsidiary of Clearway Energy, Inc., with respect to project financing matters related to a portfolio of wind projects
  • Subsidiary of a global independent power producer, with respect to project financing matters related to a natural gas pipeline and LNG tank in the Dominican Republic
  • Private equity fund based outside of Washington, D.C., in connection with obtaining financing through a private placement of Notes and a term loan, letter of credit and revolving loan Credit Facility, for a portfolio of hydroelectric power generating projects located in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
  • Private equity fund in raising financing through a private placement of Notes and a letter of credit and revolving loan Credit Facility, for the acquisition of a portfolio of hydroelectric power generating projects located throughout the U.S.
  • Affiliates of Navigator Holdings in connection with the financing of its interest in an ethylene export facility located in Texas
  • Subsidiary of a global independent power producer on its second restructuring of a 531 MW hydroelectric project in Chile
  • The sponsors and borrowers of a global independent power producer and Inversiones Bahía, with respect to project financing matters on the Colón LNG-to-power project, the largest combined-cycle power generation facility and first LNG import terminal in Panama

Awards & Community

Recognized as a "Rising Star" by The Legal 500 U.S., 2023 & 2024

Education

J.D., Duke University School of Law 2017
cum laude
Perkins Scholar
Duke Law Clinical Practice Award

B.A., Political Science & Latin American Studies, Emory University 2011
Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program Student of the Year
Pi Sigma Alpha
Political Science Honors Society

Admission & Affiliations

District of Columbia Bar

New York State Bar