Rocio Guadalupe Mendoza

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Born in Mexico City and raised in Houston, Rocio Guadalupe Mendoza attended KIPP Academy for middle school and moved away from home at the tender age of 13 to attend the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut.  Rocio continued her education at Stanford University, where she became interested in law.  Before committing to invest in her legal education, Rocio took spent a year as a paralegal to confirm her legal interests, then attended the University of Texas School of Law and graduated with honors.  

Rocio advises clients on a diverse range of domestic and international energy-related transactions and projects in the traditional energy, new energies and energy transition sector. Her practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and project development across the energy industry. She has been recognized in Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch in America” for Energy Law in 2022, International Financial Law Review’s “Rising Stars” in the Americas in 2021 and Super Lawyers’ “Rising Star” for 2020 – 2023.

Throughout her journey, Rocio has remained committed to giving back, focusing her efforts on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within her law firms and through her involvement in local and state bar associations and organization and non-profits focused on increasing diversity in the legal profession and corporate America. She has been recognized for her commitment to the community, being honored as a Woman to Watch in the Houston Business Journal's 2017 Women Who Mean Business and named to Latino Leaders Magazine’s Houston Club Leaders.