Overview

With more than 25 years of experience, Patricia de la Peña has played a key role in delivering many of the largest infrastructure projects in Texas and the U.S through innovative methods. She assists clients in developing successful procurement strategies and documents, as well as drafting and negotiating public-private partnership (P3) agreements and design-build contracts, toll-related contracts, contracts for goods and services and ancillary agreements. She also advises clients regarding federal and state compliance, private financing, insurance and contract administration issues.

Patricia has advised on various types of alternative delivery transportation projects, including transit, highway and bridge projects, as well as toll back office and service systems. For more than a decade, Patricia has been a key member of the legal team assisting the Texas Department of Transportation in development and implementation of the largest P3 and design-build program in the country. In addition to advising the agency on project development and implementation, she assists with contract administration issues and helps the agency develop standardized procurement and contract documents for design-build projects. She also is the leader of the team advising Houston METRO on updating its standard solicitation and contract document templates. Patricia co-authored the “Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement Guide" issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2019.

Patricia also leads Nossaman’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and is active in promoting diversity and gender equality within the Firm and the broader community. She is an active member of the Design-Build Institute of America’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and represents the Firm in the Law Firm Anti-Racism Alliance.

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