Winston & Strawn LLP

Real Estate, Transactions, Finance, Private Investment Funds, Latin America

Partner

Rafael has over 25 years of experience representing developers, investors, and financial institutions in a broad range of real estate transactions, including joint ventures, the formation of real estate investment funds, complex acquisitions and dispositions, ground-up development and mortgage financings.

Rafael’s clients include real estate developers, home builders, financial institutions, private equity funds, and other investors. He focuses on acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and financings throughout the United States and Latin America. He also commonly represents clients in the formation of real estate investment funds, distressed investments and loan restructurings, transportation infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3s).

A native Spanish speaker, Rafael regularly advises Latin American investors and family offices in a wide range of business transactions.

English and Spanish

Rafael received his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University.