Lawyers

Andrés  Pizarro

Andrés Pizarro

SMPS Legal, Mexico

Work Department

Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Compliance ESG, Financing

Position

Partner

Career

Andrés has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate, restructurings, investments and corporate and regulatory matters. His practice includes active representation of clients involved in corporate, civil, finance and commercial projects in diverse areas and industries. Throughout his career, Andrés has represented several multinational companies in the establishment of their operations in Mexico.

He is an expert on matters related to compliance, including the prevention of corruption and money laundering, and advises his clients on how to comply with current regulations and maintain ethical and transparent business processes.

Andrés Pizarro has wide experience in the real estate sector, advising several developers, creditors and investors in all types of real estate and asset transactions, including purchases, leasing agreements, funding, development, construction, and liens on-real estate assets such as offices, retail outlets, malls, manufacturing industries, mines, residential and multi-purpose properties, and hospitality establishments.

Andrés is passionate about helping clients who lay their trust in him to advise them in their business. For him, the most important thing is to create a close and long-lasting relationship that gives results because of the deep knowledge of the goals behind his clients’ transactions.

His advisory aims to make a difference and contribute to projects to make them reality. Andrés affirms that contributing to a client’s business means understanding it in depth, becoming part of it and taking it personally and with total dedication.

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

Andrés is currently a member of the Pro Bono committee at SMPS Legal, fostering various strategies on this kind of activities, and a member of the ANADE (Mexican Business Lawyers Association).

Education

Universidad Panamericana (UP) 2018 – LL.M. in Business & Corporate Law

Escuela Libre de Derecho (ELD) 1998 – Law Degree

Leisure

He contributed to the Mexico Chapter of the Real Estate Laws and Regulations 2024 for ICLG, covering key topics relating to practical points and commercial terms in leasing, investment, development, and financing.