Mr Cesar Armando Lechuga Perezanta > CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

The real estate group at CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow is praised for the ‘professional, up-to-date and personalised’ service it offers. The team is frequently instructed by developers, institutional investors, and lenders seeking support with matters including the purchase, leasing, and sale of land, the structuring of financing, and the administration of real estate portfolios. The practice group is also well-positioned to structuring joint ventures for the development of real estate, draft the necessary documents for obtaining land use rights and rights of way, and conduct related due diligence. The ‘up-to-date’ and ‘outstanding lawyer’ César Armando Lechuga directs the department and majors on the development of real estate projects, transactional mandates, and the drafting, negotiation and implementation of transfer of rights contracts, focusing particularly on the industrial and commercial segments. Infrastructure specialist Enrique Lorente Ludlow is an additional key contact. At associate level, Luis Mora y Medrano garners praise for being ‘decisive and very proactive in negotiations’ and has noted expertise with regards to real estate and energy matters.

Stakeholders across the life science space value the ‘extensive knowledge in the field‘ of CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow‘s practice in this area, which acts in a host of regulatory matters, including audits, lawsuits and day-to-day compliance advice. Mauricio Gomez heads a small team at the firm’s Mexico City office but the department is also a part of the wider CMS global life sciences group, facilitating access to a number of multinational clients with operations in Mexico, particularly in the pharmaceuticals space. Gomez himself is one of the notable young partners when it comes to regulatory law in the pharmaceuticals industry and draws on professional experience at the drug regulatory body COFEPRIS. César Lechuga adds corporate and M&A expertise and has experience in the sector, while tax partner Ángel Escalante is also often involved in multi-faceted matters for life sciences clients. Senior associate Manuel Ferrara provides crucial support as regards constitutional and administrative litigation concerning life sciences’ matters.

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow advises clients in the food, tech, energy and financial services segments on corporate transactions. Recent work highlights for the group include advising Danish company Scan Logistics on the acquisition of Belglobe Mexico (a subsidiary of Swiss-based logistics business Belglobe); and providing corporate governance advice to a cohort of renewable energy companies. Giancarlo Schievenini, who is lauded by one client as being ‘always one step ahead, knowledgeable, creative and pragmatic’, specialises in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions and the provision of corporate advice to energy and infrastructure-sector clients. Additional key figures include Raul Zepeda, who specialises in fintech and banking-related transactions; energy-focused Luis Fernandez Lagunas; and César Lechuga, whose broad practice encompasses corporate, real estate, infrastructure and finance. Senior associate Alejandro Perera specialises in structuring and negotiating corporate loans and structured financing, with particular focus on infrastructure and energy.