CMS Grau

Real Estate & Construction

Partner

Franco Soria is a partner in the Real Estate & Construction area at CMS Grau. With over 20 years of experience, he stands out as a leading legal advisor with a strategic and comprehensive approach to managing and executing urban and rural real estate projects in both the public and private sectors.

His career encompasses large-scale projects in retail, housing, education, mining, energy, telecommunications, hydrocarbons, and agribusiness. He has led technical-legal assessments, evaluations, and negotiations for property acquisitions, as well as legal regularisation processes and the management of applicable licenses and permits. He has also participated in various expropriation projects of private and state-owned properties for road construction.

In the public sector, Franco has held important roles in major entities related to the real estate sector, notably serving as Director of Asset Management at the National Superintendence of State Assets (SBN) and as a consultant at the Agency for the Formalisation of Informal Property (COFOPRI).

Franco holds a completed Master's degree in Real Estate Management and Development from ESAN Graduate School of Business and is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, where he also pursued a Master's degree in Political Science with a specialisation in Public Management. He has completed specialised courses at the Institute of Fiscal Studies in Madrid and Gerens. Franco actively participates as a speaker at national and international seminars and conferences.

2020 – Master's Degree in Real Estate Management and Development, ESAN Graduate School of Business. 2013 – Land Acquisition and Resettlement Management Programme for Investment Projects, Gerens. 2012 – Executive Specialisation Programme (PEE) in Corporate and Administrative Law, ESAN Graduate School of Business. 2010 – Master’s Studies in Political Science with a mention in Public Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 2008 – Governance and Political Management Programme, George Washington University – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Andean Development Corporation (CAF). 2008 – Specialisation Programme in Corporate Social Responsibility, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Quality Institute. 2007 – Course on Cadastre Management and Uses, Institute of Fiscal Studies of Madrid, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. 2003 – Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.