General counsel | Grupo IGS
Enrique Águilar Gálvez
General counsel | Grupo IGS
Could you share an example of a time when you came up with an innovation that improved how your legal team works and did not come at a large expense?
Since Covid, we have been using technology to keep up operations and we have learned to work from a distance as a team, which I think is key to obtaining the results everyone is expecting from us. DocuSign, Teams, the cloud, and many more are some of the programmes we use on a daily basis. We have a weekly Teams call so we inform how the weekly, monthly and Q goals are going; that way we can help each other to achieve them.
What are some of the main trends impacting the industry sector you work in in Mexico?
Expectations about nearshoring are huge. Undoubtedly, there is a boom in the industrial market which is expected to continue in the next 10 years at least. Announcements like the TESLA plant in the state of Nuevo León are key to give confidence to foreign investors about the big advantages that Mexico brings. We expect to continue our investing plan in the industrial sector, but we also believe there will be many opportunities in most of the others real estate areas, such as residential, commercial and tourism.
Enrique Aguilar Gálvez is the general counsel of Grupo IGS, a leading real estate fund manager in Mexico. Enrique obtained his law degree from Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City, where he also completed a master’s degree in real estate, focusing on management of all sorts of real estate assets, financing and valuation. Enrique also holds a post-graduate degree diploma in real estate development from the tec de Monterrey.
While in IGS since 2007, Enrique has actively participated in the acquisition, development, management and sale of assets with a value of more than USD $750,000,000 in Mexico, ranging from housing and retail to Industrial and mixed-use projects, with the participation of other institutional investors.
As a junior lawyer, Enrique worked with the public sector at the Municipality of Huixquilucan, State of Mexico in the Urban Development Office and at the Federal Congress conducting research for legislative initiatives. Enrique has published articles regarding Mexican Real Estate Investments and has lectured on related topics at the Instituto Teconológico Autónomo de México ITAM.
Enrique Aguilar’s experience with the real estate business and sensitivity with institutional investments makes him part of a new generation of lawyers: transaction-oriented, fully familiarized with securitization matters, FCPA regulations and a broad array of financing, real estate, ESG and transactional matters.