Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

Lauded by one client as ‘one of the most skilled in the market’, the group at global powerhouse Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. is known for its broad real estate offering. It is well equipped to assist with land acquisitions, sale, purchase and lease agreements, financings and joint ventures, structuring and securitisations, as well as market entry and exit strategies. Operating from five strategic locations across the country – Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey, Tijuana and Mexico City – the ’highly knowledgeable, responsive, and professional’ team routinely assist foreign multinationals and hotel groups with industrial, commercial, residential and tourism real estate projects. The practice is co-led by a trio of experienced partners: Juan Bernardo Garcia heads up both the Monterrey office and the firm’s global real estate and infrastructure practice group; his primarily transactional practice is firmly focused on real estate, development and construction law. José (Pepe) Larroque leads from Tijuana and handles the structuring of cross-border real estate transactions for the acquisition, development and financing of real estate and infrastructure projects; Guadalajara-based co-head Fabián Monsalve also leads the firm’s North America real estate practice, and specialises in project finance, real estate and M&A. Key senior associates support the partners across the range of matters, namely: Gabriela Saucedo (Monterrey), Roberto Cantu-Dessommes (Chicago), Carlos Maass-Porras (Ciudad Juárez), the ‘knowledgeable and available’ Juan Carlos Guerra-Gascon and Alejandra Muriel-Vizcaino (both in Guadalajara); and Atziri Rosado-Ontiveros (Mexico City).