Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C.

Baker McKenzie Abogados, S.C. is home to a well-regarded real estate group which operates from five strategic locations across the country – Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey, Tijuana and Mexico City – and is equipped to handle the full range of advisory and transactional mandates. Key areas of expertise include sales and acquisitions, purchase and lease agreements, financings and joint ventures, structuring and securitisations, as well as related due diligence. The group’s client roster regularly features notable foreign corporations such as H&M, Prada, and Hitachi. Three partners co-lead the department: Juan Bernardo García, who is based in Monterrey, chairs both the firm’s global real estate practice group and the local Mexican department; his practice is focused on transactions involving real estate development and construction. Managing partner José (Pepe) Larroque in the Tijuana office is well-versed in the structuring of cross-border real estate transactions for the acquisition, development and financing of real estate and infrastructure projects across Mexico and Latin America. While in Guadalajara, Fabián Monsalve leads the firm’s North America real estate practice and majors on matters of foreign investment, real estate, and M&A. Also in Guadalajara, Juan Carlos Guerra-Gascon is noted for his transactional real estate and projects practice. Key names to note at associate level include senior Gabriela Saucedo and Alexandra Cavazos de la Rosa (both in Monterrey), and Alejandra Muriel Vizcaino in Guadalajara.