Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

The team at Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C., commended by one client as ‘highly knowledgeable on both theoretical and practical aspects of the law’, routinely handles a broad range of matters including private and public real estate fund formation, financings and refinancings, as well as representing real estate investment trusts in their equity and debt investments in Mexico and assisting with related tax and regulatory issues. The group demonstrates strength above all with regards to industrial portfolios, however it also deals with office and residential real estate. Practice co-head Javier Domínguez Torrado has significant expertise advising real estate investment funds and other investors on property acquisitions, disposals, financings, and the development and management of assets. Leading alongside him, Jean Paul Farah Chajín specialises in M&A, infrastructure and real estate finance. Santiago Carrillo Cattori, promoted to the partnership in January 2022, majors on financings, acquisitions and developments relating to industrial and hotel assets, representing domestic and foreign financial institutions, private equity firms and developers. Alfonso Alberto Vargas, who handles finance, M&A and real estate matters, is the key name to note at associate level. Since publication, Vargas has left the firm - effective as of December 2023.