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With corporate finance partner Rafael Molina at the helm, the real estate group at Latham & Watkins LLP offers expertise in corporate real estate matters, attracting instructions from a host of investment funds, international investors and financial institutions. Key support is provided by Veronika Miskovichova, who has a wealth of experience in real estate M&A, including NPL and REO portfolio deals. According to clients, the duo is ‘a perfect tandem to bring any real estate transaction to a successful conclusion’.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Pro-active and very commercial on issues.’

  • ‘The team led by Rafael Molina is the most technical and imaginative in the market. Our problems are solved with an always commercial approach that helps us in negotiations with counterparties.'

  • ‘The L&W real estate team is second to none. Enormous work capacity and excellent quality. They are imaginative in proposing solutions. They spend time understanding the client's needs, the reason why the deal is being made so as not to lose sight of the commercial component.’

  • ‘I have worked with Rafael Molina (Partner) and Veronika Miskovichova (Senior Associate) mainly. A perfect tandem to bring any real estate transaction to a successful conclusion.’

Key clients

  • Activum SG Iberia
  • Apollo Management International
  • Arcano Partners
  • Avenue Capital
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Blackbrook Capital
  • Cerberus Capital Management
  • Fortress Investment Group
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation
  • KKR
  • Pradera
  • Savills

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Rafael Molina

Rafael Molina

Latham & Watkins LLP

Rafael Molina represents Spanish and international clients in their most sophisticated transactions at the intersection of corporate, finance, and real estate law. Leveraging more than two decades of experience, Mr. Molina guides international investors, developers, financial institutions, and promoters on negotiating a wide range of real estate transactions and corporate matters, involving: Real estate M&A across asset classes, including hotels, data centers, retail and leisure centers, office buildings, logistics and industrial, and residential Structured finance and securitizations Single names, loan-to-own, and workouts and restructurings Servicers Performing loan (PL), re-performing loan (RPL), and non-performing loan (NPL) portfolios He approaches negotiations with confidence and a sophisticated understanding of his clients’ interests, ready to devise complex structures that facilitate deal execution. Mr. Molina also regularly advises global private equity houses and investment funds on real estate as an asset class and related large-scale financing work. Mr. Molina serves on the board of the University of Navarra.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rafael Molina  

Other key lawyers

Veronika Miskovichova