Fernando Medina Luna > Hogan Lovells > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells
PASEO DE LOS TAMARINDOS 150-PB
BOSQUES DE LAS LOMAS
MEXICO, DISTRITO FEDERAL 05120
Mexico

Work Department

Corporate & Finance

Position

Counsel

Career

Fernando Medina collaborates with companies in structuring, developing, and executing innovative legal strategies for large real estate projects with mixed uses in growing areas. A problem solver, Fernando finds alternative solutions for his clients that allow them to develop their businesses within the prevailing legal framework.

Fernando’s career has spanned civil, commercial, corporate, contract, real estate, and administrative work. From his first years as a lawyer, Fernando participated in financial projects related to waste water treatment plants, gaining experience in the restructuring of projects that involve the reorganization and merger of companies.

Later on, he started to represent clients in administrative filings (complaints) before the Federal Attorney’s Office of Consumers, supporting them in commercial promotions, information, and advertising regarding different products and services.

Fernando has extensive knowledge in real estate matters, providing advice (in both English and Spanish) regarding industrial, leisure, commercial, and housing projects. He has also been involved in several agrarian transactions, providing advice to avoid legal claims on specific social land in Mexico.

Given his diverse practice, Fernando has assisted national and transnational clients from many industry sectors including aeronautics, food and beverages, computers, entertainment, finance, retail, leisure, housing, technology, and entertainment.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Mexican Bar Association – BMA (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C.)

Education

M.A., Universidad Panamericana, Company Law, 2010; legal studies, Academy of American and International Law, Anglo-Saxon Law Program, 2006; postgraduate degree, Universidad Iberoamericana, Commercial and Business Contracts, 2003; law degree, Universidad Anáhuac del Norte, 2001

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Real estate

Hogan Lovells houses a ‘technically sound’, eight-strong real estate practice that is known for its expertise in real estate due diligence, the sale and acquisition of real estate, leasing and condominium regimes, construction, litigation, and the operation and management of real estate developments. The ‘outstanding’ team regularly counsels international real estate developers and corporations, and operates under the leadership of a trio of experienced partners: Juan Francisco Torres Landa specialises in project financing, foreign investment and M&A; Ángel Domínguez De Pedro handles M&A and real estate financing and is lauded as having an ‘extraordinary understanding of the law’; and Monterrey-based Guillermo González Frankenberger is experienced in M&A, real estate and corporate governance. Of counsel Fernando Medina Luna majors on civil, commercial, corporate and real estate matters, including ejidos, and claims before PROFECO and local authorities. At associate level, Ana Lucía Gutiérrez Fernández is noted for her contributions on land leases, purchases, real estate portfolio transactions and administrative regulatory matters.