Mr Rafael Villamar-Ramos > Sánchez Devanny > Monterrey, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
Sánchez Devanny Offices
TORRE NOVO, PISO 4, DESPACHO 401
JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO 335, COL. VALLE ORIENTE
SAN PEDRO GARZA GARCÍA, NL 66269
Mexico
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Mr Rafael Villamar-Ramos
Work Department
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Hospitality.
Position
Partner
Career
Rafael is the Managing Partner for our Monterrey Office. Also, he heads the firm’s Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Hospitality practice. He has more than twenty-five years of experience advising local and international clients in real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leases, and construction contracts for commercial, housing, industrial, hospitality and retail projects. Prior to joining Sánchez Devanny, Rafael was a partner at an international law firm. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Memberships
- International Bar Association, International Council of Shopping Centers.
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M.). University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, USA (1997).
- Law Degree. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico (1994).
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Real estate
Praised as ‘client-oriented, offering practical solutions’, the team at Sánchez Devanny has significant expertise in real estate transactions, encompassing the acquisition and lease of industrial and retail properties, purchase and construction agreements, litigation, project finance and real estate matters for private equity funds. The practice is co-led by Rafael Villamar-Ramos (managing partner of the firm since July 2023), who is experienced in industrial, commercial and residential real estate acquisition and leasing transactions, and is lauded for his ‘excellent management skills’; and Diego Gómez-Haro, who majors on the structuring of investment vehicles, the leasing, acquisition and sale of real estate, the development and construction of projects, and related due diligence. Senior associate Alfredo Villarreal Hansmann, highlighted for being ‘always willing to go the extra mile’, specialises in lease agreements, acquisitions, and commercial, hospitality and residential projects.