María José Álvarez > Fontaine & Cía > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Fontaine & Cía Offices
AV. APOQUINDO 2827, PISO 11
755-0100 - LAS CONDES
SANTIAGO
Chile
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María José Álvarez
Work Department
Real Estate Department
Position
Director – Real Estate Department
Career
María José joined Fontaine & Cía. 2009 and is Director of the Real Estate Area of the Studio.
Advisor to important real estate and construction companies, she usually leads the legal advice provided by the Firm in the structuring of real estate consortia and in the development of the large and complex real estate projects that they address.
María José is Director of the Real Estate Area and responsible for coordinating and establishing, together with the partners, the guidelines and opinion of the Firm on real estate matters.
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
Lawyer, Graduate in Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2010).
Professor in the Diploma in Real Estate Business Management at the Civil Construction school of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2017 to date).
Diploma in Administrative Economic Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011).
Construction Law Course, University of Los Andes (2016).
Urban Planning and Real Estate Law Course, Universidad del Desarrollo (2017).
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Real estate
(Rising stars)‘A firm with extensive experience in the real estate market’, Fontaine & Cía’s large practice advises at every stage of real estate project developments, from the financing through to constructed buildings’ eventual delivery. Recent workloads comprised growth in rental sector-related multifamily development projects, as well as warehouses and storage centres for the e-commerce industry. The team has also been advising on the delays to construction works further to site closures, slow responses from the administrative authorities, and lack of materials and workers. The principal figures are Montserrat Valverde
, who specialises in the development of residential, office, industrial and commercial real estate projects; Juan Eduardo Troncoso, an adviser to institutional investors on real estate financings, rentals and developments; and Diego Marín, who is particularly active in the formation of consortiums for projects. The second line of key advisers features real estate project expert María José Álvarez (promoted to director during 2022); and associate and urban planning regulation specialist Ramón Reyes. Former associate Javiera Serani left for an in-house role at Bice Vida in September 2022.