About

Carlos Villalobos is leading figure at the Latin American real estate company Grupo Roble, and is in charge of a variety of matters across several categories such as real estate, M&A, commercial and litigation. Since joining the company, Villalobos has made a vital influence on the business by reducing the amount of outsourced legal work, directly impacting the legal budget and expenditure of the company. In addition, Villalobos has established a new mechanism to follow up on all court cases attended by in-house counsel or external lawyers, and has also modified key standard agreements that are of importance to the business. In particular, Villalobos has impressed peers with his negotiating skills, with one source praising his ability to gain an approval with the owners of one of Grupo Roble’s shopping centres in order to conduct important remodelling of certain areas of the centre. Villalobos has also been praised for changing the customary approach of the local executive committee on how to handle and communicate important operational aspects of the company shopping centres and office developments.