About

After working at law firm Galicia y Robles (today Galicia Abogados) from 2004 to 2010, Pablo Aguilar Albo decided to move his career in-house and joined Cinépolis, the Mexican chain of movie theatres, as a legal manager. Aguilar Albo took to the role with ease, and in under two years was promoted to associate general counsel. After gaining experience as an international visiting attorney in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Aguilar Albo returned to Cinépolis to take up the position of worldwide general counsel. As one source states, ‘under his watch as general counsel of Cinépolis, the company has grown to be the second largest cinema company in the world by number of screens’. Since taking on the global role, Aguilar Albo has led the successful closure of five acquisitions across the world, which were crucial to the company’s growth plans. A source describes Aguilar Albo’s ‘ability to implement large and complex transactions in countries as distinct as Spain, India and various central and south American countries have paved the way to this large and successful growth’. While these deals were happening, Aguilar Albo was also working on the execution of two syndicated credit agreements under New York law, a first for the company.