The team at Holland & Knight México, S.C. is well-placed to advise developers and financial institutions on the development and financing of hospitality, industrial, commercial, retail and residential real estate projects. Additional areas of expertise for the group include tax structuring, environmental and urban planning and the structuring of REITs. The practice is jointly directed by Mexico City-based Adrián Gay Lasa and Guillermo Uribe, along with Monterrey-based Francisco Andrés Gámez Garza. Gay Lasa specialises in advising Mexican and international companies on corporate finance transactions, asset-backed securitisations and commercial leasing mandates; Uribe majors on real estate acquisitions, capital markets transactions and structured finance matters. Gámez Garza, for his part, focuses on corporate law, M&A, financings and real estate transactions. Also based in Monterrey, senior counsel Glafira Mercado deals with sales, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, leases and construction. Mexico City-based Jorge González Carlini is the key name to note at associate level.
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Key clients

  • Fibra Uno
  • Chag Construcciones
  • Trakmotive
  • Intretech Mexico
  • Daye Mexico
  • INOAC Polytec de Mexico
  • Focus Hotmelt Mexico
  • Grupo Delta
  • SteelForm
  • Budenheim Mexico
  • Fibra NEXT

Work highlights

Assisted Fibra Uno with the acquisition of CKD Helios Trust, for a total value of $356m.
Advised Trakmotive on installing their facilities in Nuevo León through the acquisition of an industrial property.
Advised DAYE on the negotiation and closing of the acquisition of a real estate industrial property to establish their operations in Nuevo León.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Guillermo Uribe; Adrian Gay; Andrés Gámez Garza

Other key lawyers

Glafira Mercado; Jorge González Carlini