The real estate group at CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow is praised for the ‘professional, up-to-date and personalised’ service it offers. The team is frequently instructed by developers, institutional investors, and lenders seeking support with matters including the purchase, leasing, and sale of land, the structuring of financing, and the administration of real estate portfolios. The practice group is also well-positioned to structuring joint ventures for the development of real estate, draft the necessary documents for obtaining land use rights and rights of way, and conduct related due diligence. The ’up-to-date’ and ‘outstanding lawyer’ César Armando Lechuga directs the department and majors on the development of real estate projects, transactional mandates, and the drafting, negotiation and implementation of transfer of rights contracts, focusing particularly on the industrial and commercial segments. Infrastructure specialist Enrique Lorente Ludlow is an additional key contact. At associate level, Luis Mora y Medrano garners praise for being ’decisive and very proactive in negotiations’ and has noted expertise with regards to real estate and energy matters.
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Testimonials
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‘It is hard to find someone as good as César Lechuga; an outstanding lawyer and gentleman.’
‘The attention of the office staff is very professional, up-to-date and personalised.’
‘César Lechuga is very dedicated, he knows the subject and is up-to-date.'
‘I believe that the punctual and personalized attention offered by the firm translates into its main strength.'
‘César Lechuga Perezanta and Luis Enrique Mora y Medrano - they know how to adapt perfectly to the client's needs. They are decisive and very proactive in negotiations.'
‘The team is magnificent, well-coordinated and complementary. The collaboration is also magnificent with the rest of the internal teams. Speedy responses, knowledge of our needs; César Lechuga and Luis Enrique Mora y Medrano are recommended.'
Key clients
- Hasta Capital
- Opera Desarrolladora
- Innokap
- Grupo Kino
- Union Real Estate Investment
- Deka Inmobilien
- Archandel
Work highlights
- Advised Innokap on the day-to-day- negotiations and preparation of various agreements with regards to the sale of a 69,679 sqm property located in one of the most exclusive areas of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo.
- Assisted Archandel with the acquisition of the controlling interests of an SPV, acting as trustor and first place beneficiary of a Trust Agreement constituted for the construction and development of a Housing Project in Mexico City.
- Assisted Opera Desarrolladora with the negotiation and drafting of an Amendment Agreement to one of Opera’s Trusts in order to structure the acquisition of future investments for the development of housing projects in Mexico City.
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Practice head
César Armando Lechuga Perezanta
Other key lawyers
Luis Enrique Mora