Real Estate
Europe Guide 2024 : Spain
Band 3
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Chambers Review
Freshfields handles high-value transactional mandates on behalf of international investment funds that are active in Spain. The firm has an impressive track record in the structuring of joint ventures between foreign real estate investors and local developers. It advises on matters involving logistics assets or hotel acquisitions, including in major transactions structured as share deals and targeting large portfolios of assets. The firm has additional experience in the acquisition of land for the development of student housing and also assists with the negotiation of commercial leases. Freshfields also advises borrowers on the financing of their real estate acquisitions.
Work Highlights
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Merlin Properties SOCIMI on the sale of assets held by Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias SOCIMI to BBVA for EUR2 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We found them extraordinarily helpful and creative in finding solutions to any problem."
"Their real estate specialists have extensive experience."
"We found them extraordinarily helpful and creative in finding solutions to any problem."
"Their real estate specialists have extensive experience."
Notable Practitioners
Fernando Soto acts for global real estate investors on varied transactions carried out in relation to individual hotels or logistics assets. He also advises asset managers on corporate mandates relating to their participation in larger real estate-focused corporate entities.
"Fernando is very clear about where the bottleneck to the process would be."
Ana Julia García Jiménez shows a high involvement in the firm's highlights, especially in the formation of real estate joint ventures, as well as sale of logistics portfolios.
"Ana Julia has a deep understanding of the matters in question and has a great innovative approach."
"She was able to provide various innovative solutions to our problems, facilitating the closing of the deal."