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Real Estate - Spain
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Band 1
What the team is known for

Garrigues advises developers, real estate fund managers and European retail clients on a wide range of real estate projects spanning asset purchases, real estate financing and lease agreements. The firm has experience in the forward purchase or forward funding of build-to-rent residential developments that are in the early stages of construction. Garrigues frequently acts on deals in the hospitality and logistics sectors. In the residential space, the team has experience in senior living and student accomodation matters. The firm maintains teams in Barcelona and Madrid, which advise on the acquisition of land or assets in cities across Spain.

Work Highlights

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  • Garrigues advised Blackstone on the Spanish aspects of its recapitalisation of Mileway.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Héctor Muñoz
2
Héctor Muñoz
2
Band 2

Héctor Muñoz leads the firm's advice to international real estate investors on their acquisition of build-to-rent residential developments, as well as build-to-suit agreements. He also has experience in the acquisition of logistics assets.

"Héctor is the ideal lawyer if you need strong legal knowledge together with the ability to deal with counterparties, especially commercially."

"He is a top negotiator and has a 360-degree approach to the deal. For me as a client, the level of comfort is unbeatable."

Juan José Berdullas Pomares
2
Juan José Berdullas Pomares
2
Band 2

Juan José Berdullas Pomares climbs a tier up as a result of strong market support. He is active in transactional work for logistics assets. He also has experience in the acquisition of land for new developments. He is a partner in the Barcelona office.

"He is strong in complex negotiations."

"Juan José is fully involved in all the legal issues of our company and has a great knowledge of our inner workings."

Oscar de Santiago
3
Oscar de Santiago
3
Band 3

Oscar de Santiago is based in the firm's Barcelona office and co-heads the real estate department. Highlight mandates include acting in real estate mergers, build-to-suit agreements and sale and lease operations.

"He is smooth and commercial."

"Oscar is very attuned to the market's conditions."

Estefanía Iceta Guzmán
4
Estefanía Iceta Guzmán
4
Band 4

Estefanía Iceta Guzmán goes a tier up as a result of strong market support. She has experience in both the developer and the investor side of forward funding agreements for the construction of residential projects. She also advises on corporate transactions with a key real estate component.

"She has a great capacity for negotiating business terms using her deal experience. She can tackle any challenges."

"Estefanía does a lot of different deals which gives her a very wide knowledge of what is going on in the market.

"She is very energetic and pushes the deals on."

"She's very pragmatic. She really focuses on the important things."

Jorge García-Pellicer
6
Jorge García-Pellicer
6
Band 6

Jorge García-Pellicer is regularly mandated in sale and leaseback agreements, as well as build-to-rent transactions, in sectors including hospitality, offices and commercial.

"He is a hard but sensible negotiator who is able to push as needed and when necessary but also able to advise his client when to give in or propose a route to get out of a stuck situation."

"Jorge can adapt to complex structures according to our needs."

Blanca Jimenez Aparicio
Associates to watch

Blanca Jimenez Aparicio is an associate to watch who regularly assists investment funds in the acquisition of residential and logistics real estate assets.

"Blanca is a very reliable person."

"Blanca works very hard."

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Héctor Muñoz
2
Héctor Muñoz
2
Band 2
Juan José Berdullas Pomares
2
Juan José Berdullas Pomares
2
Band 2
Oscar de Santiago
3
Oscar de Santiago
3
Band 3
Estefanía Iceta Guzmán
4
Estefanía Iceta Guzmán
4
Band 4
Jorge García-Pellicer
6
Jorge García-Pellicer
6
Band 6
Blanca Jimenez Aparicio
Associates to watch