Practice Areas
Alejandro is a specialized real estate lawyer with 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. For 10 years he was General Counsel of GE Capital Real Estate Mexico, where he led the legal operation of GE's $5 billion dollar commercial real estate business and portfolio in Mexico. He advises clients on joint ventures, creation of special purpose vehicles (including trusts), acquisition, development, management, leasing and disposition of assets, as well as all types of real estate financing. Alejandro is highly experienced in financing real estate portfolios in Mexico of all asset classes (industrial, retail, office, hotel, residential and mixed-use projects), representing lenders and borrowers in structured, senior, mezzanine, club deals, syndications, recourse and non-recourse, cross-collateralized, security trust, mortgage and pledge loans. An important part of his real estate practice also consists of supporting clients in their due diligence, construction, condominium setup and management of their projects (including hotel operating agreements, supervision and management of developing and stabilized projects), as well as in the negotiation and execution of their leases (speculative, multi-tenant, built-to-suit, sale-and-leaseback) for industrial buildings, multifamily, retail and office premises.
Career
Head Partner of the Real Estate Practice Group at Galicia Abogados (2015-2020). General Counsel of GE Capital Real Estate Mexico (2006-2015). Associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York (2000-2001). Associate at Martinez, Algaba, De Haro y Curiel (1995-2006).