Roberto Cannizzo Consiglio

Practice Areas

Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Corporate and Corporate Governance, Insurance and Pension Funds, Tax Consulting and Tax Litigation, Agrarian Law.

Career

Roberto Cannizzo has over 45 years of experience and has attend as lead attorney in various strategic transactions in Mexico. These include several joint ventures, acquisitions, development, and sale of multiple mega real estate projects, joint ventures with insurance companies, sale and negotiation of various transportation and construction contracts for oil and gas pipelines, as well as financial structuring projects. Additionally, he has acted as lead advisor for many foreign banks, real estate funds, hotel companies, technology firms, and major fashion brands, to name a few. He has also served as advisor for several Mexican companies, some of which are listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

As a pioneer attorney in this field, he worked in the structuring and acquisitions of some of the most important mega developments in Mexico such as Playacar, Marina Vallarta, Marina Ixtapa, Bosque Real, Puerto Cancun, etc. He has also advised Fonatur (Mexican government organization) and Amdetur (organization that includes the major developers in Mexico in the tourism sector) in various aspects relating to real estate and hospitality matters,

Publications

Real Estate 2023 Mexico (Co-Author), Chambers Practice Guide: Law and Practice, 2023.

Real Estate 2022 Mexico (Co-Author), Chambers Practice Guide: Law and Practice, 2022.

Real Estate 2021 Mexico (Co-Author), Chambers Practice Guide: Law and Practice, 2021.

Real Estate 2020 Mexico (Co-Author), Chambers Practice Guide: Law and Practice, 2020.

Personal

Universitá La Sapienza. Rome, Italy. 1969. JD with Magna Laude.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico City. 1972. Law Degree (studies revalidation).

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English, Italian.