Enrique García
Partner
Professional profile
Enrique Garcia focuses his practice on real estate acquisitions primarily tourism and industrial developments, real estate structured finance and securitization, construction deals, corporate and M&A transactions and government contracts, advising both domestic and international clients in doing business and investing in Mexico and on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions. He has represented clients which include multinational companies, private equity funds and their portfolio companies in a wide range of industries including hospitality, leisure, industrial, commercial and residential, manufacturing, infrastructure, government solutions, among others.
Experience
- Acquisitions by U.S and Global Real Estate Funds and International Hospitality Companies of Grand Tourism Resorts located in the Mexican Caribbean and Mexican Pacific with a value of over USD $ 2 billion.
- U.S. Real Estate Fund and Global Spanish Hospitality Company swap with value of USD $ 500 million.
- Notes Offering by U.S. Real Estate Fund in the U.S. market with value of USD $ 600 million.
- Acquisition by a Global Real Estate Fund of one of the largest residential, hotels, marina, comercial real estate Project in Mexico named “Puerto Cancún” located at Cancun, Mexico.
- Securitization of financing transactions, restructuring of credit and loan agreements with global Spanish, Swiss, U.S. and German Banks with a value of over USD $ 1.5 billion.
- Acquisitions of residential, commercial and industrial properties in Mexico, including representation in negotiations related to development, construction and management of such properties with value of hundred million dollars.
- Creation of structures of government procurement and governmente contract with both public and private entities resulting in contracts with a value of over USD $ 1.5 billion.
Professional area
Education
- Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law L.L.M., 2017.
- School of Law of the Universidad del Valle de Mexico, 2004. Juris Doctor..
- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Real Estate and Tourism Development Program, 2009. Government Procurement program, 2011.
- Yale University, 2013. U.S Law program.
Language
- Spanish
- English
Affiliations
Enrique is member of various associations, among others the American Bar Association “International Section”, in which he is currently Co-Chair of the Mexico Committee; the International Bar Association; the Urban Land Institute and IR Global.
Publications
- Corporate M&A 2023 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2023.
- Fintech 2023 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2023.
- Corporate M&A 2022 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2022.
- Fintech 2022 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2022.
- World Bank Group 2021 Contribution to the Mexican Chapter, Doing Business 2021
- Real Estate 2021 México (Co- Author), Chambers Practice Guide, 2021.
- Fintech 2021 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2021.
- Sistema Integral de Normas y Evaluación de la Conformidad (SINEC).
- Right of Publicity (Co- Author), Lexology. Getting the Deal Through, 2020.
- Impacto Legal del COVID-19 en México (Co-Author), Newsletter 57 del Comité Mexicano de la American Bar Association, 2020.