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Cannizzo

Real Estate

Latin America Guide 2026 : Mexico

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Cannizzo

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Provided by Cannizzo

  • With more than 40 years of experience, Cannizzo is recognized for advising on sophisticated real estate, hospitality, and corporate M&A matters throughout Mexico.
  • The firm provides comprehensive legal counsel across the entire real estate lifecycle, guiding clients from land acquisition, urban planning, permitting, and project development through financing, operation, commercialization, and dispute resolution.
  • Represents a diverse range of domestic and international clients, including leading investment and real estate funds, REITs, hospitality and leisure companies, commercial and industrial developers, institutional lenders, family offices, and private investors.
  • The team is particularly recognized for its deep understanding of the real estate and hospitality sectors and its ability to structure complex transactions involving hotels, branded residences, mixed-use developments, condominium regimes, timeshare and fractional ownership projects, marinas, golf clubs, and large-scale tourism resorts.
  • Cannizzo routinely advises on acquisitions and dispositions, M&A transactions, project finance, leasing, construction, condominium regimes, operation and management agreements, foreclosures, restructurings, and real estate workouts. Also assists clients with planning and zoning matters, environmental compliance, property taxation, foreign ownership regulations, licensing and permitting, negotiation of construction, brokerage, management, and other industry-specific agreements.

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Real Estate - Mexico

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

CANNIZZO is an established boutique with a longstanding reputation as key player in the Mexican real estate market. The firm is praised for its work in the hospitality and retail fields of real estate, advising on the development of hotels and the leasing of commercial retail space in Mexico. CANNIZZO acts for notable clients such as hotel conglomerates and investment groups. The real estate practice group comes recommended for its expertise in the purchase, lease and financing of real estate assets.

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Strengths

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  • CANNIZZO provides personalised attention, follow-ups, knowledge, and the ability of tracing a critical path for timings and results. The firm has very capable and experienced lawyers.

    Real Estate respondentLatin America

Notable Practitioners

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  • Roberto Cannizzo Consiglio
    Roberto Cannizzo Consiglio

    Roberto Cannizzo Consiglio

    Senior statesperson Roberto Cannizzo Consiglio has a longstanding reputation in real estate matters in Mexico, particularly those arising in the hospitality field.

    • Roberto Cannizzo Consiglio is highly knowledgeable and always provides excellent results.

      Real Estate respondentLatin America
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  • Carlo B. Cannizzo
    Carlo B. Cannizzo

    Carlo B. Cannizzo

    Significant partner Carlo Cannizzo remains an active presence in the Mexican real estate arena. He is frequently retained to handle the lease of industrial spaces, as well as the financing of hospitality assets such as hotels.

    • Carlo Cannizzo has knowledge, values, and empathy towards his clients' problems and matters. He provides timely and proactive follow-ups and solutions.

      Real Estate respondentLatin America
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