DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Consortium Legal

Real Estate

2 ranked lawyers

Band 2

Guatemala

Latin America 2022 View ranking table

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What the team is known for

Acclaimed real estate team Consortium Legal is recognised for its experience handling notable matters in the Guatemalan market. Highly sought after by real estate developers to advise on complex transactions. Boasts expertise in an array of contractual and administrative matters related to the development of large-scale real estate projects.

Strengths

A client says: "I appreciate the high quality of the service, in particular the kind, respectful and cordial treatment of each and every one of the professionals who work there."

Work highlights

Consortium Legal acted as counsel to Milésimo on the acquisition and development of various residential real estate projects.

Notable practitioners

Called a "fantastic" partner by one interviewee, Alfredo Rodríguez is praised by market onlookers for his relevance within the Guatemalan market. Rodríguez is also further recognised for his ability to apply tax-related expertise to real estate mandates.

Associate-to-watch Sandra García de Zedán is described as "outstanding" by one interviewee and recognised for her work supporting notable clients. Another market source also enthuses: "I recommend her extensively for her great abilities."

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Overview

The Real Estate team staff its constantly trained to serve customer developers and clients, focused on personalized attention and excellence legal service.

As a legal firm, we offer a service to the client through a team trained for the attention of housing, commercial and mixed use projects, achieving in the last year an investment focused on technifying, training and developing processes to respond to the demands of the sector and innovation as a firm that guarantees the results and approaches of each of the projects we have in our charge.

The Real Estate team in recent years, has managed to get involved through the participation in various platforms, discussions promoted by the sector, giving opinions and being a pioneer in the development of those areas that are required to innovate in the legislation of the sector. which in recent years has created new products in the Real Estate market and required a regulatory flexibility that suits these purposes.

Knowing the actions of the regulatory entities that are necessary for authorization of a real estate project in Guatemala has allowed us to collaborate, know the sector and actively promote legal frameworks focused on those changes that are necessary to bring the country to a strategic planning and development.