Rafael Molina
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Real Estate
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About
Provided by Rafael Molina
Practice Areas
Rafael Molina represents Spanish and international clients in their most sophisticated transactions at the intersection of corporate, finance, and real estate law.
Leveraging more than two decades of experience, he guides international investors, developers, financial institutions, and promoters on negotiating a wide range of real estate transactions and corporate matters, involving:
- Real estate M&A across asset classes, including hotels, data centers, retail and leisure centers, office buildings, logistics and industrial, and residential
- Structured finance and securitizations
- Single names, loan-to-own, and workouts and restructurings
- Servicers
- Performing loan (PL), re-performing loan (RPL), and non-performing loan (NPL) portfolios
Rafael approaches negotiations with confidence and a sophisticated understanding of his clients’ interests, ready to devise complex structures that facilitate deal execution. He also regularly advises global private equity houses and investment funds on real estate as an asset class and related large-scale financing work.
He serves on the board of the University of Navarra.
Chambers Review
Europe
Rafael Molina of Latham & Watkins LLP has a long-standing reputation as a prominent real estate lawyer in Spain. He has demonstrable experience in high-value transactions targeting a range of property types, including hotels and shopping centres.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has the vision to find innovative solutions and is an impeccable technical lawyer with a deep commercial vision."
"He is a very good lawyer who has a great understanding of the bigger picture."
"He has the vision to find innovative solutions and is an impeccable technical lawyer with a deep commercial vision."
"He is a very good lawyer who has a great understanding of the bigger picture."