César Lechuga Perezanta

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow - Mexico

Partner

Mexico City

+52 55 2623 0552

Highly regarded

Spanish | English


Bar admissions:

Mexico

Jurisdictions:

Mexico

Practice areas:

Banking and finance


César advises clients on all aspects of real estate transactions and developments. His experience incorporates a broad spectrum of activities, including conceptualisation, drafting and implementation of the adequate legal structures for the construction of real estate properties and infrastructure projects through trusts, special purpose vehicles or companies and the drafting and negotiation of the necessary contracts and agreements in order to implement these structures.

  • Advised Cinépolis, Latin America’s largest cinema chain, on the development of a commercial, residential and corporate real estate project on a 30,000 m² property in Mexico City (“Toreo”).
  • Advised a German investment fund on the purchase of a corporate building in Mexico City for US$150 million.
  • Advised Walmart Mexico on the negotiation, due diligence and drafting of lease and purchase agreements for the establishment of several Walmart retail stores, restaurants and supermarkets throughout Mexico.

  • Competition
  • M&A
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds

  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Financial services
  • Real estate
  • Social infrastructure

  • Georgetown University, Washington DC, Master in Laws Degree (LLM), 2014-2015
  • Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Postgraduate Studies in Commercial Law, 2010-2011
  • Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Law Degree, 2003-2007