The powerhouse real estate department at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a leader in the marketplace, leveraging the bench strength of its team to assist developers, domestic and multinational financial institutions, and corporates in the hospitality and tourism sectors with day-to-day matters and high-value transactions. The team is headed by practice group chairman Jorge Ruiz-Montilla, who brings expertise to planning and structuring resort communities and timeshares, and hotel and condominium projects, and vice-chair and resort development expert Patricia George-Iguina, who is the managing director of McV Consulting, an affiliate of the firm engaged in real estate and hospitality advisory services, and who also specialises in the structuring of tax concessions for tourism projects. Other key figures include Harry Cook, who advises clients on the structuring of real estate joint ventures, the creation of protective covenants for resort communities and the planning of timeshares, condominiums and lot development programmes, and Carla D’Almeida-Aracena, a specialist in matters involving mortgage law and commercial financing.

The real estate group at O'Neill & Borges remains a force in the market, drawing on the experience of its team to represent commercial, industrial, residential and hotel developers, institutional investors, insurers, financial institutions, asset managers, advisors, construction companies and multinational corporates across such sectors as retail, media, tech, telecoms, energy and hospitality, involved in acquisitions, development and construction for major projects. Key contacts include Javier Vázquez-Morales, Alfredo Alvarez-Ibañez, Walter Alomar, Juan Aquino, Viviana Miranda Ortiz and Marta Ramírez-Isern.

The real estate team at Ferraiuoli LLC brings strength to advising developers, tenants, lenders, brokers, investors and landlords of commercial and residential spaces on matters ranging from the acquisition and disposition of assets, construction and bank finance to leasing, property management, the transfer of real property, mortgages, easements and restrictive covenants. Eduardo Tamargo-Motroni, José Díaz-Brugueras, Eidalia González-Tosado and Héctor Lebrón-González are key contacts.

The real estate group at Estrella LLC employs the expertise of its team to advise title insurance companies and domestic and multinational corporates across such sectors as hospitality, retail, building materials and real estate on matters ranging from sales, purchases, leasing, landlord-tenant issues, property development and financing to mortgages, due diligence, environmental compliance and litigation. The team is headed by veteran litigator and arbitrator Odemaris Chacón Varona, who draws on over 20 years of experience in the practice area. Senior associate Alejandro García specialises in purchase, sale and lease agreement deeds.