Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

The ‘large, highly capable and experienced’ group at Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C. is, for one client, ’one of the best real estate teams in the country’. The team is equipped to take care of a range of transactional matters that includes financings and refinancings, the formation of private and public real estate funds, and assisting with associated tax and regulatory issues. Recent work highlights demonstrate strength across commercial, industrial, hospitality, and residential segments and include a standout matter which involved assisting PGIM Real Estate with the acquisition of an industrial portfolio consisting of seven industrial buildings located in Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Estado de México and Chihuahua. The practice group is co-directed by Javier Domínguez Torrado and Jean Paul Farah Chajín. Domínguez Torrado handles financings and capital markets matters in the sector, with his real estate experience encompassing the development and management of assets, along with assisting real estate investment funds and other investors regarding property acquisitions, leasings and disposals. For his part, Farah Chajín handles banking and finance, capital markets, energy and infrastructure projects and real estate finance. Santiago Carrillo Cattori, lauded as the ‘embodiment of availability and client service’, is an additional key contact and takes care of financings, acquisitions and developments involving industrial and hospitality assets. Associate Alfonso Alberto Vargas left the firm, effective December 2023.