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Diego is a specialist in real estate law, as well as mergers and acquisitions. His practice focuses primarily on real estate transactions, including the structuring of investment vehicles, asset acquisitions and disposals, leasing, project development and construction, due diligence processes and financing. He has taken part in several real estate transactions with GE Capital Real Estate and The Blackstone Group, including real estate financing, structuring, negotiation and closing of commercial real estate deals (including financing, restructuring, syndication, portfolio acquisitions, equity investments, joint ventures, asset sales, among others). He has experience in capital markets, acting as lead counsel in public offerings of trust certificates in FIBRA Hotel and FIBRA Danhos. Over the course of his professional career Diego has held positions such as General Counsel at The Blackstone Group and previously worked for a number of years at GE Capital Real Estate, as well as at a major law firm in Mexico advising domestic and multinational companies on matters pertaining to real estate, corporate and project finance, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions, among others, giving him over 15 years of experience in the real estate and finance sectors. Diego holds a Degree in Law from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and an LLM in Corporate Governance & Practice from Stanford University, Stanford, California.
