McConnell Valdés LLC

The powerhouse real estate department at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, drawing on the bench strength of its team to assist developers, domestic and multinational financial institutions such as Citibank, and corporates in the hospitality and tourism sectors with day-to-day matters and high-value transactions. The team is led by practice group chairman Jorge Ruiz-Montilla, who brings strength 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, and the planning of timeshares, condominiums and lot development programmes, and Carla D’Almeida-Aracena, who manages matters involving mortgage law and commercial financing.