Maria Gabriela Alaña Castro

• Represented a major architecture group in connection with a JV with a large Canadian pension fund for an amount of US$130 million to develop and operate various mixed-use real estate developments located in strategic locations in Mexico City and other States of Mexico
• Represented a major architecture group in the acquisition of a 190,000-square-foot property to expand an existing high-end mixed-use real estate development in Mexico City
• Represented a real estate investment group in the acquisition of properties in various states in Mexico for US$40 million. Additionally assisted in the negotiation of JVs with local partners for the development, management and operation of industrial parks located in sundry states
• Represented a Mexican developer in a JV for the construction, development and operation of a mixed-use project, including office and retail, in the high-end Polanco area in Mexico City
• Represented an engineering and architecture group in the structuring of a high-end residential beachfront project to be located in Punta Mita, Nayarit through a master trust structure

Gabriela serves as the Pro Bono Coordinator for DLA Piper’s Mexico City Office and a member of the firm’s North American Pro Bono Committee.

She additionally coordinates and participates in legal workshops organized by Fundación Appleseed México, A.C. in favor of Civil Society Organizations to increase their legal literacy and the level of compliance of its obligations in connection with data protection matters.

Further, Gabriela assists in the Mexico Pro Bono Standards, a project committed to standardizing pro bono work in Mexico and promoting pro bono culture among law students, law schools, law firms, private entities and the government.