About
BRENDA ELIZONDO IS COUNSEL AT CREEL, GARCÍA-CUÉLLAR, AIZA Y ENRÍQUEZ, S.C., WHERE SHE FOCUSES HER PRACTICE ON REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Brenda advises national and international real estate developers, investment managers, private equity funds, Mexican REITs (FIBRAs) and other institutional investors in connection with the acquisition, disposition, financing, development and operation of industrial, commercial, mixed-use and hospitality real estate assets in Mexico. Her practice also encompasses cross-border corporate and M&A transactions, including asset and share deals, joint ventures and the structuring of acquisition vehicles, particularly in connection with real estate platforms and portfolios.
Brenda regularly assists clients throughout the full lifecycle of transactions, including due diligence, transaction structuring, negotiation and closing, as well as on the ongoing Mexican legal and regulatory aspects of their operations. She has represented leading real estate developers, institutional investors and Mexican REITs (FIBRAs), including Fibra Prologis, Starwood Capital, Gran Ciudad, Finsa Portafolios and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, in their acquisitions, dispositions and development of Mexican assets, as well as in related corporate transactions and strategic investments.
Brenda worked as a Foreign Associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis from 2019 to 2020.
She obtained her law degree from Universidad de Monterrey (UdeM) in 2013, with a specialization in corporate and international law, and her LL.M. in Corporation Law from New York University School of Law in 2017. Brenda’s native language is Spanish, and she is fluent in English.