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Javier Colino
Partner

Javier Colino

Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

Javier Colino is a Partner of the Real Estate & Construction department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. He specialises in M&A real estate transactions and in real estate finance.

Over the past few years, his practice has focused on advising domestic and international clients (mostly private equity firms and institutional investors) on mergers and acquisitions of real estate based businesses, real estate financings, acquisition of trophy assets, joint ventures, portfolios of REOs and NPLs, workouts of troubled loans, listings of SOCIMIs (Spanish REITs), and project developments.

In addition to his transactional work, Javier has extensive experience in stand-alone real estate matters such as the acquisition of singular assets (hotels, logistic warehouses, offices), the negotiation of leases, commercialisation of assets and asset management, as well as all types of construction and EPC contracts.

Prior to joining CMS in 2021, he developed his professional career at top-tier international and domestic firms, including a period during which he was based in London (United Kingdom).

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Javier has a commercial approach, summarising complex matters and giving advice that helps us to move forward."
    Chambers & Partners Europe
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    "He was leading all the negotiations."
    Chambers & Partners Europe
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    "Javier Colino is a very detailed lawyer and a hard worker. His control of the process and information stands out".
    Legal 500

Publications

Javier regularly writes articles on his areas of expertise for general media and specialised publications.

Awards & Rankings

Javier has been recently selected by Who’s Who Legal (WWL)’s independent research, supplemented by clients and peers, as being among the highest-ranked Lawyer in WWL: Hospitality 2023, and also received the Lexology Client Choice Award. In addition, he has now been ranked in the Up-and-Coming category of Chambers Europe.

Lectures list

Javier has taught at the Instituto de Empresa (Advanced Program for Asset Management of Real Estate Assets) and Universidad CEU San Pablo (Master in International Business Law).

Education

2010 - Bachelor’s Degree in Law + Proprietary Degree in Community Law and International Advocacy, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid (Spain).