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Javier Colino, socio de CMS
Partner

Javier Colino

Head of the Hospitality, Travel & Leisure Group

Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

Javier Colino is a Partner of the Real Estate & Construction department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. 

Javier advises domestic and international clients at the intersection of corporate, finance and real estate law. His main focus is corporate transactions with a real estate aspect—particularly in operational assets such as hotels, student housing and flexible living schemes. He guides investors, developers and financial institutions through real estate M&A, joint ventures, structured financings across all asset classes and has substantial experience with stand-alone real estate matters. This includes the negotiation of commercial leases, operational management agreements and project developments.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Javier knows our needs and his services are always excellent at every moment."
    Chambers & Partners Europe 2025
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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

Publications

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

Awards & Rankings

Javier has been 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 been recognised for his expertise in Real Estate by the main legal directory Chambers & Partners.

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). 

Insights by Javier

CMS at IHIF EMEA 2026

23 Mar 2026

CMS at Expo Real, Munich

06 Oct 2025

CMS at IHIF EMEA 2025

29 Mar 2025

CMS at MIPIM Cannes

11 Mar 2025
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