Real estate

Corporate and Corporate Governance

Banking & Finance

Capital Markets and Private Equity

Government Contracts and Public Procurement

Labor and Employment

Insurance and Pension Funds

Intellectual property

Technology, fintech & blockchain

Stefano Amato focuses his practice on real estate, corporate, finance and M&A transactions, with more than 25 years of experience. He has been involved and has acted as leading counsel in many strategic transactions in Mexico, some of them for several hundred million dollars, among which, the sales of insurance companies, pension funds and hotel chains. He has acted as main counsel of large shopping centers, industrial establishments, high tech enterprises, foreign banks, entertainment companies, leading international fashion companies, among others. He acts as director in several Mexican companies, some of which are listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange.

• Creation and development of one of the largest movie theaters companies in Mexico, acting as leading counsel in structuring and dealing legal aspects and leases involved in more than 60 transactions with value of several million dollars;
• The structuring of time share and fractional systems of various tourism developments in Mexico.
• Sale of participation in a leading Mexican afore with a value of over USD$200,000,000.
• Sale of participation in a leading insurance company and pension fund with a value of USD$850,000,000.
• Acquisition of a global connectivity services company in a transaction with a value of over USD$350,000,000.
• Structuring strategic transactions and acting as leading counsel in Mexico of one of the largest tyre manufacturer of the world, including, among others, the structuring and negotiating of credit facilities for hundreds million dollars.
• Acquisition by U.S. Real Estate Fund of six All-Inclusive Grand Tourism Resorts located at Mexican Caribbean and Mexican Pacific with value of USD $500,000.000.
• Acquisitions of industrial properties in Mexico, including representation in negotiations related to development, construction and management of the industrial properties.

Stefano Amato is member of various associations, among others, the American Bar Association “International Section”, the International Bar Association and the Italian Assistance Association.

• Universitá degli Studi of Milano, Italia, 1993. JD, Magna cum Laude.

• Corporate M&A 2023 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2023.
• Real Estate 2023 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2023.
• Fintech 2023 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2023.
• Employment 2022 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2022.
• Real Estate 2022 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2022.
• Corporate M&A 2022 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2022.
• Fintech 2022 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2022.
• Corporate M&A 2021 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2021.
• Fintech 2021 México (Co-Author), Chambers Practice Guide: Law and Practice, 2021.
• COVID-19 & Commercial Leases. A tour around the globe (Co-Author). Comparative Guide. Florent, 2020.
• Real Estate 2020 México (Co-Author) Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2020.
• Foreign Investment (Co-Author), Lexology. Getting the Deal Through, 2020.
• The Internet: Laws and Regulatory Regimes (Co-Author), Center for International Legal Studies, Austria (actualización anual).
• International Corporate Procedures (Co-Author), Jordan Publishing by LexisNexis, UK.
• Stefano Amato es co-Author de la Guía Legal sobre México, publicada por la Cámara de Empresarios del Estado de Lombardía, Italia.
• Ha participado como ponente en varios simposios sobre temas relacionados con derecho inmobiliario.

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