Ibby Saavedra
Associate – Los Cabos
Office: +52 (624) 146 9205
Direct: +52 (624) 191 9072
e-mail: isaavedra@rosenlaw.com.mx
Ibby Saavedra is an attorney admitted to practice law in Mexico (2022) and holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate and Business Law, officially revalidated by the Mexican Ministry of Education in 2021. A Bolivian-born, naturalized Mexican citizen, she has been based in Los Cabos since 2015. Her practice focuses on real estate transactions and development, fiduciary structures (fideicomisos), corporate law, foreign investment, regulatory compliance, and cross-border transactions.
Ms. Saavedra advises domestic and international investors, financial institutions, trustee banks, developers, and private clients in connection with sophisticated real estate acquisitions and dispositions, corporate transactions, and trust (fideicomiso) structures throughout Mexico. Her practice encompasses transaction structuring, legal due diligence, contract drafting and negotiation, trust administration, regulatory compliance, and the coordination of complex transactions involving notaries, governmental authorities, financial institutions, and other stakeholders. She has extensive experience guiding foreign investors through the legal and regulatory framework governing the acquisition, ownership, development, and disposition of real estate in Mexico.
Since relocating to Mexico, Ms. Saavedra has represented domestic and international clients in numerous high-value real estate, hospitality, and investment transactions involving the acquisition, financing, development, assignment, and disposition of assets throughout the country. She has participated in matters involving internationally recognized entrepreneurs, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, advising on complex real estate, trust, corporate, and cross-border investment matters. Prior to relocating to Mexico, she held senior executive and public-sector positions in Bolivia, experience that provides her with a strong commercial perspective and enhances her ability to manage sophisticated cross-border transactions and client objectives.
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance & Foreign Investment With attorneys admitted in both the United States and Mexico, Rosen Law can structure, form and manage corporate transactions and entities in both countries, seamlessly. Businesses and individuals wishing to form a Mexican entity have a variety of corporate vehicles at their disposal, but each may result…
Acquiring property in Mexico is a complex process that involves many potential pitfalls, particularly for foreign purchasers. To complicate matters, Mexico’s title system is far less technologically advanced than its northern neighbors. Defects and uncertainty in title remain prevalent. Foreign buyers of real property are also well-advised to retain independent legal counsel to conduct necessary…
Mexican timeshare, condominium and shared ownership regimes are governed primarily by the civil codes of the various states, the Federal Consumer Protection Act, state condominium acts, the Federal Tourism Act, the Foreign Investment Act, mandatory standards, and when involving trusts, the General Law on Credit Instruments and Transactions. Structuring timeshare, vacation club, destination club,…
Using comprehensive due diligence checklists that are consistent with the standards of foreign counsel but based on Mexican law and legal culture, Rosen Law assists its clients qualify and evaluate potential acquisitions, transactions partners and targets. Whatever vehicle the foreign investor choses to enter the Mexican market, careful scrutiny and due diligence of all parties…
2003 – Law Degree, Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”, La Paz, Bolivia.
2009 – Master’s Degree in Corporate and Business Law, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, La Paz, Bolivia “Comunidad Andina de Naciones” with Honors.
2022 – Licensed to Practice Law in Mexico.
English
Spanish (Native)
