José Miguel Álvarez Villela

In  Real Estate & Hospitality, Álvarez has been involved in the development of Honduran coastal and urban areas. His Business Law practice includes legal assistance to multinational companies in their day-to-day affairs, due-diligence processes, and mergers and acquisitions in Honduras and CentralAmerica. Additionally, he has expertise in providing legal advice in the regulated sector, in international and domestic bidding processes, power-sharing agreements, and legal counseling. In Advertising, Marketing & Consumer, he counsels clients on advertisement materials, image rights, promotions, unfair competition, and related topics.

• Advised Corporación Multinversiones (CMI) in the acquisition of all of Globaleq Mesoamerica assets in Honduras which included 194Mw of combined wind and photovoltaic power plants in Honduras.
• Advised Norfund in the acquisition of 60% equity interest in Agua Fria 50Mw photovoltaic power plant in Nacaome, Valle, Honduras. 
• Advised Globaleq Mesoamerica Energy in the aquisiton of three photovoltaic power plants owned by SunEdison Inc in Honduras. 
• Advised Smartmatic International Holding B.V. in fundamental matters such as Trusts, corporate structure, execution and recollection of all necessary legal requirements in order to properly operate the allocated contract.
• Advised Owens & Minor in the acquisition of the surgical and infection prevention business of Halyard Health, Inc., which involved the acquisition of a Honduran company, largest transaction in Owens & Minor history. 

• Banking
• Competition
• Financial services regulatory
• Investment funds
• M&A
• Real estate finance

• Energy
• Investment management
• Real estate
• Social infrastructure

• Honduras Lawyers Institute (register under No. 11175)

• Meritas
• Interlaw
• SCG Legal
• Insuralex
• Employment Law Alliance
• GALA.

• Postgraduate degree in Commercial Law from Salamanca University, 2006.
• Postgraduated degree in Corporate Law ,Centro Universitario Villanueva, Universidad Complutense Madrid, 2004.
• Law Degree, Universidad de Navarra, 2001.