Edgar Origel

Associate

Los Cabos

Services

Real Estate Intellectual Property Immigration and Compliance Master Planned Communities and Subdivisions Mexico Condominiums HOA Corporate and Securities Commercial Agreements Technology Mexico (ES)

Biography

Edgar Origel’s practice is concentrated on real estate, development and leasing, business transactions in Mexico, particularly real estate investment, hospitality, corporate counseling, incorporation, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign transactions, condominium law, immigration, trademarks, and labor and general legal consulting. Edgar regularly represents U.S. and Mexican developers, builders, real estate brokers and hospitality groups on a variety of matters across Mexico. He obtained his law degree (J.D. equivalent) from the Universidad de Guadalajara in 2011. Edgar was born in La Paz, B.C.S., and raised in Los Cabos, B.C.S.

Before joining Snell & Wilmer, Edgar was the In-House-Attorney of El Encanto de la Laguna, a beach front luxury development located in the East Cape, Los Cabos, Mexico.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Mexico

Court Admissions

Mexico

Education

Universidad de Guadalajara (J.D. equivalent)

Languages

English
Spanish

Experience

Representative Matters

Real Estate and Hospitality

U.S. developers in the development and sale of residential properties in Los Cabos, Mexico and with respect to a master-planned communities and condo regimes
Spanish hospitality group in Los Cabos, Mexico, that required general legal advice
Mexican hospitality group in Los Cabos, Mexico, in regards to the expansion and construction of new facilities, corporate and labor, as well as general legal advice

Corporate/M&A

U.S. corporate clients coordinating advice of multiple experts across Mexico as the clients’ single point of contact regarding labor & employment, foreign trade, environmental, litigation, insurance and tax matters
Acquisition of a Mexican real estate brokerage company by a Canadian Group

Labor and Employment

Defense and labor advise to a Mexican hospitality group in Los Cabos, Mexico
Defense of a U.S. bottling and food distribution company in its Mexican branch in La Paz, Mexico

Previous Professional Experience

El Encanto de la Laguna, In-House Attorney, Los Cabos, Mexico (2017-2019)
Castañeda Ocejo & Asociados, Senior Associate, Los Cabos, Mexico (2014-2017)
Saenz Abogados, Associate, Los Cabos, Mexico (2012-2014)
Nava Abogados, Associate, Guadalajara, Mexico (2011-2012)
Lex Corporativo, Summer Associate, Guadalajara, Mexico (2010-2011)

Professional Memberships and Activities

Mexican Bar Association (2018)

Community Involvement

Los Cabos Children’s Association (2023)

Representative Presentations and Publications

“COVID-19: Mexico’s Phase Two,” Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (March 25, 2020)

Publications

COVID-19: Mexico’s Phase Two

Firm News