07 May 2026
Greenberg Traurig Expands Hospitality Practice with Hires in Phoenix and Mexico
"Greenberg Traurig adds Carlos A. Sugich and Carlos Freaner to its Hospitality and Real Estate practice; Sugich will co-chair the Americas Hospitality Group and serve in Los Cabos, Freaner joins as a shareholder in Mexico."
Carlos A. Sugich joins Greenberg Traurig as co-chair of the Americas Hospitality Group in Phoenix and Mexico and will serve as managing shareholder in the firm’s new Los Cabos presence. Licensed in both Arizona and Mexico, Sugich brings more than 20 years of experience representing U.S. and international clients in complex domestic and cross-border real estate, hospitality, and development transactions. His practice focuses on hospitality, master-planned resort communities, and mixed-use projects, and encompasses acquisitions, development, joint ventures, financing, operational matters, and organization of private golf and social club membership plans, as well as international expansions and matters related to nearshoring and manufacturing in Mexico. He joins from Snell & Wilmer.
Carlos Freaner joins Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in Mexico. He represents national and international investors, hotel and resort operators, and developers in hospitality-focused real estate and mergers and acquisitions transactions across Mexico, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings, hotel agreements, condominium developments, and leasing. Freaner has experience advising luxury resorts, golf courses, and master-planned community developers, and representing lenders and borrowers in complex real estate project financings. He joins from Snell & Wilmer.