16 Jun 2026
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer strengthens its real estate practice with the addition of Ana Julia García Jiménez as Of Counsel
"Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer adds Ana Julia García Jiménez as Of Counsel in its Madrid Real Estate practice; she joins from Freshfields and brings nearly 20 years of corporate real estate experience."
Ana Julia joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where she served as counsel within the Global Transactions – Real Estate team and led that practice over the past year. She brings close to twenty years of experience advising domestic and international clients on top-tier corporate real estate transactions. Her practice covers the acquisition and sale of asset portfolios, including hotels, office buildings, shopping centres and logistics warehouses, as well as NPLs and trophy assets, joint ventures, real estate financing, commercial lease agreements, sale & leaseback transactions and construction contracts.
Her client portfolio includes leading real estate companies, financial investors, REITs (SOCIMIs), investment banks and financial institutions, and other key players in the Spanish real estate market, among them Azora and KKR. Notable matters include advising KKR on the establishment of its joint ventures in Spain for the acquisition of the hotel business of the Intertur Group in Mallorca and Ibiza and its subsequent divestment to the Fattal Group in 2022, and advising KKR on its hostel platform; and advising Azora on the creation of joint ventures in both the residential and student housing markets.
Ana Julia has also undertaken international secondments to Freshfields’ London and Frankfurt offices. She has been ranked in Chambers Europe since 2017 and was a finalist in the Iberian Lawyer Forty under 40 awards in 2019 and 2020. She holds a degree in Law and Business Administration (E-3) from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) and is a member of the Women in Legal World association.