Biography
She focuses her practice on hotel acquisitions, operations, development, finance, management and licensing agreements, as well as on commercial real estate acquisition and sale. With over fifteen years of experience in the real estate and hospitality fields, her practice and advice are enriched by her training and experience as an architect.
Ms. George-Iguina, who was instrumental in the structuring of tax concessions for complex tourism projects under Act 74-2020 and the New Incentives Code (Act 60-2019), provides advice both during the preparation and negotiation of construction contracts and during the construction process. She also assists clients in the negotiation of financing documents, the preparation and negotiation of purchase and sale agreement, leases, hotel management contracts as well as on local gaming licensing and gaming compliance matters.
She is Managing Director of McV Consulting, Inc., an affiliate of McConnell Valdés specializing in the planning, financing, development and marketing of hospitality and mixed-use real estate projects. In her role as Managing Director of McV Consulting, and in partnership with PRISA Group, she recently worked on the development and operation of a select-service hotel portfolio encompassing five hotel properties, two of which have adjoining casinos, a mixed use urban entertainment project with an aggregate amount of 714 keys, in an approximate aggregate cost of $350 MM.
She is ranked as a Leading Individual in Real Estate by Legal 500 and in the Real Estate Law field by the Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico guide.
Before becoming an attorney and joining McConnell Valdés, she worked an architect for various architectural and engineering firms where she was actively involved in in the planning, conceptual design development, construction documents, coordination and permitting of private and public residential projects. During her tenure as an architect, she acquired vast experience in the permitting processes at agencies such as the Planning Board, the Permits’ Management Office Administration, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, and State Historic Preservation Office, as well as the permitting offices of several autonomous municipalities.
She is trustee of the Board of Trustees of one of Puerto Rico’s top prep schools, Academia María Reina, of which she is an alumna.
Representative Transactions
Some of her representative transactions include the acquisition, development and financing of some of Puerto Rico’s most iconic real estate and hospitality projects, including:
- Distrito T-Mobile
- Dorado Beach
- El San Juan Fairmont Hotel
- Hyatt Place Bayamón Hotel and Tropical Casino
- Hyatt Place Manatí Hotel and Casino
- San Juan Marriott Resort
- Bahia Beach Resort
- Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve
- W Retreat & Spa
- She also participated in the development and financing of Puerto Rico’s first wind farm
Practices
News & Publications
News
- McV NewsAugust 21, 2019
- April 11, 2019
- McV NewsSeptember 11, 2018
- McV Hospitality Practice Team NewsAugust 17, 2017
- October 13, 2016
- July 14, 2016
- May 3, 2016
Publications
- An McV Government Affairs AlertSeptember 8, 2021
- An McV Government Affairs AlertAugust 16, 2021
- An McV Recovery Financing AlertAugust 12, 2021
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMay 24, 2021
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMarch 17, 2021
- An McV Government Affairs AlertFebruary 9, 2021
- An McV Government Affairs AlertJanuary 12, 2021
- An McV Government Affairs AlertDecember 8, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertNovember 17, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertOctober 3, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertSeptember 14, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertAugust 21, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertAugust 4, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertJuly 24, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertJuly 22, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertJuly 17, 2020
- An McV Corporate AlertJuly 8, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertJuly 1, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertJune 15, 2020
- An McV Emergency Task Force AlertJune 5, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMay 25, 2020
- An McV Real Estate & Finance AlertMay 5, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMay 5, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMay 2, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertApril 15, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertApril 13, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertApril 8, 2020
- An McV Emergency Task Force AlertApril 6, 2020
- An McV Emergency Task Force AlertApril 1, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMarch 31, 2020
- An McV Health Care AlertMarch 30, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMarch 30, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMarch 27, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMarch 26, 2020
- An McV Government Affairs AlertMarch 25, 2020
- McV Hospitality Practice Team AlertMarch 15, 2020
- An McV Recovery Financing Practice GroupFebruary 5, 2020
- An McV Recovery Financing Practice Team AlertAugust 29, 2019
- An McV Litigation and Real Estate AlertAugust 23, 2019
- May 30, 2019
- An McV Recovery Financing Practice Team AlertMarch 1, 2019
- An McV Recovery Financing Practice Team AlertSeptember 14, 2018
- An McV Real Estate & Tax AlertJanuary 24, 2018
- An McV Government Affairs and Tax AlertMarch 8, 2017
- An McV Bankruptcy & Debt Restructuring AlertOctober 21, 2016
- An McV Hospitality AlertAugust 11, 2016
Managing Director of McV Consulting, Inc.
Chair, Professional Development Committee
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Education
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1996
- Major: Environmental Design
Masters of Architecture, Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University, December, 1998
J.D., University of Puerto Rico Law School, 2004
Memberships
Puerto Rico Bar Association