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Business, Corporate, M&A, Financing and Real Estate
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Business, Corporate, M&A, Financing and Real Estate
The firm delivers integrated corporate, transactional, financing, and real estate counsel in Puerto Rico. Work spans entity formation and corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and sophisticated financing arrangements, alongside commercial real estate purchases, sales, leasing, development, and project finance. Clients are guided through negotiations, due diligence, and regulatory compliance with a practical, risk-managed approach aligned to strategic business objectives.
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Counsel covers compliance with Puerto Rico antitrust law and parallel federal regimes, especially in merger and acquisition settings where exclusivity, dominance, or cartel-risk issues can arise. Representation includes advising competitor collaborations, joint ventures, licensing, and distribution structures to avoid unlawful restraints.
Arbitration
The group structures arbitration clauses at the front end of deals and represents clients in domestic, international, and cross-border arbitrations. Experience includes major rule sets (ICC, AAA, and comparable forums) and specialized proceedings such as securities arbitrations before FINRA. Post-award work includes judicial review and enforcement strategies to secure final, efficient outcomes while preserving confidentiality.
Banking & Financial Services
Advises banks, insurers, investment firms, and fintech companies on Puerto Rico and U.S. regulatory compliance, including AML, consumer-protection, and sanctions regimes.
Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency
Provides strategic guidance for businesses and stakeholders facing financial distress, including out-of-court workouts, Chapter 11 reorganizations, liquidations, and enforcement processes. Services extend to distressed M&A, debtor-in-possession financing, value-preserving asset sales, and creditor protections. Cross-border insolvency matters are handled with attention to multi-jurisdictional risk and operational continuity.
Business
Ongoing counseling supports companies across governance, shareholder and board issues, executive compensation, and compliance with Puerto Rico’s regulatory environment. The practice also handles commercial contracting, vendor and JV relationships, IP protection, employment guidance, and dispute prevention. Strategic planning includes growth, succession, exit strategies, and transaction readiness for startups through multinationals.
Commercial Lending & Corporate Finance
Structures and negotiates tailored financing solutions, including syndicated loans, asset-based facilities, project finance, acquisition financings, equity-linked or hybrid instruments, and other secured and unsecured credit facilities. Work includes drafting, negotiating, and advising on loan agreements, collateral documentation, and related financing documents. The practice also includes advising on AML/KYC compliance and securities law considerations that often accompany sophisticated financings.
Condominium Law
Handles condominium projects from inception to steady-state operations, including governing documents (bylaws, declarations, covenants), zoning/land use, and development compliance. Advises associations and unit owners on governance, maintenance obligations, budgeting, insurance, taxation, and regulatory issues. Disputes among owners, associations, developers, and contractors are resolved through mediation, arbitration, or litigation as needed.
Construction Law
Represents owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and lenders throughout the construction lifecycle. Front-end work includes drafting and customizing project agreements, design/build contracts, permitting, bid support, and regulatory compliance with building and environmental standards.
Consumer & Retail Law
Guides businesses on compliance with Puerto Rico and federal consumer-protection laws, including labeling, advertising, pricing transparency, and sales practices. Advises e-commerce and digital businesses on online-sales rules and data-privacy obligations. The team also pairs compliance counseling with risk-mitigation strategies.
Contracts
Drafts, reviews, and negotiates commercial agreements across industries—vendor and supply contracts, employment agreements, leases, licensing, and joint ventures. Provides enforcement, modification, termination, and renewal strategies to maintain deal viability over time. Contract disputes are handled through negotiation, ADR, or litigation with a focus on business-practical outcomes.
Corporate
Advises on entity selection and formation, restructuring, governance best practices, shareholder relations, and ongoing compliance. Supports corporate transactions such as M&A, joint ventures, and capital raises, including deal structuring and regulatory approvals. Provides corporate dispute resolution when internal conflicts or transactional fallouts arise.
Corporate Reorganizations
Assists companies undergo structural change to improve efficiency or financial health, including refinancings, debt restructurings, and debt-for-equity swaps. Advises on stakeholder negotiations, asset divestitures, and integration planning when reorganizations involve M&A components. Cross-border reorganizations and insolvency-adjacent issues are addressed with a coordinated multi-jurisdictional strategy.
Distribution & Franchising
Counsels on Puerto Rico’s Acts 75 and 21, ensuring distribution and sales-representation agreements meet “just cause” and termination-protection standards. Drafts and negotiates distribution and franchise agreements and litigates Act 75/21 disputes when relationships break down.
Entertainment & Media
Provides IP protection and licensing for creative works and brands, including copyrights and trademarks. Negotiates and drafts talent, production, sponsorship, and distribution agreements. Advises on content and advertising regulation across traditional and digital media, and resolves disputes over rights, royalties, and infringement.
Estates and Inheritance Matters
Designs estate plans that include wills, trusts, tax-efficient wealth transfer, and business-succession strategies. Manages probate and trust administration, including cross-border estates and multi-jurisdictional assets. Handles inheritance disputes, will contests, and trust challenges through ADR or litigation with sensitivity to family dynamics.
Government Contracts & Procurement
Guides businesses through public-sector contracting in Puerto Rico, including bid strategy, proposal drafting, responsiveness reviews, and procurement-law compliance. Negotiates contract terms, manages award disputes or protests, and advises on performance standards during execution. Provides audits, investigation support, and subcontracting compliance to reduce post-award risk.
Intellectual Property Protection
Secures and enforces trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets in Puerto Rico and the United States. Advises on commercialization through licensing and technology-transfer agreements. Provides portfolio management and enforcement, including cease-and-desist actions, litigation, and ADR for infringement or misappropriation.
Employment Law
Employer-side counseling on Puerto Rico’s employee-protective regime and relevant federal statutes. Services include drafting employment contracts and policies/handbooks, advising on wage and hour, discrimination, leave, accommodations, and workplace safety. Handles just-cause terminations, benefits/compensation structuring, union issues where applicable, and employment disputes.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Handles M&A from start to finish: diligence across financial, operational, legal, and real estate angles; structuring stock or asset deals; and drafting purchase and shareholder agreements. Secures required regulatory approvals, including antitrust review and sector-specific licenses. Supports post-closing integration and resolves disputes over representations, earn-outs, or adjustments.
Nonprofit Organizations
Guides nonprofits through incorporation, governance, and ongoing compliance with Puerto Rico and federal rules. Assists with obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status and leveraging Act 60/22 incentives when applicable. Advises on fundraising, grants, audit readiness, advocacy limits, and IP protection for nonprofit brands and programs.
Privacy, Cybersecurity, Social Media, and Digital Workplace
Advises on data-privacy compliance under Puerto Rico and federal standards (and GDPR/HIPAA where applicable). Provides governance for social media use and digital-workplace monitoring to balance business security with employee and consumer privacy rights.
Real Estate
Represents clients in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and development projects, including zoning/permits and entitlements. Structures real-estate financings such as construction loans, mezzanine lending, and REIT-related transactions. Handles environmental and tax diligence, sustainability issues, property-management contracts, and landlord-tenant or title disputes.
Tax Exemptions & Incentives
Advises businesses and individuals on Puerto Rico’s incentive regime, especially Act 60 grants and related sector programs. Services include eligibility analysis, application support, deal structuring to maximize benefits, and ongoing compliance monitoring. Represents clients in incentive audits and government inquiries, and coordinates Puerto Rico incentives with U.S. and cross-border tax planning.
Taxation
Provides federal and Puerto Rico tax planning and compliance for corporations and individuals. Work includes structuring transactions to reduce liabilities, transfer-pricing guidance, withholding issues, and audit defense before the IRS and Hacienda.
Telecommunications
Counsels telecom providers on licensing, permitting, infrastructure deployment, and ongoing regulatory compliance. Advises on consumer-protection obligations, privacy, and telecom-sector M&A with antitrust sensitivity.
Trademarks
Handles the full trademark lifecycle: clearance searches, USPTO and Puerto Rico registrations, and opposition/cancellation proceedings. Develops brand-protection strategies, including licensing and anti-counterfeiting programs. Enforces and defends marks in local and federal courts.
Transportation
Provides compliance counseling on safety, environmental, insurance, and liability regimes and resolves disputes through arbitration or litigation.
