The powerhouse corporate group at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, utilising the experience of its team to advise national and multinational financial institutions and corporates, including Liberty Latin America, across such sectors as telecoms, financial services, aviation, fitness, professional services and insurance, on high-value, cross-border transactions. The practice assists with matters ranging from public-private partnerships for major infrastructure projects, restructuring and insolvency to government affairs, municipal financing, securities and M&A. The team is led by Rubén Méndez-Benabe, an expert in representing national banks, institutional lenders, financial institutions and borrowers in complex financings, and vice-chair Ricardo García-Negrón, who specialises in capital-raising transactions and securities regulatory compliance. Other key figures include Samuel Céspedes, who leads the M&A and corporate and public finance group, and Ernesto Mayoral, who brings strength to commercial real estate acquisitions.

O'Neill & Borges remains a force in the market, leveraging the experience of its team to advise on a diverse spectrum of corporate and banking matters. The firm’s active client roster includes banks, real estate firms, oil companies, insurers, leasing companies and corporates in the telecoms, media and construction industries. The practice’s full offering extends to M&A, restructurings and government contracts, public offerings, private placements of municipal securities, corporate stocks and bonds, as well as both investment company and asset-backed securities. Key figures include Alfredo Alvarez-Ibañez, who, in addition to major transactions, advises financial institutions on licensing and regulatory matters, and José Cacho, an M&A specialist who advises US and international clients on entry into the Puerto Rican market.

Led by founding and managing partner Juan Ramón Cancio, who brings over 30 years of experience to the corporate and business arena, the corporate practice at Cancio Covas & Santiago LLP specialises in banking, municipal finance, health, securities and real estate law. Other key figures include Jorge Covas Mandoza, Carlos Santiago and Rodney Colón Ortiz, who, along with Cancio, handle a wide span of corporate and financial transactions, ranging from project finance to workouts and M&A.

The team at DLA Piper Puerto Rico coordinates with its US offices to advise national and multinational corporates and financial institutions (including UBS and Citibank), involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With an active client roster spanning the energy, infrastructure, financial services, government and tech sectors, the firm’s full offering covers such matters as M&A, debt financing, bank licensing and regulatory matters, project finance, public-private partnerships, and corporate and securities law transactions, in addition to private placements, fund formation, administrative law, spin-offs, and corporate reorganisations. The team is led by Puerto Rico managing partner Nikos Buxeda, who, in addition to international transactions, assists with the organisation of local mutual funds, private equity funds and distribution agreements. Other key figures include banking regulatory specialist José Sosa-Lloréns, deputy managing partner Miriam Figueroa, who brings strength to infrastructure and public law matters, and associate Adriana Pérez-Rentas.

The corporate team at ECIJA SBGB leverages the bench strength of its global network to assist multinational corporates, commercial banks, government entities, non-profits and investors across such sectors as real estate, energy, financial services, manufacturing and logistics with day-to-day corporate operations, and high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The firm’s full service covers matters ranging from M&A, joint ventures, corporate finance and estate planning to corporate governance and tax exemptions, as well as filings, reporting and regulatory compliance. The team is headed by managing partner Fernando Berio, who brings expertise to real estate pre-development activities, tax credit equity procurement and deal negotiation. Jorge Fernandez-Reboredo specialises in corporate advice and compliance monitoring, as well as real estate M&A at the retail and distribution level. The practice is supported by senior associate Milimar Landrón-Acevedo, who assists with the drafting of legal memoranda, contracts, agreements and opinions, utilising a background in risk management.

Estrella LLC channels the bench strength of its team to advise household-name multinationals including Walmart, The Home Depot and Microsoft involved in complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With a client base spanning such sectors as aviation, energy, retail, telecoms, financial services, manufacturing and media, the firm’s comprehensive offering extends to matter ranging from stock and asset purchases and sales, corporate governance, due diligence, joint ventures and restructurings to litigation concerning control disputes among business owners, directors and officers. The team is headed by Neysha Natal-Castro, who brings expertise in M&A, in addition to advising on industrial, agricultural and tourism tax incentive grants. Managing partner Alberto Estrella provides experience in commercial and contractual disputes, franchise law, premises liability, antitrust and business regulation, and administrative law matters. At the associate level, Mayra Artiles Fonseca, in addition to general corporate matters, assists with intellectual property, privacy law and data protection, and business immigration issues, and Alejandro García specialises in franchising. Special counsel José Meléndez Alfonzo joined in March 2022, having served as in-house counsel at Puma Energy.

Ferraiuoli LLC leverages the experience of its team to advise national and multinational corporates and financial institutions. The firm’s comprehensive service covers matters ranging from commercial lending and corporate finance, corporate governance, M&A and real estate to venture capital securities, capital markets, distribution and franchising, government contracts and procurement and insurance law, governance and fiduciary duties, private equity, commercial lending (particularly on the borrower side), complex contracts, and intellectual property law. Key figures include Fernando Rovira Rullan, who assists with multi-jurisdictional transactions, private equity, acting for borrowers on commercial loans, and intellectual property law; Jaime Mercado-Almodóvar, who heads the firm’s banking and financial services regulation and private equity and securities practices; and María Fernández-Ginorio, who specialises in corporate real estate matters.