Ricardo García-Negrón > McConnell Valdés LLC > San Juan, Puerto Rico > Lawyer Profile

McConnell Valdés LLC
270 MUÑOZ RIVERA AVENUE
HATO REY
SAN JUAN, 00918
Puerto Rico
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Work Department

Corporate Practice Group

Position

Capital Member and Vice-Chair, Corporate Practice Group

Career

Mr. García-Negrón is a securities, corporate and commercial finance attorney who focuses on providing practical advice and creative solutions to clients in a wide variety of industries, including domestic and foreign banking and financial services, investment management, hospitality, real estate, education, telecommunications, life sciences, healthcare, aviation and energy. He also counsels clients on estate and trust planning and is very active in the entrepreneur ecosystem in Puerto Rico.

His securities transactional experience includes public and private financing offerings, including securities offerings and private placements for emerging and mid-market companies, and venture capital and private equity funds. He advises investment funds and emerging companies in connection with their formation, fundraising, governance and investment activities, including doing business in Puerto Rico.

Lawyer Rankings

Puerto Rico > Corporate, commercial and banking

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.