Jorge Ruiz-Montilla > McConnell Valdés LLC > San Juan, Puerto Rico > Lawyer Profile
McConnell Valdés LLC Offices
270 MUÑOZ RIVERA AVENUE
HATO REY
SAN JUAN, 00918
Puerto Rico
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Jorge Ruiz-Montilla
Work Department
Real Estate, Hospitality & Finance Practice Group
Position
Capital Member and Chairman, Real Estate, Hospitality & Finance Practice Group
Career
Mr. Ruiz-Montilla’s practice includes real estate, hospitality, tourism incentives, finance, corporate and mergers and acquisitions.
Over the years he has been involved in many aspects of real estate, hospitality and corporate transactions, including resort and commercial developments, structuring of corporate acquisitions, planning and structuring timeshare, condo-hotel and condominium projects, negotiating lease agreements for all types of commercial developments, and the creation of governance structures for resort communities.
He has participated in the drafting a number of laws and regulations providing incentives for the tourism and film industries in Puerto Rico, including the Puerto Rico Tourism Development Act of 2010.
Lawyer Rankings
Puerto Rico > Real estate, hospitality and leisure
(Leading individuals)The powerhouse real estate department at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, leveraging the experience of its team to assist developers, domestic and multinational financial institutions such as Citibank, and corporates across such sectors as tourism, hospitality, energy and manufacturing with day-to-day matters and in high-value transactions. The team is headed by chairman Jorge Ruiz-Montilla, who brings strength to planning and structuring resort communities and timeshares, and hotel and condominium projects, and vice-chair and resort development expert Patricia George‐Iguina, who is the managing director of McV Consulting, an affiliate of the firm engaged in real estate and hospitality advisory services. Other key figures include Harry Cook, who advises on the structuring of real estate joint ventures, the planning of timeshares and lot development programmes, and Salvador Casellas and Jorge Rexach, both specialists in structured financing. Counsel Nathalia Rivera-Smith joined in August 2022 from the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3).
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- Real estate, hospitality and leisure Puerto Rico
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