Henry Freese > 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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Henry Freese
Work Department
Litigation Practice Group
Position
Capital Member and and Vice-Chair, Litigation Practice Group and Leader, Maritime Practice Team
Career
His practice focuses on maritime and admiralty law matters, high profile commercial construction disputes, distribution/franchise disputes, insurance litigation, and lender liability cases. His other practice areas include the defense of personal injury and wrongful death claims, and handling termination or non-renewal disputes under The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.
He provides correspondent services to some of the most important protection and indemnity clubs in the maritime field and has successfully defended them from complex personal injury complaints and cargo claims.
Mr. Freese, who has significant bench and jury trial experience, successfully defended a multinational publicly-traded company from one of the first “whistle blower” claims brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act filed in Puerto Rico.
Lawyer Rankings
Puerto Rico > Dispute resolution and bankruptcy
The powerhouse team McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader in litigation, employing the experience of its team in complex, high-value class action law suits. With specialised offerings in such areas as bankruptcy and tax, the group advises a client roster of major insurers, financial institutions and multinationals, including household names Johnson & Johnson, Best Buy, Merrill Lynch and AIG, across sectors ranging from real estate, retail, financial services and medical devices to healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Litigation practice chair Juan Marqués-Díaz has over 25 years of experience and specialises in tax disputes, administrative and constitutional law, and arbitration, and vice-chair Henry Freese is an expert in maritime and admiralty law. Other key figures include Arturo García-Solá, who handles franchise and distribution law matters and contractual disputes, and Isabel Torres‐Sastre, who handles securities and IP matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate, commercial and banking
- Dispute resolution and bankruptcy
- Energy, natural resources and environment
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Real estate, hospitality and leisure
- Tax