Rubén Méndez-Benabe > 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 Chairman, Corporate Practice Group

Career

His main areas of practice include corporate, financial institutions regulation, securities, public finance, and commercial real estate.

He advises banks, broker-dealers, mortgage institutions, loan companies and other financial institutions on a wide range of transactions and regulatory matters. He also provides guidance to clients on government affairs matters, including public-private partnerships and all issues relating to municipal financing (general obligation, appropriation debt and revenue bond financing), such as deal structures related to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its public corporations and instrumentalities.

Lawyer Rankings

Puerto Rico > Corporate, commercial and banking

(Leading individuals)

Rubén Méndez‐BenabeMcConnell Valdés LLC

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.