Harry Cook > 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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Harry Cook
Work Department
Real Estate, Hospitality & Finance Practice Group
Position
Capital Member, Real Estate, Hospitality & Finance Practice Group. Leader, Hospitality Industry Practice Team and President, McConnell Valdés Consulting
Career
Mr. Cook is known for his practical problem solving approach to complex real estate and financing matters. Throughout his career he has worked on a number of transactions requiring novel solutions, many of which have become industry standards.
Over the years he has been involved in all aspects of real estate including: resort development, structuring of acquisitions, the permitting process at the federal and local level, structuring real estate joint ventures, planning timeshare, condominium, single-family and lot development programs, creation of protective covenants for resort communities, financing for acquisitions and construction, including AFICA bond offerings, and preparation and negotiation of construction contracts.
He has worked on conceptualizing and drafting a number of laws and regulations dealing with incentives for the development of the Tourism industry such as the The Tourism Industry Support Act of 2016, the Puerto Rico Development Act of 1993, the Timeshare and Vacation Club Act of 1988 and the Tourism Development Act of 2010. He also had a major role on the conceptualization and drafting of the Puerto Rico Film Incentive Act.
Languages
English & Spanish
Lawyer Rankings
Puerto Rico > Real estate, hospitality and leisure
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).
Lawyer Rankings
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