Cancio Covas & Santiago LLP

Corporate Finance, Real Estate, Banking Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Administrative Law, Securities, and Banking.

Propietary Partner

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 3, 1968; admitted to Bar 1995, Puerto Rico. Mr. Santiago is one of CCS’ founding members, and a member of its Corporate Department. He is primarily engaged in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, secured corporate and commercial finance transactions, debt restructuring and workouts, and general corporate counseling. His finance practice involves the representation of borrowers, financial institutions, and private lenders in a wide range of financing transactions, including acquisition, asset based and real estate financings, restructurings, workouts, and purchases and sales of distressed credits. Mr. Santiago is also experienced in general corporate matters, including the organization of corporations, limited liability companies, and joint ventures, negotiation of commercial contracts, and corporate governance. He has also participated in transactions for the issuance of public and private debt and other securities, and represented both issuers and investors in venture capital formation transactions. Prior to the firm’s founding, he was an associate and later a partner in a large corporate law firm in San Juan.

Spanish and English

Puerto Rico Bar Association

American Bar Association

University of Puerto Rico School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 1994

Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, BS Finance, 1990