Cancio Covas & Santiago LLP

Corporate Law, Corporate and Municipal Finance, Banking, Real Estate, Health and Administrative Law.

Junior Partner

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 23, 1983; admitted to Bar, 2009, Puerto Rico.

Ms. García-Hall joined CCS in 2010 as an associate attorney and is a member of its Corporate Department. She is a Junior Partner at the firm. Prior to joining CCS, Ms. García-Hall worked in private practice and in the Puerto Rico Sports and Recreation Department. Ms. García-Hall is primarily engaged in the areas of corporate and commercial law, corporate and municipal finance, commercial lending, mergers and acquisitions, securities, health and administrative law. As a member of CCS’ Corporate Department she counsels a wide range of private and public sector entities, including 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, in a broad range of transactions.

As part of CCS’ Public Finance practice Group Ms. García Hall has participated in the Firm’s representation as local counsel for the GDB Debt Recovery Authority in the issuance of $2.6 billion GDB Debt Recovery Authority Bonds (Taxable) and the representation of Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority in the structuring, negotiating, drafting and execution of the definitive documents in the constitution of the Trust Funds for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (collectively, the “SRFs”). The establishment of the Trust Funds permitted the Government of Puerto Rico to recover about $195 million in federal funding that had been frozen at the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico.

She assists clients in diverse transactions, including the issuance of public and private debt and other securities. She has participated in numerous mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset purchase transactions, as well as secured corporate and commercial financings, debt restructurings and workouts. She also provides general corporate counseling and assists clients in a variety of general corporate matters, including the organization of corporations, limited liability companies, negotiation of commercial contracts, and corporate governance, among others.

Spanish and English

Puerto Rico Bar Association

American Bar Association

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (B.A., Social Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, 2006)

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2009).