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Puerto Rico 2023

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Yarot T. LaFontaine

General counsel | Mercantile Global Holdings & Mercantile Bank International

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Yarot T. LaFontaine

General counsel | Mercantile Global Holdings & Mercantile Bank International

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Mr. Lafontaine is an experienced corporate, regulatory, and transactional attorney. Prior to joining Mercantile Global Holdings /Mercantile Bank International , Mr. Lafontaine was an associate general counsel at Noble Bank International, where he provided counsel to the executive team on banking and financial institution regulation, regulatory affairs, compliance, corporate governance, and transactional matters.

Mr. Lafontaine started his legal career in the corporate department of one of the foremost law firms in Puerto Rico, Ferraiuoli, where he advised private investment funds, investment advisers, and financial institutions on federal and local financial regulatory matters. In addition, he counseled start-ups and mature companies in private capital raising efforts, M&A transactions with a particular focus on due diligence efforts, entity structuring and corporate governance.

Mr. Lafontaine received his Juris Doctor and his BBA (Finance), both Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Puerto Rico. Mr. Lafontaine served as Editor-in-Chief of the UPR Business Law Journal (Volume III). In addition, Mr. Lafontaine is an alumni of the Aspen Music Festival & School (ESARI Program) for classical music recording.

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