Corporate, commercial and banking

DLA Piper Puerto Rico

Client Satisfaction

The team at DLA Piper Puerto Rico coordinates with its US offices to advise national and multinational corporates and financial institutions (including UBS and Citibank), involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With an active client roster spanning the energy, infrastructure, financial services, government and tech sectors, the firm’s full offering covers such matters as M&A, debt financing, bank licensing and regulatory matters, project finance, public-private partnerships, and corporate and securities law transactions, in addition to private placements, fund formation, administrative law, spin-offs, and corporate reorganisations. The team is led by Puerto Rico managing partner Nikos Buxeda, who, in addition to international transactions, assists with the organisation of local mutual funds, private equity funds and distribution agreements. Other key figures include banking regulatory specialist José Sosa-Lloréns, deputy managing partner Miriam Figueroa, who brings strength to infrastructure and public law matters, and associate Adriana Pérez-Rentas.

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Testimonials

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'Everything related to the stock market, banking and financial matters, as well as corporate issues, is handled impeccably by José Sosa-Llorens.'
'The team stand out for their knowledge, connections, mastery of the topic, and confidence and assertiveness in their strategies, approaches and actions.'
'DLA's commerical and corporate team work very closely with each other and the client to accomplish the legal matter at hand. They have a strong bench of attorneys of various levels of seniority. They are responsive and practical in their advice.'
'Miriam Figaroa is a superstar. She works incredibly hard and is thorough, thoughtful and creative in her advice. We're incredibly fortunate to have her on our team.'
'Nikos Buxeda has a broad range of legal knowledge and expertise, and provides practical problem-solving for us.'

Key clients

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority
Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority
FV Bank International
Crestline Direct Finance
FirstBank Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Banking Association
RioBlanco Capital
Stonecrest Investment Management
LUMA Energy
Biomass Green Fuels
UBS
Nagnoi
Citibank

Work highlights

Advised Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) on the procurement process and negotiation of contracts with major US suppliers of automatised water meters and remote reading systems as part of PRASA’s plan to improve revenues and reduce technical losses.
Advised Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority on the federal tax-exempt obligations in order to issue 4% low income tax credits.
Represented several funds managed by Crestline Direct Finance, through a special purpose vehicle, on the acquisition of 100% of the membership interests of the holding company of the B-Billboard Media group.