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Significant Transactions

Year
Client Project Amount Role

2007

Westernbank Puerto Rico

Construction Loan to Cabo del Sol, Inc. for housing development

$13,790,500

Lender’s Counsel

2007

Westernbank Puerto Rico

Construction Loan to Lofts at Ponce de León, Inc. for condominium

$77,500,000

Lender’s Counsel

2007

UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico

Organization of U.S. Large Cap ETF Portfolio I of the Multi-Select Securities Puerto Rico Fund

N/A

Fund Counsel

2007

Intermedia Capital Partners

VII Sale of S&E Networks to Caribevision

$32,000,000

Seller's Counsel

2007

Skanska

Construction of Gas Pipeline

$60,000,000

Bidder's Counsel

2007

Thor Properties LLC

Defeasance of Senior Credit Facilities

$54,283,583

Borrower’s Counsel

2007

Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and ASSMCA

Refinancing of Credit Facilities by means of Bond Issue

$39,800,000

Lender’s and Issuer’s Counsel

2007

Pontificia Universidad Católica Autónoma de Chile

Organization of financing vehicle for filming of soap opera in Puerto Rico

N/A

Company counsel

2007

Westernbank Puerto Rico

Construction Loan to Bairoa Development Corp for Rio Cañas Industrial Park

$16,075,000

Lender's Counsel

2007

AFS Puerto Rico, L.L.C.

Acqusition of Site for the Development of a Shopping Center

$11,500,000

Purchaser's Counsel

2007

Westernbank Puerto Rico

Construction Loan for the Construction of the Quantum Condominium

$101,200,000

Lender's Counsel

2007

Posadas de San Juan Associates, El Conquistador Partnership L.P., S.E., and Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates L.L.C.

Senior Mortgage Loan

$1,300,000,000

Puerto Rico Counsel on Real Estate Matters

2007

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Issuance of Municipal Securities by Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

$1,943,565,000

Underwriter's Counsel

2007

Intermedia Capital Partners VII

Acquisition of Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC (Channel 4)

$130,000,000

Purchaser's Counsel

 

       
Year
Client Project Amount Role

2006

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Organization of Short-Term Investment Fund

$300,000,000

Fund's Counsel

2006

Alonso & Carus Iron Works, Inc.

Sale of all issued and outstanding stock

$12,000,000

Seller's Counsel

2006

Storage Partners #1, S.E.

Sale of self-storage business (AAA Mini Almacenes Públicos)

$64,000,000

Seller's Counsel

2006

Abbott Laboratories

Acquisition of vascular business of Guidant (Puerto Rico aspects)

$4,100,000,000

Purchaser's Counsel

2006

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Issuance of Notes by Triple-S Management Corporation

$95,000,000

Placement Agent's Counsel

2006

Lamar Media Corp.

Acquisition of QMC Media, Inc.
(d/b/a Viu Media)

$42,000,000

Purchaser's Counsel

2006

Government Development Bank
for Puerto Rico and ASSMCA

Acquisition of Mepsi Facilities by ASSMCA and related financing

$34,250,000

Lender's and Purchaser's Counsel

       
Year
Client Project Amount Role

2005

Bank of America

Credit Facility Barceloneta Outlets

$34,000,000

Lender's Counsel

2005

CCMG Holdings, Inc.
(Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity; Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; The Carlyle Group)

Acquisition of The Hertz Corporation and related financing (Puerto Rico aspects)

$15,000,000,000

Purchaser’s Counsel

2005

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc.

Acquisition of Embassy Suites Hotel & Casino

$57,000,000

Purchaser’s Counsel

2005

Blackstone Group

Loan from Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

$2,750,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

2005

Wyndham International, Inc.

Loan from JP Morgan/Chase

$475,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

2005

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Organization of Puerto Rico AAA Portfolio Bond Fund II, Inc.

$300,000,000 to $500,000,000

Underwriter’s Counsel

 

 

 

 

Year
Client Project Amount Role

2004

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Preferred Stock of W Holding Company, Inc.

$153,840,000

Underwriter’s Counsel

2004

Cantera Carmelo, Inc.

Acquisition of Terrassa Aggregates, Inc.

$31,000,000

Purchaser’s Counsel

2004

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Organization of Multi-Select Securities Puerto Rico Fund, an open-end investment company

$70,000,000 (initially)

Fund Counsel

2004

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Senior Debt Program of FirstBank Puerto Rico

up to $500,000,000

Underwriter’s Counsel

2004

Thor Properties, LLC

Acquisition of Centro Gran Caribe

$61,500,000

Purchaser's Counsel

2004

Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates, Inc.

Debt Restructuring with Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

$65,000,000

Debtor's Counsel

2004

Wyndham International and Affiliates

Credit facility extended to Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates, Incorporated d/b/a Wyndham Condado Plaza Hotel & Casino, an affiliate of Wyndham International

$120,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

 

 

 

 

Year
Client Project Amount Role

2003

Ramallo Bros. Printing, Inc.
and Affiliates

Negotiation and Closing of a Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, securing the issuance by the Ramallo group of AFICA Bonds in the same amount

$51,000,000

Borrower's Counsel

2003

UBS Financial Services Incorporated
of Puerto Rico

Issuance of Series E Preferred Stock of First BanCorp

$189,600,000

Underwriter's Counsel

2003

Las Casitas Development II, S.E.

Negotiation and Closing of Project Finance Facility Extended by R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico for the Development of the Second Phase of the Las Casitas Village Condohotel Project, adjacent to the Wyndham El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa® in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

$37,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

 

 

 

 

Year
Client Project Amount Role

2002

The Equitable Life Insurance Company

Disposition of Industrial Real Estate Assets

$18,000,000

Seller’s Counsel

2002

Dean Foods Company

Sale of Suiza Dairy Corporation, Suiza Fruit Corporation, Neva Plastics Manufacturing Corp. and Garrido & Compañía, LLC

$122,000,000

Seller’s Counsel

2002

R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rio

Financing of Aquarius Vacation Club at Embassy Suites Hotel

$16,000,000

Lender's Counsel

2002

R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico

Acquisition of Small Business Loan Portfolio and Associated Deposits

$41,000,000

Purchaser's Counsel

 

 

 

 

Year
Client Project Amount Role

2001

TJAC, Inc.

Debt Refinancing Secured by Shopping Centers

$130,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

2001

American International Group
and Fremont Partners

Acquisition of Limited Partnership Interests in the Holding Company of Shopping Centers

$150,000,000

Purchaser's Counsel

2001

NewComm Wireless Services, Inc.

Bridge Loan Facility

$60,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

2001

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

AFICA Bonds of El Nuevo Día Newspaper Secured by Letter of Credit

$130,000,000

Counsel to Letter of Credit Bank

2001

The Protane Corporation,
an Enron Subsidiary

Sale of Progasco to Tropigas de Puerto Rico, Inc.

$12,000,000

Seller’s Counsel

 

 

 

 

Year
Client Project Amount Role

2000

NewComm Wireless Services, Inc.

Syndicated Communications Venture Partners IV L.P.; Equity Investment in NewComm Wireless Services, Inc.

$25,000,000

Issuer's Counsel

2000

El Conquistador Partnership L.P., SE; Bears, Stearns Financing, Inc.

Debt Refinancing

$120,000,000

Borrower’s Counsel

2000

Scotiabank de Puerto Rico;
Mont Blanc, S.E.

Project Finance

$17,128,000

Lender's Counsel



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