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 |
|
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
|
|
Purchaser's
Counsel |
| 2004 |
Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates, Inc.
|
Debt
Restructuring with Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
Borrower’s
Counsel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
Client |
Project |
Amount |
Role |
| 2002 |
The
Equitable Life Insurance Company
|
Disposition
of Industrial Real Estate Assets
|
|
Seller’s
Counsel
|
| 2002 |
Dean
Foods Company |
Sale
of Suiza Dairy Corporation, Suiza Fruit Corporation, Neva Plastics
Manufacturing Corp. and Garrido & Compañía, LLC
|
|
Seller’s
Counsel
|
| 2002 |
R-G
Premier Bank of Puerto Rio
|
Financing
of Aquarius Vacation Club at Embassy Suites Hotel
|
|
Lender's
Counsel |
| 2002 |
R-G
Premier Bank of Puerto Rico
|
Acquisition
of Small Business Loan Portfolio and Associated Deposits
|
|
Purchaser's
Counsel |
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
Client |
Project |
Amount |
Role |
| 2001 |
TJAC,
Inc. |
Debt
Refinancing Secured by Shopping Centers |
|
Borrower’s
Counsel
|
| 2001 |
American
International Group
and Fremont Partners
|
Acquisition
of Limited Partnership Interests in the Holding Company of Shopping Centers |
|
Purchaser's
Counsel |
| 2001 |
NewComm
Wireless Services, Inc.
|
Bridge
Loan Facility |
|
Borrower’s
Counsel
|
| 2001 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
|
AFICA
Bonds of El Nuevo Día Newspaper Secured by Letter of Credit
|
|
Counsel
to Letter of Credit Bank
|
| 2001 |
The
Protane Corporation,
an Enron Subsidiary
|
Sale of Progasco to Tropigas de Puerto Rico, Inc.
|
|
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.
|
|
Issuer's
Counsel |
| 2000 |
El
Conquistador Partnership L.P., SE; Bears, Stearns Financing, Inc.
|
Debt
Refinancing |
|
Borrower’s
Counsel
|
| 2000 |
Scotiabank de Puerto Rico;
Mont Blanc, S.E.
|
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