Edgardo A. Vega-López

Her main areas of practice are corporate and individual income taxes. Prior to joining McConnell Valdés, she was a Tax Counsel with the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, where she reviewed private letter rulings concerning a broad range of issues including corporate and flow-through entities taxation, tax reorganizations, sales and use tax and other tax matters.

He focuses his practice on the qualification and administration of Puerto Rico dual qualified retirement plans and counsels management in a variety of employee benefit related matters. He represents clients before the U. S. Department of Labor, the IRS and the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury. With over 20 years of experience, he has significant experience and expertise in structuring and implementing employee benefit programs, advising on a variety of Puerto Rico and federal tax issues...

Mr. Méndez-Benabe chairs McConnell Valdés' Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on corporate and financing transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial financing and public finance. He also has extensive experience with public private partnerships and financial institutions regulations. Over the years, he has advised banks, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions on corporate (including mergers & acquisitions) matters, the structuring and n...

Mrs. Cartagena maintains a broad litigation and counseling practice representing corporate entities in a wide variety of business disputes. She has significant experience in complex litigation, including consumers’ class actions, insurance litigation, contractual disputes, tax deficiency proceedings and general tort litigation in both state and federal courts. She also has significant experience in administrative forums before multiple agencies and on bids and procurement consulting and...

María Elena González-Calderón is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and M&A Law. María Elena, who practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which María Elena is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Enrique Enríquez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Enrique, who practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Enrique is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Eric Pérez Ochoa is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Eric, who practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eric is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Rosa M. González-Lugo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and M&A Law, Employee Benefits Law and Tax Law. Rosa M., who practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rosa M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

José Antonio Fernández Jaquete is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. José Antonio, who practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which José Antonio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Muñiz represents clients in all phases of tax controversy and litigation matters, from tax audits and examinations through administrative appeals and court proceedings. He actively participates in multiple tax litigations representing clients on wide arrays of tax challenges, including: municipal license tax, income tax, personal property tax and construction excise tax deficiency procedures. He also has extensive experience representing taxpayers during the real property tax asses...