Sara L. Vélez-Santiago

José R. Cacho is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate and M&A Law and Debt & Equity. José R. practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico Best Lawyers has recognized José R. Cacho since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which José R. Cacho is held by other lawyers.

Her main areas of practice are tax incentives, employee benefits, corporate and individual income taxes. Prior to joining McConnell Valdés, Ms. González-Ibarría was a Legal Counsel with the Internal Revenue Area of the Puerto Rico Treasury Department. While with the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, she reviewed closing agreements and private letter rulings concerning a broad range of issues including general income taxation, withholding, corporate reorganizations and empl...

Mr. Ruiz-Montilla chairs McConnell Valdés' Real Estate, Hospitality & Finance Practice Group. His practice includes real estate, hospitality, tourism incentives, finance, corporate and mergers and acquisitions. Over the years he has been involved in many aspects of real estate, hospitality and corporate transactions, including resort and commercial developments, structuring of corporate acquisitions, planning and structuring timeshare, condo-hotel and condominium projects, negotiat...

Alba I. Joubert Pereira is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Tax Law. Alba I. practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico Best Lawyers has recognized Alba I. Joubert Pereira since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Alba I. Joubert Pereira is held by other lawyers.

Carlos J. Saavedra-Gutiérrez is of counsel in the San Juan office of Jackson Lewis, PC and has over 10 years of experience in both the private and public sector. Before the age of 35, Carlos held several senior leadership positions within the Government of Puerto Rico. From 2017 to 2019, Carlos was the youngest Puerto Rico secretary of Labor and Human Resources. As secretary, Saavedra oversaw the implementation of a private sector labor reform that amended and modernized most employmen...

He specializes in cross border transactions, government affairs, and government procurement and contracting. His corporate practice has been focused primarily on insurance and banking regulatory issues and insurance M&A transactions, involving both insurance company and insurance brokerage asset purchase and stock purchase transactions. Mr. Ramirez has also been involved in the organization and authorization of insurers, including the incorporation and organization of the first domestic l...

Eric Pérez Ochoa is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation. Eric practices law in San Juan, Puerto Rico Best Lawyers has recognized Eric Pérez Ochoa since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Eric Pérez Ochoa is held by other lawyers.

Mr. Cortés-Rexach has practiced law in Puerto Rico for over three decades, concentrating in the areas of commercial and project financing and real estate law. His involvement in Puerto Rico’s tourism industry is extensive, having participated as counsel in a significant number of the major hotel and resort developments in the island including Rio Mar and Palmas del Mar Resorts, the the San Juan Marriott Hotel and more recently, in the Distrito T-Mobile, a multi- million entertain...

Mr. García-Díaz has over 20 years of experience in the private practice, providing counseling to clients in regulatory and compliance matters related to major federal and local environmental laws, such as CERCLA (Superfund), RCRA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. He represents clients before local and federal agencies with jurisdiction over Puerto Rico environmental matters, such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Arm...

Mr. Luis F. Llach-Zúñiga, Esq . is a Capital Member at Casillas, Santiago & Torres, LLC, with more than 20 years of experience counseling and representing multinational and local companies in a broad spectrum of high-stakes employment and commercial matters. His practice spans complex commercial and employment litigation, sophisticated transactional work, and the negotiation and structuring of multi-million-dollar concession agreements, in addition to tort, personal injury, ...