Labor and Employment Law
Consulting on matters regarding employment issues. These include among others, hours and wages, vacation and sick leave, non-competition agreements, anti discrimination policies. Our firm is actively involved in complex litigation representing various employers in the areas of Wrongful Discharges, Civil Rights Laws, Hour and Wages Laws, Arbitration with Labor Unions before the Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, antidiscrimination laws, before the state courts, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the Anti Discrimination Unit of the Department of Labor.

Corporate and Commercial Law
This firm represents various clients across diverse industries in areas of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate tax exemptions. We also give consulting in International Banking Law. In the area of commercial litigation we have represented manufactures as well as distributors in lawsuits involving the Dealers’ Act commonly known as Law 75. In trademarks we have been engaged in litigation involving trademark issues per state and federal statutes.

Estate Law
Our Firm has been engaged in several prominent Estate cases in Puerto Rico.

Real Estate Law
The firm has been engaged in several transactions of importance representing developers and sellers of real estate, of both commercial and residential projects. We have also represented financial institutions in the closings for commercial and residential loans and have been engaged in several projects for the elderly under Section 202 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Firm has also been retained to defend high profile real estate cases involving breach of contract, tortuous interference with contract and “culpa in contrahendo” cases.

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