Banking & Financial Services Regulation
Banking & Financial Services Regulation

From the very beginning, Ferraiuoli has been a leading advisor on issues relating to corporate governance and fiduciary duties. This practice group advises management, boards of directors, individual directors and investors on matters involving corporate governance, fiduciary duties and disclosure requirements.

We counsel companies on issues that affect their ongoing and long-term business operations and profitability. Our clients benefit from the vast experience and knowledge of our labor, litigation and employee benefit practices.

Members of this team are among the most highly respected lawyers in their field and have lectured and published articles on corporate governance topics.

We Handle

  • Board composition
  • Crisis management
  • Ownership and control issues
  • Corporate transactional fairness issues
  • Violation of fiduciary duties
  • Strategic transactions, restructurings and recapitalizations
  • Executive compensation and employee incentive programs
  • Indemnification and directors’ and officers’ insurance
  • Amendments and restatements of organizational agreements

Publications

  • The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Governance, Puerto Rico Chapter, 2014 and 2015 editions, published by London-based Global Legal Group.
  • The Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties in Puerto Rico, 2014/15 edition, published by Practical Law/Thomson Reuters.

Notable Cases & Transactions

$700 Million renewable energy investment

Handled the first and single Puerto Rico resource recovery project for the development, design, financing, construction and operation of a 2,100 ton/day, 80MW renewable energy power plant using processed refuse[…]
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$14 Million credit agreement

Acted as counsel to bank in the closing of a $14 million credit agreement for the financing of seven solar photovoltaic energy projects involving the P.R. Aqueduct and Sewer Authority,[…]
World Class Public Private Partnership Transaction

World class public private partnership transaction

In a groundbreaking transaction and first-ever in Puerto Rico, Ferraiuoli acted as local counsel to the entities listed below in a world-class P3 transaction involving Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín[…]
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC)

Acted as local counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the 2010 consolidation of three failed Puerto Rico banks, including the drafting of the perfection of a security interest[…]