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BIOGRAPHIES
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Practice Areas
Corporate, Insurance, International Corporate
Disaster Preparedness & Recovery, Distressed Property
Additional Practice Areas
Cuban Embargo Regulation, Export controls, Money laundering regulations, Inbound foreign investment in the U.S., Outbound U.S. investment in Latin America
Industry Experience
Insurance
Chemistry and Materials Science
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| Awards & Recognition | Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, "Liberty and Justice for All" Award, February, 2001 |
| Morehouse College, "Ghandi, King, Ikeda" Community Award, January, 2003 |
Notable Client Work | Mapfre Insurance Group - Lead Counsel in the U.S. for Spain's largest insurance group. Work includes Mergers and Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Regulatory audits and dispute resolution, corporate financing, lobbying, management of major class action litigation, employee relation issues, purchase and sale of commercial property, investment regulation and corporate structuring and reengineering and state regulation. |
| HBA Insurance Group - One of the largest closely held independent insurance agencies in South Florida. Work includes; mergers and acquisitions, errors and omissions management, debt structuring, Shareholders Agreements, negotiation of commercial leases, employment agreements, agent contracts. |
| Cuba Issues - Representation of individuals and corporations before the Office of Foreign Assets Control, negotiations on proposed fines, requests for licenses and research and drafting of Opinion Letters for foreign entities on permitted activities in relation to Cuba.
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| Dow Chemical - General Counsel for Latin American Division. Work includes acquisitions and dispositions, environmental regulation, licensing of intellectual property, formation of complex joint venture agreements with governmental and private entities in Latin America, crisis management.
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| Negotiated the acquisition of a major aquaculture business in Latin America involving three jurisdictions. |
| Coordinated the submission and presentation of a major public bid in Latin American for a publicly traded U.S. company. |
Published Work and Lectures | University of Iowa College of Law, Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, "Cuban National Reconciliation: A Model for Healing the Cuban Nation," Vol 14, Number 2, Fall 2004 |
| University of Iowa College of Law, Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, "Helms-Burton: The Dilemma of Hard Wiring Policy," Vol. 14, Number 1, Spring 2004 |
| Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, "The Trade Impact of Free Cuba," 1994, 2004 |
| Florida Journal of International Law, "Environmental Law-Mexico and Beyond," Spring 1992, Volume VII, Number 1, CLE Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Latin America |
| Environmental Regulation in Mexico, 1992, CLE |
| The Florida Bar, "U.S. Export Controls International Legal Manual," 1988 |
| Cuban-American Bar, "Export Controls in the U.S. Latin American Lawyer's Conference," 1984 |
Bar Admissions
Florida
Michigan
Professional Experience | Mapfre Insurance Group, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Florida |
| Dow Chemical Latin America, General Counsel & Director of Government and Public Relations |
Community Involvement | The Florida Bar, Member |
| The State Bar of Michigan, Past Member |
| Cuban-American Bar Association, Member |
| Florida Insurance Council, Member |
| Florida International University, Center for Transnational Studies, Latin America & Caribbean Center, Board Member |
| Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Cuba Committee, Vice-Chairman |
| FACE-Facts About Cuban Exiles, Past Chairman |
| Cuban Judicial Forum, Chair |
| Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Cuba Committee, Chair
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| CABA on Cuba Committee |
| Community Relations Board of Miami-Dade County, Immediate Past Chairman
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| Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Past Board Member and Treasurer |
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Education
1974: J.D., University of Miami School of Law
1971: B.A., University of Miami, magna cum laude
| Other Languages
Portuguese
Spanish
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