Financial Services/International Banking

• Represented Banco de Credito e Inversiones (BCI), the third largest bank in Chile, in the purchase of City National Bank of Florida from Bankia, S.A., for a purchase price of U.S. $946,900,000, including due diligence, negotiation of the purchase agreement, U.S. regulatory filings and all other transactional matters.
• Represented group of foreign investors in the acquisition of Espirito Santo Bank from the Portuguese bank, Banco Espirito Santo.  Handled all matters related to the acquisition, including due diligence, negotiation of the purchase agreement, U.S. regulatory filings and all other transactional matters.
• Represented foreign buyer with the proposed purchase of a majority control of the $5,000,000 Anchor Commercial Bank, a Juno Beach-based community bank.  Handled every legal aspect of the acquisition for the client, including due diligence, negotiation of the relevant purchase documents, and the filing of all regulatory applications.
• Represented Caja Madrid, one of the largest financial institutions in Spain, in the purchase of 83% of the stock of the parent company of City National Bank of Florida, the second oldest bank in Miami, for a purchase price of U.S. $927,000,000. The deal valued City National Bank of Florida at U.S. $1.1 billion.
• Acted as U.S. regulatory counsel to several Spanish banks in respect of the significant restructuring and mergers occurring in the Spanish caja banking system during 2010-2012. In connection therewith, filed various regulatory applications and notices for the related bank holding companies and the establishment and closing of local offices.
• Represented domestic financial services company in connection with buyout of existing shareholders and establishment of a $6,500,000 working capital facility provided by U.S financial institution.
• Represented domestic financial institution in connection with the establishment of a $15,000,000 bill of exchange purchase facility in favor of a European commodities exporter.

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions/International and Cross-Border

• Represented foreign investment fund in connection with its U.S. $175,000,000 equity and debt investment in a U.S.-based hospitality group owning multiple high-end resort and condominium projects throughout the United States and the Caribbean.
• Represented local food industry distributor in connection with the sale of family business to a large domestic food industry distributor.
• Represents large international technology group with all corporate and transaction matters in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Represented large multi-national corporation with negotiation of a capital raise from a domestic private equity firm.
• Represented large international logistics group in connection with a restructure of the group’s structure, including the restructuring of subsidiaries throughout Latin American and the Caribbean.

Commercial Financing Transactions/Lending

• Represented domestic subsidiary of multinational equipment sales and rental company in the acquisition of local Florida equipment sales and rental company.
• Served as Florida counsel to national technology company with respect to $14,000,000 purchase of Florida technology company via reverse merger of subsidiary company.
• Represented lender with a $111,000,000 gap financing transaction involving the assignment of certain rights under a construction contract with the Florida Department of Transportation. The project was the first of its type in Florida.
• Represented lender with respect to a $70,000,000 gap financing transaction involving the assignment of Florida Department of Transportation construction contract rights.
• Represented a large Latin American financial institution in connection with their borrowing of a $325,000,000 syndicated interbank credit facility from a European syndicate.
• Represented a large Latin American financial institution in connection with their borrowing of a $40,000,000 interbank credit facility from a European syndicate.
• Served as special US counsel to the local office of a large Latin American financial institution in connection with their extension of an $80,000,000 credit facility to a foreign borrower.
• Represented domestic borrower and its foreign affiliates in connection with three separate asset-based facilities totaling approximately $30,000,000.
• Represented local office of a large Latin American financial institution in connection with the establishment of a cross-border receivables factoring program.
• Represented financial institutions in the sale and acquisition of several multi-million dollar participations in loan facilities on the secondary market.
• Represented domestic financial services company and certain of its subsidiaries in a $30,000,000 working capital facility provided by U.S. financial institution.
• Serve as counsel for domestic financial institution with respect to multiple trade finance, factoring and bill of exchange purchase transactions throughout Latin America.
• Represented domestic manufacturing company with respect to its $10,000,000 working capital and equipment finance facilities with U.S. financial institution.
• Represented multinational equipment sales and rental company with its $90,000,000 working capital facility from U.S. financial institution.
• Represent multiple financial institutions and non-bank lenders in respect to floorplanning and automobile finance programs and facilities.

Money Services Businesses

• Represented established domestic stored value card issuer in connection with a fifty-state survey of the money services business registration and licensing laws applicable to stored value cards.
• Represented foreign money transmitters and stored value card issuers with registration and licensure in various U.S. states.
• Represented foreign broker-dealer with respect to assets frozen in connection with a claim by Federal prosecutors that foreign broker-dealer was engaging as an unlicensed money transmitter in the United States.