Entries by Gretchen Rodriguez

June 05, 2014

AVILA congratulates Patricia Hernandez, a partner in our Banking Practice, on being one of several women professionals featured in the article “Los Secretos De Las Mujeres Exitosas” published in the June/July 2014 issue of the magazine Negocios. We also congratulate Grisel Vega of Bci, Teresa Foxx of Barclays and Alexandra Nason of Nason Search who […]

May 29, 2014

Eric Muelle of AVILA’s Corporate and Real Estate Practices attended the 29th Annual Consumer Compliance Seminar presented by the Florida Banker’s Association in Orlando, Florida.

May 23, 2014

Manny Rodriguez, a partner in AVILA’s Corporate Practice, attended the annual conference of the Association of Trade and Forfaiting in the Americas (ATFA) held in San Francisco. ATFA promotes best practices of global trade finance in the Americas and its membership includes banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, law firms and various corporations actively involved in […]

May 22, 2014

Asnardo Garro, a Partner in AVILA’s Banking & Finance Practice, has been elected President of the South Florida Banking Institute (SFBI). Mr. Garro served on the SFBI’s Board of Directors for several years prior to his election as President, and he is the second partner at AVILA to serve as SFBI’s President. Download Press Release

April 24, 2014

AVILA congratulates Marco Ferri, a partner in our Corporate Practice, for having been ranked in Chambers Global 2014 in the category of Corporate/M&A for the Latin America-wide region.

April 17, 2014

Chambers USA 2014 recognized several of AVILA’s partners as leaders in their fields: Alcides I. Avila in the areas of Banking & Finance Regulatory, Banking & Finance Transactional and Latin American Investment; Eugenio Hernandez in the area of Immigration; Marco Ferri in the area of Latin American Investment; and Patricia Hernandez in the areas of […]

April 14, 2014

AVILA was proud to be a sponsor of the Florida Bankers Association’s 2nd Annual Women in Banking Conference in Orlando last week. Patricia Hernandez, a partner in AVILA’s Banking & Finance Practice, attended the conference.

April 08, 2014

AVILA was proud to be a sponsor of the Third Annual “CABA 5K Lawyers on the Run” event benefitting the Cuban American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Project which took place this past Saturday, April 5.

April 04, 2014

Marco Ferri, a partner in AVILA’s Corporate Practice, attended the Spring Meeting of the ABA Section of International Law in New York City. This meeting was one of the most important gatherings of international lawyers, with over 1,500 attendees from over 80 countries. Mr. Ferri’s practice focuses on cross-border transactions, including finance, M&A and corporate […]

April 01, 2014

Latin Lawyer magazine selected the $882.8 million acquisition of City National Bank of Florida by Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (Bci), represented by AVILA, as Latin Lawyer’s 2013 “Deal of the Year” for Outbound Investment. AVILA’s representation of Bci in the transaction was led by Alcides I. Avila of AVILA’s Banking and Finance Practice along […]