“Excellent strategic thinking”
– Chambers & Partners, Latin America Guide
In today’s complex and rapidly evolving business environment, the need for trusted legal advisors with deep industry knowledge and a forward-looking approach has never been greater. MPM’s Corporate Practice is designed to meet this demand by delivering sophisticated, tailored solutions across a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial legal needs. With a team of experienced attorneys and a global perspective, we help clients navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and achieve their strategic objectives. At the heart of MPM’s Corporate Practice is a commitment to understanding the unique goals and challenges of each client. Whether facilitating transformative business transactions, advising on regulatory compliance, or managing financial and operational risks, we offer actionable insights and pragmatic guidance rooted in a thorough understanding of the market and its complexities.
We serve a diverse clientele that includes multinational corporations, emerging enterprises, institutional investors, private equity funds, and governmental entities. Our collaborative approach fosters strong, long-term relationships, allowing us to align our services with the specific needs of each client. By combining technical expertise with creative problem-solving, we empower businesses to remain competitive, compliant, and resilient in an ever-changing landscape. Our practice is not just about legal expertise—it’s about partnership. We are invested in our clients’ success, offering innovative strategies and seamless execution to address their most pressing needs. Drawing on our interdisciplinary capabilities and global network, we deliver solutions that not only address immediate concerns but also position clients for sustainable growth and long-term success.
Whether navigating a significant transaction, restructuring a business, accessing new capital markets, or expanding into new territories, our team stands ready to guide clients through each step of their journey. With an emphasis on delivering value and driving results, we pride ourselves on being a trusted partner for businesses looking to achieve their full potential.
Expertise and capabilities
Overview
Our team deftly navigates clients through business cycles, bankruptcies, complex restructurings and workouts. We focus on all areas of bankruptcy, restructuring, distressed acquisitions, commercial litigation, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) and financial regulation and enforcement. Our lawyers have devised cutting-edge solutions for banks and other financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors and borrowers, indenture trustees, distressed investors, and other interested parties. We have extensive experience in handling Chapter 11 cases, pre-arranged and pre-packaged bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, refinancings, recapitalizations and asset sales. Our lawyers have particular strength in handling complex and sophisticated creditors’ rights matters for many of leading financial institutions and commercial banks in Puerto Rico. Further, we represent nontraditional banking clients, like hedge funds and private equity firms, in distressed transactions and M&A and regulators in financial enforcement actions.
Debt Finance
Our Debt Finance team combines deep legal expertise, market insight, and innovative strategies to support the complex business and regulatory needs of government entities, U.S.-based and local lenders, institutional investors, and other financial institutions. Leveraging our in-depth understanding of current market dynamics and deal structures, we add value by helping clients identify potential risks and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
Our attorneys bring extensive experience across a diverse range of financing transactions, including:
- Commercial and construction loan originations
- Government financing
- Acquisition finance
- Syndicated lending transactions
- Debt restructuring, workouts, and recapitalization
- Debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing
- Mezzanine financings
Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
Our Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures practice provides comprehensive legal guidance for clients navigating complex business combinations and strategic partnerships. We deliver a full spectrum of services, from structuring and negotiating deals to managing regulatory compliance, enabling clients to achieve their growth and operational objectives.
Our services include:
- Structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
- Due diligence, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies
- Corporate governance and regulatory compliance guidance
- Deal financing, including private equity
- Integration planning and post-transaction support
- Joint venture structuring and dispute resolution
- Antitrust and competition law considerations
By tailoring solutions to each client’s needs, we help drive successful transactions that support long-term value and strategic growth.
Private Credit
Our Private Credit practice provides strategic, legal support to private credit funds, direct lenders, and other non-bank financiers. We work closely with our clients to structure and execute innovative lending solutions that align with their investment objectives while managing risk in an evolving market landscape. With experience across a wide array of credit products, our team helps lenders confidently navigate complex transactions and protect their interests throughout the deal lifecycle.
Our Private Credit services include:
- Structuring and negotiating direct lending and asset-based loans
- Mezzanine and subordinated debt financing
- Special situations and distressed lending opportunities
- Second-lien and senior secured financing
- Loan workouts, restructurings, and recapitalizations
- Compliance, regulatory, and fund formation guidance for private debt funds
With an emphasis on market insight and tailored solutions, our Private Credit practice is dedicated to supporting lenders as they pursue strategic growth, manage portfolio risks, and optimize returns in a competitive credit environment.
Private Equity and Fund Formation
Our Private Equity and Fund Formation practice delivers comprehensive legal solutions for private equity sponsors, fund managers, and institutional investors. We support clients in the formation, structuring, and management of private equity funds and other alternative investment vehicles, providing guidance on regulatory compliance and structuring, and capital raising strategies. With an in-depth understanding of the private equity landscape, we help clients navigate complex regulatory environments and optimize fund performance.
Our Private Equity and Fund Formation services include:
- Fund structuring and formation for private equity and real estate funds
- Drafting and negotiating fund documents and partnership agreements
- Regulatory compliance, including SEC and other jurisdictional filings
- Tax-efficient structuring
- Advising on capital raising, investor relations, and subscription facilities
Our team combines legal precision with practical insight, helping clients establish robust fund structures, attract quality investors, and drive successful capital deployment. We are dedicated to supporting private equity sponsors and fund managers in achieving their long-term investment objectives.
Real Estate
Our Real Estate Legal Services practice offers comprehensive, strategic support across all stages of commercial real estate transactions. We counsel investors, lenders, developers, and other stakeholders on a full range of matters, from acquisitions and dispositions to financing, development, and leasing across diverse asset classes. With a deep understanding of market trends and regulatory landscapes, our team provides sophisticated guidance tailored to each client’s business objectives.
Our Real Estate Legal Services include:
- Structuring and negotiating acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures
- Development and construction project support
- Real estate financing, including debt and equity structuring
- Commercial leasing for landlords and tenants
- Real estate fund formation and capital raising
In periods of market uncertainty, we bring extensive experience to distressed asset workouts, restructurings, and dispute resolution, helping clients protect and enhance the value of their real estate investments. Our team is committed to understanding our clients’ unique business objectives and providing tailored, sustainable solutions that drive growth and resilience in an evolving real estate market.
Government Affairs
Our Government Affairs practice provides strategic advocacy and advisory services to help clients navigate complex regulatory and legislative landscapes. Leveraging extensive experience in public policy and regulatory compliance, our team helps clients effectively influence policy outcomes and advance their business objectives.
Our Government Affairs services include:
- Legislative and regulatory advocacy and monitoring
- Strategic government relations and public policy development
- Crisis management and issue-specific advocacy
- Political and regulatory risk analysis
- Government contract procurement and compliance
With a focus on proactive and solution-oriented representation, our Government Affairs practice works to build productive relationships with key policymakers and advance our clients’ interests in an ever-evolving political environment.
Tax Incentives
Our Tax Incentives practice offers specialized legal guidance to clients seeking to benefit from the island’s robust tax incentive programs, including Act 60-2019. We assist businesses, investors, and individuals in navigating these incentives to promote economic growth, foster innovation, and support new ventures. With a deep understanding of Puerto Rico’s tax incentive laws and the regulatory landscape, our team helps clients optimize their tax positions and achieve long-term financial advantages.
Our Tax Incentives services include:
- Assessment and eligibility determination for tax incentives
- Structuring transactions to maximize benefits under Puerto Rico’s tax incentive programs
- Applications and compliance for tax exemptions under Act 60, including export services, manufacturing, tourism, and individual investor incentives
- Guidance on employment and workforce development incentives
- Support in regulatory filings and annual reporting requirements
Our team’s expertise in Puerto Rico’s tax incentives allows us to tailor strategic solutions that align with our clients’ business objectives, positioning them to succeed in Puerto Rico’s dynamic and opportunity-rich market.
Experience
Our team has a deep bench with vast experience in different practice areas and has been at the forefront of landmark cases across varios sectors.
- Automotive Sector Financing: Acted as lead counsel in structuring and negotiating a $45 million acquisition, floor plan, and working capital loan to facilitate the purchase and subsequent operations of multiple automobile dealerships and retail outlets.
- Construction and Operations Financing: Represented FirstBank Puerto Rico as lead counsel in a $52 million financing transaction for the construction, expansion, and ongoing operations of CooperVision, a leading manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico.
- Economic Development Advocacy: Provided comprehensive legal representation to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s Investment Portfolio for Growth (IPG) Program, facilitating credit facilities for transformative commercial and industrial projects aimed at fostering economic revitalization and job creation.
- Renewable Energy Development: Served as real estate counsel in an $861.3 million financing transaction with the U.S. Department of Energy, enabling the construction of two solar photovoltaic (PV) farms integrated with battery storage systems and two standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Puerto Rico.
Notable successes:
- A local financial institution in a $45 million acquisition, floor plan, and working capital loan related to the acquisition and subsequent operation of various automobile dealers and retailers.
- A local financial institution in credit facilities in the aggregate amount of $60 million for the acquisition of a distribution business.
- FirstBank in a $52 million transaction, which has been reported in the media, to finance the construction, expansion, and continued operations of Coopervision in Puerto Rico.
- A local financial institution in a $20 million transaction to finance the operations of a real estate company, including various shopping centers around Puerto Rico.
- The Investment Portfolio for Growth Program (Department of Housing) in various credit facilities to Ponce Health Sciences University in the amount of $50 million to finance the construction, development and operation of a new dental school.
- The Investment Portfolio for Growth Program (Department of Housing) in a $15.2 million transaction to finance the construction and development of the Oasis Workforce and Training Hub in San Juan, PR (Boys & Girls Clubs of PR).
- A local financial institution in two transactions totaling over $14.7 million to provide financing to municipalities in Puerto Rico.
- A private credit fund in a participation of a $27 million loan to finance certain real estate investments.
- An energy generation and distribution company in the real estate aspects of a $861.3 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Industry Recognition
MPM’s Corporate practice is proud to be home to attorneys who have consistently been recognized for excellence by prestigious legal rankings and publications.
- Chambers and Partners: Our attorneys have been distinguished in the Corporate/Commercial category, highlighting their expertise in delivering exceptional legal counsel for complex business transactions and corporate matters.
- Best Lawyers: Members of our team have been acknowledged as leading professionals in Corporate and M&A Law, underscoring their ability to guide clients through high-stakes mergers, acquisitions, and other transformative corporate initiatives.