Forms and structures Puerto Rico entities under the General Corporations Act, including governance and shareholder arrangements.
Advises buyers, sellers, and investors in mergers, acquisitions, and business reorganizations.
Negotiates commercial, financing, and real estate agreements for operating businesses.
Businesses operating in Puerto Rico face a legal environment that combines the requirements of federal law with a distinct body of local commercial statutes, including the Puerto Rico General Corporations Act, Act 60-2019 (the Puerto Rico Incentives Code), and sector-specific regulatory regimes administered by agencies such as the Puerto Rico Department of State and the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF). Compliance obligations, transactional structures, and governance frameworks must account for both.
Maceira Zayas counsels clients at each stage of the business lifecycle: initial structuring decisions that affect tax treatment and regulatory exposure, commercial agreements, financing transactions, and, where applicable, exit. The firm's attorneys have served in government, the judiciary, and the private sector, and bring that perspective to how regulatory and commercial matters are evaluated across each of those institutional settings.
The firm's client base includes businesses established in Puerto Rico, U.S. mainland companies entering the Puerto Rico market, and foreign investors structuring operations under applicable federal and local requirements. Maceira Zayas (MZLS) advises all three, with offices in San Juan and Washington, D.C.
