Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLC was founded in 1992 to render top quality, timely, cost-effective, and personalized legal services. The Firm has a broad and diversified real estate, banking, corporate and commercial, litigation and tax law practice. Our attorneys regularly advise clients on real estate, banking, corporate and commercial transactions, including the organization and licensing of regulated businesses, in the context of Puerto Rico's unique legal environment and obtaining tax exemption grants for hospitality and industrial development projects. These transactions include real estate acquisitions, capital offerings, structured financings, business start-ups, and related transactions and compliance matters. Our attorneys have extensive experience in preparing legal documentation for complex commercial transactions that comply with the requirements of applicable Puerto Rico and United States laws and regulations.
In particular, the Firm has an extensive practice in representing local and foreign clients in connection with the organization, acquisition and disposition of businesses in Puerto Rico and, in some cases, in the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as in structuring joint ventures. The Firm's clients in the corporate area come from a wide array of economic sectors, including the financial, real estate development, tourism, manufacturing, distribution, retail, transportation, and governmental sectors. The Firm's corporate practice group utilizes the full resources of the Firm as required for any given engagement or transaction, drawing attorneys from our tax, environmental, litigation, labor, and employment practice groups. The Firm has participated in many of the largest and most complicated commercial transactions in Puerto Rico.
The Firm also has an extensive practice representing clients in the development and acquisition of renewable energy facilities. The Firm has assisted clients in the development of both solar and wind farms and the acquisition of various solar farms. The Firm is also currently representing various clients in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's second procurement phase for renewable power generation facilities pursuant to its Integrated Resource Plan.