USA – FLORIDA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Diego R. Figueroa Rodríguez and Maria Ojeda DLA Piper
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forward-looking legal solutions that help the firm’s cli - ents. DLA Piper represents many of the world’s lead - ing companies across industries, as well as emerg - ing businesses, financial institutions and professional firms. The firm’s work encompasses the country’s major business, financial and technology centres.
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Diego R. Figueroa Rodríguez is the co-lead of the art law team at DLA Piper. His principal practice focuses on public finance and he has acted as counsel in more than 50 financing transactions involving the issuance of bonds totalling more than USD21 billion. An avid art collector and philanthropist, he advises artists, collectors, galleries and cultural institutions on commercial, finance, intellectual property, litigation, corporate, trusts and estates, tax and real estate matters. Diego serves on the governing boards of various art institutions, including the Museo de Arte Puerto Rico, the Center for Art Law, Ten North Arts Foundation, Coloring The World Foundation and Oolite Arts. He is admitted to practice in Florida and New York.
Maria Ojeda is a real estate associate in DLA Piper’s Miami office and a key member of the firm’s national and local client teams. Born in Colombia, Maria brings strong language and cultural fluency to transactions,
assisting clients from Latin America and Spain investing in Florida and across the US. She is currently working on a series of acquisitions, financings and development projects for several Spain-based family offices with offices in Miami and leads the real estate team on corporate acquisition transactions involving healthcare, dental and aviation real estate assets. Maria also supports the firm’s financing teams, providing Florida-specific guidance and serving as a transfer tax specialist within the real estate group.
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