PO Box 71449, San Juan, P.R. 00936-8549
Suite 227, MCS Plaza, 255 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Hato Rey, P.R. 00917

Tel. 787.756.9640 | Fax: 787.294.0028 | 787.756.9641

E-Mail: cmtplaw@cmtplaw.com

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As we start our second decade of existence, Coto Malley & Tamargo, LLP (“CMT”) continues to experience a steady growth and diversity due to its accessibility and agility in responding to clients’ requests in a results oriented fashion.

 

CMT is currently composed of eleven attorneys, specifically four partners, an of-counsel, seven associates, and two special counsels, with two paralegals and a staff of approximately 25 persons.

 

The firm was formed in January 1999, when the partners, Ramón Coto-Ojeda, Jeff Malley and Eduardo Tamargo, separated from the local corporate firm of McConnell Valdés, Puerto Rico´s largest law firm, after over fifteen years in that practice.  As can be discerned from our individual and firm profiles and from our representative client list, CMT’s practice is essentially the same as the one that the partners had at McConnell.

 

However, the firm’s focus in the representation of corporate clients differs substantially from the past, granting clients a streamlined staffing of cases and matters, directly through one of the five experienced partners, rather than through tiers of associates or junior partners.  In addition, all the attorneys strive on accessibility and agility in responding to clients’ requests in a results oriented fashion. The firm seeks to address issues rapidly yet maintaining control of legal expenses for our clients and attempts to make their client’s issues and concerns their own.

 

CMT is engaged in the following practice areas: general civil, commercial, tax and environmental litigation, petroleum marketing practices, warranty and products liability, food liability, construction, bids and government procurement, corporate, real estate, commercial banking, trusts and estates, bankruptcy and workouts, collections and foreclosures, antitrust and trade regulation, alternative dispute resolution, trademarks and copyrights, distribution and franchising, labor and employment law, and Cuba matters.

 

One focus of the firm’s practice is distribution and franchising law and, in particular, Act 75 and Act 21 consultation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. 

 

CMT also handles product liability and warranty cases and matters for several clients in the automotive, computer systems and food processing industries and appear regularly before the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DACO,” for its English acronym) on these and other enforcement proceedings related to the petroleum, computer, food and automotive industries. The firm is also local counsel for the Grocery Manufactures Association.

 

We believe that the firm’s alternative dispute resolution experience - both as mediators and arbitrators- is key to any process of ascertaining early on the least cost vs. best case outcomes of claims and disputes. We also provide our service full labor and employment law services through experienced labor special counsel.

 

The firm also handles securities industry customer claims against the firm’s securities firms’ clients, including arbitrations and mediations, over allegations of churning, lack of supervision, compliance, unauthorized trading, and selling away cases, before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms.

 

The Corporate Department of the firm, headed by Eduardo Tamargo, is regularly involved in real estate work, including negotiations of shopping center leases and other projects, and commercial loan and corporate transactions, for several clients in the telecommunications, construction, and banking industries. We also helped TeleCorp Communications, Inc. (n/k/a “AT&T Wireless”) launch its wireless network, and appear before the Junta Reglamentadora de Telecommunications on numerous matters and proceedings.

 

We also handle our corporate clients’ consumer affairs issues, claims and regulatory affairs involving such varied areas as labeling, deceptive advertisements, unfair trade practices, advertisements, contests, and promotions all of which fall under the DACO umbrella.   

 

We also have substantial experience in the petroleum marketing industry having represented Shell, ESSO and Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (“Gulf”); overall the partners have a combined 75 years of experience in all facets of the industry.

 

The firm has worked with several corporate clients´ Caribbean, Central and South America (the “Region”) initiatives in developing and overseeing specific projects. For example, we serve as coordinating-supervising counsel for Discover Financial Services for many marketing initiatives in Puerto Rico and the Region and have done litigation coordination in the Region for them and for Dupont Pharmaceuticals.

 

We also assist several clients on their Cuba initiatives by assisting them in registering trademarks, exploring sales and trade opportunities, organizing sanctioned trips, and other related matters.

 

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