Rubén Méndez

Legal Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Association

Biography

Lawyer whose main areas of practice include corporate, financial institutions regulation, securities, public finance, commercial real estate, and infrastructure.

He provides guidance to clients on government affairs matters, including public-private partnerships and all issues relating from infrastructure to municipal financing (general obligation, appropriation debt, and revenue bond financing), such as deal structures related to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its public corporations and instrumentalities.

He served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico. He also served as General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the GDB and its subsidiaries.

He has a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.