Francisco González-Nieto

Francisco González-Nieto is a seasoned attorney whose practice consists of representing developers and owners in all aspects of real estate development, including different types of housing projects, such as residential complexes, low-income projects, condominiums and planned residential and commercial developments.

His real estate practice also includes development of hotels, resorts, and tourism projects, hotel villas, condo-hotels and other tourist oriented horizontal property and time-share regimes.  He is also very active in transactions of low-income housing tax credits, HUD and Rural Development transactions.

Francisco represents banks and financial institutions in connection with the issuance of credit facilities and short term and long-term loans and the preparation and execution of security documents. He also represents financial institutions and borrowers engaged in residential and commercial mortgage financing and provides advice on transactions involving asset-based financing of corporate acquisitions for management buyouts and/or highly leveraged transactions, representing either financial institutions, borrowers or other parties. Francisco acted as chief legal counsel to the owners of certain office buildings in San Juan in one of the largest private refinancing of these portfolios in a transaction involving all existing commercial banks in Puerto Rico.

He has experience representing the government and private entities in issues related to air and maritime transportation, providing advice on financial, real estate and privatization matters involving transportation infrastructure assets.

Francisco has been involved in significant mergers and acquisitions in Puerto Rico, involving a wide range of businesses including hospitals, healthcare facilities and healthcare management organizations; hotels; banks and financial institutions; retail stores; dealers and distribution businesses; and real estate projects and developments, among others.

Prior to re-joining McConnell Valdés Francisco was the Founder and President of González-Nieto Law Office, P.S.C.  where he acted as counsel to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority in its efforts to privatize the parking structure at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. He also acted as counsel to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority in various real estate development matters, represented the Government of Puerto Rico in the establishment and creation of the Government Health Plan for Puerto Rico residents known as “Mi Salud” and acted as chief legal counsel to a French company in the process of developing, financing and construction of a 40 MW solar park for the production of photovoltaic energy.