Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. is a partner residing in our Coral Gables office, where he focuses his practice in the areas of corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring/restructuring, board governance, domestic and international commercial transactions, commercial and residential real estate transactions, tax and estate planning, and other general transactional services.

Prior to forming the Firm, Mr. Sanchez-Medina was a partner at the national law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, where he was a member of the Corporate Department, and was a senior associate at the national law firm of Holland & Knight.

NOTABLE CLIENT WORK

• Representation of electronics company in $32 million initial public offering
• Representation of Miami Heat in $20 million revolving line of credit
• Representation of real estate development company in $25 million profit sharing agreement with private equity fund
• Representation of client in sale of copyright and other intangible assets to Televisa for $20 million
• Representation of client in sale of copyright and other intangible assets to Televisa S.A. de C.V. for $20 million
• Representation of a real estate developer in $24 million acquisition of real estate
• Serve as outside general counsel to 8th largest equipment rental company in the United States, including the leasing of more than 70 retail branches across the United States
• Serve as outside general counsel to major South Florida real estate developer
• Representation of investor in $30 million investment in private equity fund
• Representation of client in corporate break-up of major restaurant chain

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES; HONORS & RECOGNITIONS

• Selected as Legal Elite™ by Florida Trends Magazine in 2006 – 2011

• Selected as SuperLawyer® in Law & Politics Magazine in 2007 - 2011

• AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings™, the highest rating possible indicating preeminent legal ability and professional ethics in Mr. Sanchez-Medina’s areas of practice

• Chairman, Business, Corporations and Financial Services Committee of the Business Law Section, Florida Bar

• Executive Council Member, Business Law Section of the Florida Bar

• Cuban American Bar Association, President 2009, Vice President 2007 & 2008, Board of Directors 2002-2010

• Cuban American Bar Association Foundation, Inc., President 2010

• Professionalism Committee, American Bar Association, 2010-2012

• Latin American and Caribbean Division, American Bar Association 2010-2012

• Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee 2010 – 2013, The Florida Bar

• General Counsel, South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

AWARDS

• Golden Eagle Award, Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition, Inc., 2010

• After School All Stars, Hispanic Heritage Honoree, 2009

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

EDUCATION

• L.L.M. in Taxation, New York University (1992)
• J.D., Boston College Law School (1991), with Honors
• B.B.A., University of Miami (1988), cum laude

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• Fluent in Spanish