Juan A. Cuyar-Cobb

Juan A. Cuyar-Cobb is a founding member of Fernández Cuyar Rovira & Plá LLC. Mr. Cuyar’s practice is concentrated in bankruptcy matters and commercial and civil litigation before the federal and local courts, at both trial and appellate levels. Mr. Cuyar has represented diverse public and private entities, including banking and other financial institutions, private funds, and commercial landlords and industrial organizations, as well as individuals, in a variety of roles, before the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and other districts, as well as the Puerto Rico courts.

Representative Experience

• U.S. investor group in its acquisition of the largest marina in the Caribbean, through a joint chapter 11 plan confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

• U.S. investor group in its acquisition of a mixed-use residential, retail, office and parking real estate project of urban revitalization in San Juan, Puerto Rico, through two simultaneous 363 transactions approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

• Court-appointed estate fiduciary in the sale of approximately 3.0 acres of land and existing building of approximately 536,000 gross square feet on 13 floors, located in Carolina, Puerto Rico, as part of reorganization of religious organization, pursuant to a chapter 11 plan confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

• Puerto Rico Treasury Department in national cases before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Delaware and the Northern District of Illinois

• Prospective purchaser in its bid for the acquisition of major magazine publisher, and telemarketing call center, in Puerto Rico, in consolidated chapter 11 cases.

Speaking Engagements/Publications

• Panelist, Bankruptcy Court Panel with bankruptcy judges and trustees on fast-track/confirmation issues in chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, 2012, sponsored by Clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico

• Panelist, Basic Principles of Bankruptcy, 2011, sponsored by Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico

• Panelist, General Principles and Common Issues Related to Tax Claims of the Puerto Rico Treasury Department in Chapter 11 Cases, 2007, sponsored by Puerto Rico Treasury Department