McConnell Valdés LLC

The powerhouse team at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, utilising the bench strength of its experienced team to advise major insurers, financial institutions and multinationals involved in complex, high-value claims and class action cases. The firm’s active client roster includes household names Johnson & Johnson, Best Buy, AIG and Merrill Lynch, and spans sectors ranging from oil and gas, healthcare, hospitality and real estate to pharmaceuticals, retail, financial services and medical devices. The practice is headed by litigation chair Juan Marqués-Díaz, who brings over 25 years of experience to arbitration, tax disputes and matters involving administrative and constitutional law, and group vice-chair Henry Freese, who brings expertise to maritime and admiralty cases, construction disputes and insurance defence work. Other key figures include managing director Arturo García-Solá, who specialises in contractual disputes and who, along with Eduardo Zayas-Marxuach, handles franchise and distribution law matters; Alejandro Cepeda-Díaz, who represents clients in securities arbitration and environmental litigation; and counsel Isabel Torres‐Sastre, who delivers strength in litigation related to intellectual property, data security, and media and entertainment.