Partner - Litigation Department

EDUCATION

• Georgetown University, J.D., 2001

• University of Michigan, B.B.A., 1997

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Puerto Rico

• District of Columbia

• Virginia

• U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia

• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

• Eastern District Court of Virginia

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

PRACTICE AREAS

• Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights

PROFILE

Luis Marini-Biaggi is a partner in the Litigation Department and practices primarily in the areas of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, workouts and commercial litigation. Prior to joining O’Neill & Borges, Mr. Marini-Biaggi practiced with Shaw Pittman LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), in Washington DC, concentrating in bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and commercial litigation, representing landlords, utilities, vendors, asset purchasers, and secured lenders in bankruptcy cases throughout New York, Delaware, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Since joining O’Neill & Borges, Mr. Marini has represented and advised financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors on the full range of insolvency and creditor/debtor rights issues arising in workouts, reorganizations, bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure and collection actions, and commercial litigation.

Recent representations include, among others: (a) in Westernbank Puerto Rico v. Inyx, Inc. et al, Case No. 07-01606 (USDC), represent Westernbank in its collection, foreclosure, and Racketeer, Influenced and Corrupt Organizations’ Act (RICO) claims of over $142 Million against various international entities; (b) represented Westernbank in numerous workouts, commercial litigation and bankruptcy cases including, among others, the successful workout and sale of Intercoffee, Inc. (d/b/a Yaucono) to a sister company of Coca Cola; the successful bankruptcy court sales of Mueblerias Mendoza, AA 10,000 Corp. and Quattro Corp (d/b/a ItalCeramica); and the bankruptcy cases of Farmacias El Amal, Compresores & Equipos, Inc., Flexible Packaging, Industrias Vasallo, Bora Bora, Inc., and others; (c) in In re Nutritional Sourcing Corp., et al. (d/b/a Pueblo Supermarket), Case No. 07-11038 (Delaware), represented PS Acquisition, Inc. (a sister company of Holsum de Puerto Rico, Inc.), in its successful bid for and purchase of the Pueblo International chain of supermarkets; (d) in In re El Comandante Management Corp., et al., Case No. 04-10938, represented Wells Fargo, the largest secured creditor, in its successful pursuit and confirmation of a competing plan of reorganization; and (e) publicly traded financial institutions in numerous (pending or concluded) workouts, reorganizations, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation case.