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Walter
Chow
is
a
partner
in
the
Corporate
Department.
He
joined
O'Neill
&
Borges
in
1973.
Mr.
Chow
has
30
years
of
experience
in
tax
planning
and
in
negotiating
tax
exemption
grants
for
clients.
He
also
has
extensive
experience
in
mergers
and
acquisitions.
He
represented
GTE
in
the
acquisition
of
the
Puerto
Rico
Telephone
Company;
he
represented
Bass
Hotels
in
the
acquisition
of
the
San
Juan
Grand
Hotel;
he
represented
management
in
the
buy-out
of
Levitt's
Puerto
Rico
homebuilding
operations;
he
represented
Federal
Mogul
in
the
acquisition
of
a
retail
chain
of
auto
parts
stores;
he
represented
Jefferson
Smurfit
in
the
acquisition
of
a
corrugated
paper
manufacturing
plant;
he
represented
Mapfre
Group
in
the
acquisition
of
the
Puerto
Rican
American
Insurance
Company;
and
he
represented
Centennial
in
the
acquisition
of
certain
cable
TV
companies.
Mr.
Chow
also
has
extensive
and
varied
experience
in
the
area
of
distribution
law,
counseling
clients
such
as
Procter
&
Gamble
on
various
distribution,
trademark,
Law
75
(Puerto
Rico's
dealers
act)
and
antitrust
matters.
He
also
has
an
active
legislative
affairs
practice,
assisting
private
clients
in
drafting
and
enacting
legislation,
and
assisting
the
Puerto
Rico
government
in
drafting
various
legislative
projects,
including
the
Tax
Incentives
Act
of
1998,
the
Tourism
Development
Act
of
1993,
the
Convention
Center
Authority
Act
and
the
recent
amendments
to
the
Games
of
Chance
Act.
Mr. Chow participated as one of the key speakers of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce's 1st Summit Doing Business in Puerto Rico,
which took place on March 27, 2007, at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. He discussed the legal and tax implications of investing and doing business in Puerto Rico.
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