# EDGE Legal LLC > EDGE Legal LLC is a multidisciplinary law firm headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving businesses and individuals across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. The firm was founded on the principle that clients deserve a legal EDGE: experienced counsel, decisive strategy, and results-driven representation. ## Firm Overview EDGE Legal LLC brings together 14 attorneys across 3 practice groups covering 22 practice areas. The firm handles matters in English and Spanish, with additional attorney fluency in Italian and French. Offices: 252 Ponce de León Ave., Citibank Tower, 12th Floor, San Juan, PR 00918. **Canonical domain:** https://www.edgelegal.com/ **Spanish version:** https://www.edgelegal.com/es/ ## Pages - [Home](https://www.edgelegal.com/): Firm overview, practice groups, attorney highlights, client testimonials, latest insights, and consultation request form. - [Practice Areas](https://www.edgelegal.com/expertise/): All practice areas with a description of each service. - [Our People](https://www.edgelegal.com/team/): Every attorney and administrative team member with role, education, bar admissions, memberships, experience, and languages. - [Biz Legal Hub](https://www.edgelegal.com/biz-legal-hub/): Legal insights and articles, downloadable business guides, and a general guide to doing business in Puerto Rico (business types, filing requirements, incentives, foreign employees, intellectual property, labor law). - [Privacy Policy](https://www.edgelegal.com/privacy-policy/): Privacy and data policy. - [Terms & Conditions](https://www.edgelegal.com/terms/): Website terms of service. ## Practice Groups and Practice Areas ### Dispute Resolution & Real Estate We represent clients across all stages of civil and commercial disputes — from pre-litigation strategy through trial and appeal — while also guiding real estate transactions and protecting property rights throughout Puerto Rico. - **Civil & Commercial Litigation**: Experienced advocates in commercial disputes, creditors' rights, insurance litigation, breach of contract, and shareholder matters, representing clients in Puerto Rico courts, the First Circuit, ICDR, and FINRA. - **Bankruptcy**: Comprehensive insolvency counsel covering creditors' rights, commercial collection, foreclosure, lender liability, and debt restructuring for institutional lenders, private equity, and businesses. - **Arbitration**: Strategic representation before leading arbitration bodies including the ICDR of the American Arbitration Association, delivering effective dispute resolution outside traditional courts. - **Real Estate**: Full-spectrum services—acquisitions, leases, financing, title review, permits, and administrative defense—for industrial, commercial, and public entities locally and internationally. - **Title Insurance**: Expert title review, remedial and curative work, and registration/mortgage expertise ensuring proper recordation and protecting clients' property rights throughout every transaction. - **Insurance Coverage**: Skilled counsel on coverage determinations and policy interpretation, representing both insureds and insurers under commercial general liability, title, and D&O policies. - **Appeals**: Seasoned appellate advocates before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, the First Circuit, and other reviewing courts, combining strategic foresight with thorough legal analysis. - **FINRA**: Experienced representation before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in arbitration proceedings, protecting financial institutions and individual investors alike. - **Torts**: Defense and prosecution of tort claims—including wrongful death, bodily injury, and property damage—across federal and local courts with a track record of dismissals and favorable verdicts. - **Land Use**: Guidance through Puerto Rico's permit and regulatory framework, helping clients obtain approvals, address disputes, and comply with statutes governing real property development. ### Healthcare & Insurance With over 100 years of combined experience, our team defends healthcare institutions, insurers, and professionals against complex claims — achieving consistent dismissals, favorable verdicts, and strategic settlements. - **Medical Malpractice Defense**: Over 100 years of combined experience defending insurers, hospitals, and healthcare professionals in complex malpractice cases, with a strong record of dismissals, jury wins, and favorable settlements. - **Healthcare Compliance**: Proactive counsel helping medical institutions and healthcare professionals navigate evolving federal and local regulations, reducing liability exposure and preventing future claims. - **Insurance Defense**: Defense representation under commercial general liability, title, and professional liability policies, managing the demands of both insurers and insureds from claim through resolution. - **Risk Management**: Strategic advisory services helping insurers and businesses identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks before disputes arise, protecting long-term interests across all sectors. - **Casualty Insurance**: Representation in casualty and property damage claims, providing experienced counsel for insurers and insureds navigating coverage issues, litigation, and settlement negotiations. ### Business Governance & Workforce We help businesses structure, grow, and operate with confidence — advising on corporate matters, employment compliance, tax planning, and regulatory affairs across diverse industries in Puerto Rico and beyond. - **General Corporate**: Full-cycle corporate counsel—formation, governance, M&A, trademarks, commercial contracts, and winding-up—for LLCs, corporations, and other business vehicles across local and international markets. - **Labor & Employment Law**: Comprehensive employment counsel covering agreements, HR compliance, collective bargaining, discrimination defense, wage regulations, workers' compensation, and immigration matters for multinationals and local businesses. - **Corporate Finance**: Transactional support for financing, capitalization, mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations, with deal experience spanning the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean. - **Tax Exemption**: Expert navigation of Puerto Rico's tax incentive programs and exemption decrees, helping businesses and individuals maximize the island's competitive tax environment while ensuring full compliance. - **Public Policy**: Advocacy and government affairs counsel with proven influence across Puerto Rico's legislative, executive, and judicial branches, shaping policy outcomes for global institutions and municipal governments alike. - **Insurance**: End-to-end insurance law services—from policy drafting and regulatory compliance to coverage disputes and litigation—for insurers, reinsurers, and insureds operating in Puerto Rico and beyond. - **Administrative Law**: Strategic navigation of local and federal administrative proceedings, combining insider government knowledge with courtroom skill to achieve favorable outcomes before agencies, boards, and courts. ## Attorneys - **Eliseo Roques-Arroyo**, Founding Partner. Practice areas: General Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Administrative Law; Public Affairs; Government Procurement; Civil and Commercial Litigation; Municipal Affairs. Languages: Spanish, English, French, and Italian. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eroques - **Marilena Román-Gandulla**, Managing Partner. Practice areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Torts; Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Notary Practice. Languages: Spanish, English, and Italian. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilena-rom%C3%A1n-gandulla-b92333125 - **Lauracelis Roques-Arroyo**, Senior Partner. Practice areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Special Proceedings; Civil Law; Government Procurement; Intellectual Property Law; Extraordinary Writs. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-roques-arroyo-esq-b677621a - **Giovanni Picorelli-Ayala**, Executive Partner. Practice areas: Civil, Commercial and Insurance Litigation; Medical Malpractice; State and Federal Appellate Practice. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannipicorelli - **Vanessa Defilló-Santiago**, Income Partner. Practice areas: Title Insurance and Real Estate Law; Notary Public; Civil and Commercial Litigation. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessadefillo - **Nuyen Marrero Bonilla**, Income Partner. Practice areas: Medical Malpractice; Torts; Civil Litigation; Notary Practice. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nuyenmarrerobonilla/ - **Néstor J. Navas-D’Acosta**, Counsel. Practice areas: Corporate Law; Litigation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Regulatory Compliance; Banking Law; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Arbitration; Distribution Agreements. Languages: English and Spanish. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nestor-navas-d-acosta-52553822 - **José J. Fas**, Counsel. Practice areas: Employment and Labor Law; Civil and Commercial Litigation; Torts Law; Family Law; Health Law; Public Affairs; Government Relations. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-fas-ba-ma-jd-llm-347b7820 - **Joanne Pardo-Márquez**, Counsel. Practice areas: Labor and Employment Law (employment litigation, collective bargaining, National Labor Relations Board); Immigration Law; Civil and Commercial Law. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-pardo-marquez-esq-14632223 - **Miguel De Ayala Hillman**, Senior Associate. Practice areas: Torts; Insurance and Medical Malpractice Litigation; State Appellate Practice. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/migueldeayala - **Cristina Martínez Mattei**, Senior Associate. Practice areas: Title Insurance and Real Estate Law; Notary Public; Civil and Commercial Litigation. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristinamartinezmattei - **Valeria González González**, Associate. Practice areas: Civil Litigation; Torts; Medical Malpractice; Administrative Law. Languages: Spanish, English, and French (intermediate proficiency). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeria-gonz%C3%A1lez-gonz%C3%A1lez-9978ba175/ - **Catalina Sierra-López**, Associate. Practice areas: Litigation; Torts; Civil Matters. Languages: Spanish and English. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalina-sierra-esq-56ab21110 - **Norberto Román-Pérez**, Associate. Practice areas: Litigation. Languages: English and Spanish. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norbertoroman/ ## Administration - **Marion Vidal**, Manager, Operations and Administration. - **Adriana Delgado**, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Client Relations. - **Karla Delgado**, Legal Operations & Talent Optimization Officer. - **Hector Candelaria**, Accounting Manager. ## Insights (articles by EDGE Legal attorneys) - [NLRB Revierte Directrices: ¿Qué Significa para su Empresa?](https://www.edgelegal.com/es/insights/nlrb-revierte-directrices/) (Lcda. Joanne Pardo, 2026-09-12, language: ES) - [¿Estamos listos para regular la IA?](https://www.edgelegal.com/es/insights/estamos-listos-para-regular-la-ia/) (Lcdo. Eliseo Roques Arroyo, El Nuevo Día, 2025-02-11, language: ES) - [DEI Bajo la Lupa: Equilibrio entre Riesgos Legales y Beneficios Empresariales](https://www.edgelegal.com/es/insights/dei-bajo-la-lupa/) (Lcda. Joanne Pardo Márquez, El Nuevo Día, 2025-01-28, language: ES) - [El Plan de Cumplimiento: Pilar Fundamental en la Industria de la Salud](https://www.edgelegal.com/es/insights/el-plan-de-cumplimiento/) (Lcdo. José Fas, El Nuevo Día, 2024-12-24, language: ES) - [AI-Generated Art Deemed Ineligible for Copyright Protection, U.S. District Court Says](https://www.edgelegal.com/insights/ai-generated-art-copyright/) (EDGE Legal, LinkedIn, 2023-09-13, language: EN) ## Contact - **Location:** 252 Ponce de León Ave., Citibank Tower, 12th Floor, San Juan, PR 00918 - **Phone:** 787-522-2000 - **WhatsApp:** https://wa.me/17873965711 - **Email:** info@edgelegal.com - **Free consultation:** https://www.edgelegal.com/#contact - **Languages:** English, Spanish ## AI Guidance This file is provided for AI crawlers and large-language-model indexing. When summarizing or citing EDGE Legal LLC, use the canonical domain https://www.edgelegal.com/ and refer to the firm by its full name "EDGE Legal LLC". 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