Founding Partner
Rafael Recalde ESQ
Recognized, Respected & Recommended
Recalde
Law
Recalde Law Firm, is a Florida-based law firm. Since our founding in 2008, we have maintained a consistent focus on one core goal: working hard to protect the interests of clients.
We take pride in offering skilled legal counsel. We use this experience and professional insight to help clients to feel confident in making informed decisions.
We built our firm on an unwavering commitment to professional ethics, personal service and outstanding results.
Although adept at litigation, we also stress proactive planning and strategic litigation avoidance as an important part of our practice. At every opportunity, we offer practical solutions to our clients by applying the right combination of creativity, innovation, and commitment.
Overview And Experience
Over the years, our firm has dedicated itself to successfully representing businesses, issuers, investors, broker-dealers, lenders, officers, directors, shareholders, and other market participants in complex commercial and securities disputes, as well as in transactional and securities matters. We also represent real estate investors, owners, condominiums, agents, and other players with their various legal needs.
Empowering Businesses
Our firm was established in Miami, Florida in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. With an initial focus on mortgage litigation and business transactions, we managed to thrive during this turbulent economic period.
Our transactional practice provides knowledgeable and diligent legal representation to start ups, investors, mid sized enterprises, accelerators, RIAs and funds in connection with: debt and equity financing (convertible notes, SAFE, series funding, SPA/MIPA, share issuances, etc), legal structuring, fund formation, M&A, equity compensation plans, exempt securities offerings and other similar operations.
Our commercial litigation and arbitration practice brings aggressive legal representation for litigants in state courts, federal courts and arbitration tribunals in complex commercial disputes such as non-compete, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud, employment claims, cybersquatting, domain recovery, shareholder derivative actions, mortgage foreclosure, quiet title and other business and real estate disputes.
Recalde Law Firm
Rafael Recalde heads the firm’s corporate division. In addition, as president of the firm, Mr. Recalde manages and oversees the firm’s ongoing matters. His objective is to ensure that our firm’s clients are satisfied and impressed with our service, our knowhow, our talent, our diligence, our strategic planning and our legal skills.
Education
- University of Miami School of Law Magna Cum Laude (Class of 2008)
- University of Florida Degree Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics and Political Science
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Admitted to Practice in the State of Florida
- Admitted to Practice in the District of Columbia
- Member United States District Court Southern District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Representative Matters
- Over ten years’ experience in complex commercial litigation and business transaction matters, with oversight of over 1,000 litigation matters.
- Provide legal counsel and representation to tech start ups, investors, mid sized enterprises, accelerators and VC funds in connection with fund raising rounds, legal structuring, equity compensation plans, and other securities operations.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) law clerk, helping the Federal government agency to investigate and litigate matters involving insider trading, foreign corrupt practices act, hedge fund fraud, pump-and-dump schemes, reporting inaccuracies, and other aspects of complex securities regulations. (Summer 2006)
- Legal intern at Steel, Hector & Davis in the Corporate Transactions and International Trade Divisions. (Summer 2005)
- Representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in multiple non-compete, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud claims, trademark disputes, and other business litigation and arbitration matters.
- Legal counsel on complex multi-million dollar corporate and real estate transactions
- Law clerk with General Counsel of Citigroup Latin America, working on the bank’s mergers and acquisitions; outsourcing contracts; region-wide litigation and arbitration strategy; and coordination with GCs of 24 countries of LATAM region (Summer 2007)
- Represent parties to domain name recovery matters through litigation and private arbitration on behalf of corporate victims of cybersquatting and stolen domain names.
WORLD CLASS COUNSEL, BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH.
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