Mr. Luis Salazar

Luis Salazar is a partner with Salazar Law in Coral Gables, Fla., where he leads its Corporate Bankrupt- cy Team and brings two decades of experience battling for individuals and companies facing crisis, in- cluding negotiating complex financial restructuring, litigating bet-the-company disputes and defending against government investigations. He has led the chapter 11 reorganization efforts of numerous well- known companies in a variety of industrial sectors with combined assets in the billions, and has suc- cessfully conducted out-of-court restructuring, workouts and financial negotiations. During the ongoing real estate crisis, Mr. Salazar represented major financial institutions and borrowers in commercial real estate foreclosures at the trial and appellate levels. He is responsible for bringing the first constitutional challenge to the rent-capture provisions of the Florida Condo Act, and his representation of troubled internet companies during the dotcom era led him to draft and propose the Privacy Policy Enforcement in Bankruptcy Act of 2001, which prohibits bankrupt companies from misusing consumers' private information. Mr. Salazar is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected "Best of the Bar" by the South Florida Business Journal (2003), a "Legal Elite" by Florida Trend magazine (2004, 2005, 2010 and 2014) and as a "Leading Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer" by PLC Cross- Border Handbook (2008-12). He has also been listed in Super Lawyers (2006-16), The Best Lawyers in America (2007-17) and Chambers & Partners USA (2007-16). Mr. Salazar received his M.B.A. from the University of Miami, his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and his B.A. magna cum laude from Drew University.