Rafael A. Aguilar has joined Shutts & Bowen LLP Miami office as a partner in its Real Estate Practice Group. Aguilar has more than 20 years of experience representing real estate developers, home builders, financial institutions and private equity funds throughout the United States and in Latin America. Prior to joining Shutts, Aguilar was one of the founding partners of Jones Day’s Miami office and the former founder and national co-chairman of Akerman’s Latin American and Caribbean practice. He also worked for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City. Aguilar earned his J.D. and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University and a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Yale University. A native Spanish speaker, Aguilar regularly represents Latin American investors in transactions in Florida.
“Shutts is very pleased to add Rafael Aguilar among those bilingual attorneys in South Florida concentrating on real estate, finance and commercial transactions, with both domestic and international clients,” said Francis E. Rodriguez, Managing Partner of the Miami office and Co-Chair of the Tax and International Law practice group. “As an attorney with more than two decades of experience, Rafael has handled numerous transactions involving thousands of acres of land, millions of square-feet of real estate and billions of dollars in financing. Rafael joins an already strong real estate practice at Shutts.”
