Luis E. La Torre Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Greater St. Louis Area

- Provide transactional, commercial, regulatory, and corporate legal advice to companies in support of their U.S. and international operations in Latin America and other foreign markets.- Provide advice on business/employment and family based immigration law. Represent clients in business based non-immigrant petitions (L-1, H-1B, O, etc.), as well as family based immigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status, naturalization, and other immigration matters.

Saint Louis, Missouri

Provided commercial, regulatory, compliance, and corporate legal services to support the imaging and contrast media, nuclear medicine, API, and specialty pharmaceuticals businesses of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Saint Louis, Missouri

Provided commercial, transactional, compliance, and corporate legal services to the pharmaceutical business of Covidien (now Medtronic) in the Latin America and Caribbean markets, while supporting the spin-off process of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals from Covidien.

Plainsboro, New Jersey

Managed a wide range of legal and compliance matters to support Bristol-Myers Squibb’s operations in South and Central America, the Caribbean, as well as to the company’s Distribution Markets worldwide (i.e. distribution agreements, trademark licensing, promotional and marketing activities, regulatory and labor law issues, FCPA training, corporate, antitrust, pricing, tax, and customs matters). Handled all corporate, regulatory, and employment matters in Latin America and the Caribbean in connection with the divestitures of Medical Imaging and ConvaTec, the separation of the Mead Johnson business, the IPO of Mead Johnson Nutrition, and the negotiation and execution of a Distribution Agreement for seven Latin American markets, among other strategic transactions.

Plainsboro, New Jersey

Managed a wide range of legal and compliance matters to support Bristol-Myers Squibb’s operations in the Andean, Central America, and Caribbean markets (i.e. promotional and marketing activities, regulatory and labor law issues, FCPA training, corporate, antitrust, pricing, tax, and customs matters).

Miami, Florida

Extensive experience in business/employment and family based immigration law. Expertise in PERM Labor Certifications, as well as all business based non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions. Experience with handling a high volume of cases and managing staff. Ensured cost-effective and timely representation in removal proceedings, adjustment of status, naturalization, and other immigration matters. Represented clients in front of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Administrative Appeals Office.

Lima, Peru

Telecommunications and TV entertainment legal practice.Represented clients in the negotiation and execution of strategic transactions, such as the transfer of assets and shares of national TV and radio networks, and cable TV companies based in Peru and in Florida.

Lima, Peru

Media conglomerate in Peru, with presence in the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic cable television markets. Grupo Pantel comprised Panamericana Television, Producciones Panamericana, RadioProgramas del Peru, SUR Corporation and a number of additional businesses.Managed the legal department and served as a contributing member of the senior management committee to facilitate the strategic, operational, and overall management of the company.

Piura, Peru

Represented clients in civil, corporate and tax related issues before the judiciary and government agencies.

Lima, Peru

Advised large domestic and multinational corporations on tax and corporate matters, foreign investment issues, and represented them in related administrative proceedings with tax, customs, finance, and securities regulatory agencies.

Lima, Peru

• Advised the former Direction of Tax Administration (now SUNAT) and the Vice Ministry of Finance on tax regulations’ drafting and compliance control. • Wrote responses to legal consultations from government agencies, Congress’s commissions, public entities, and private organizations.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Comparative Law

Mini-Mba Business Essentials Program

Abogado (Jd Equivalent), Law