Over 25 Years of Trusted Legal Excellence for Puerto Rico’s Complex Challenges.
With over 25 years of legal experience, RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC delivers practical and strategic legal counsel to individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and energy developers. We bring clarity to complex matters, handling issues ranging from litigation and business formation to real estate transactions, sustainable energy projects, and public policy. Founded by attorney and former senator Ramón-Luis Nieves, our firm is committed to providing solutions that align with our clients’ goals and the public interest.
About RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC
With over 25 years of trial, corporate, and policy experience, Ramón-Luis Nieves leads RL Legal & Consulting Services as its Managing Member. He began his career as a courtroom lawyer and notary public, then spent six years as Vice President and In-house counsel at a financial institution before returning to private practice.…..Read More
From Policy to Projects, Your Energy Law Partner in Puerto Rico
With over 25 years of experience as a trial attorney, legal advisor, and public policy expert, Ramón-Luis Nieves has been at the forefront of Puerto Rico’s energy transformation. He played a key role in establishing the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau and has consistently championed progressive energy reforms aimed at building a more sustainable and resilient energy system. His work has also been instrumental in the development of Puerto Rico’s first community-based energy microgrids and cooperatives.
RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC provides comprehensive legal and strategic consulting in the field of energy law, focusing on Puerto Rico’s dynamic and complex regulatory landscape. The firm represents a diverse range of clients — including energy developers, investors, and nonprofits — offering tailored solutions to legal, regulatory, and policy challenges in the energy
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Your Legal Guide Across Diverse Legal Areas in Puerto Rico
RL Legal & Consulting Services provides trusted legal guidance across key areas that matter to individuals, businesses, and communities in Puerto Rico. Whether you’re launching a clean energy project, facing a legal dispute, forming a new business, managing real estate, or dealing with estate planning or inheritance issues, we’re ready to provide clear, reliable legal support.
From project development and contract negotiations to regulatory compliance, site control, energy policy guidance, stakeholder engagement, and legal disputes — we’ve got you covered. At RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC, we provide tailored legal strategies for every stage of your energy project in Puerto Rico.
Whether you’re dealing with contract or property disputes, debt recovery, evictions, foreclosures, judicial, administrative or appellate proceedings, exequatur cases, or name change petitions, RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC is here to guide you through every step of the civil litigation process and protect your rights.
In Puerto Rico, starting and running a business involves legal decisions that can shape your future success. At RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC, we provide clear, individualized legal guidance to help business owners and entrepreneurs build a solid foundation. Our services include contract drafting and review, as well as preparing Non-Disclosure, Non-Compete, and Non-Circumvention agreements, independent contractor agreements, lease agreements, distribution and franchise agreements, and vendor and service contracts.
Whether you’re forming a new entity, structuring and negotiating agreements, obtaining EIN, or securing your Merchant Registration Certificate (SURI), RL Legal & Consulting Services is here to guide you every step of the way. We provide end-to-end corporate legal support — from drafting and reviewing bylaws to ensuring full regulatory compliance and obtaining required certifications — so you can focus on building and growing your business.
Whether you are buying, selling, financing, or restructuring real estate, RL Legal & Consulting Services provides clear, practical legal guidance at every stage of the transaction. Our approach is thorough, strategic, and focused on protecting your interests while ensuring a smooth and efficient process. We help clients navigate Puerto Rico’s unique real estate landscape with confidence and clarity.
At RL Legal & Consulting Services, we offer professional legal advice to assist with notarial law, drafting deeds, affidavits, powers of attorney, trusts, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, homestead protection deeds, preparing the necessary paperwork to formally emancipate minors and legally formalize civil marriages. We are here to help you with all your legal needs.
At RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC, we help individuals and families navigate estate and inheritance matters with clarity and care. From drafting wills, trusts, and advance healthcare directives to transferring property titles and obtaining tax clearance certificates (relevo de Hacienda), we ensure that every step is handled properly and in full compliance with Puerto Rico law.
At RL Legal & Consulting Services, LLC, we help companies, nonprofits, and other organizations understand and navigate Puerto Rico’s governmental and legislative landscape. Our services include public policy advice, relationship-building with government officials, legislative tracking, advocacy, drafting legislation, stakeholder engagement, and testimony preparation.