Albert A. del Castillo has returned to the Miami office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the firm’s national Public Finance Practice. In this role, del Castillo will continue to focus his practice on public finance, project and infrastructure finance, economic development and local government, as he has during the past 28 years. Prior to rejoining Greenberg Traurig, del Castillo worked 19 years as a partner at Squire Sanders, where he served as the Florida regional coordinator helping to lead the firm’s statewide practice.
“I am happy to return home to Greenberg Traurig, which is where I grew up as an attorney,” del Castillo said. ”At Greenberg Traurig, I acquired much of the experience, technical knowledge, client-development skills, and confidence that I needed to build my law practice to what it is today. I decided to return to Greenberg Traurig because its strong national and Florida presence offer the ideal platform and resources to further grow my practice and take it to the highest levels.”
Del Castillo has served as bond counsel in highly innovative and complex bond financings, including:
In 2012, he represented Broward County, Fla., in its $622 million airport revenue bonds for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, which was selected by The Bond Buyer as the 2012 Southeast Region Deal of the Year.
In 2006, he represented Citizens Property Insurance Corporation in a $3.05 billion financing, which at the time was Florida’s largest new-money municipal bond issue.
In 2004, he represented Citizens in a $750 million financing which was selected by The Bond Buyer as the 2004 National “Deal of the Year.”
Throughout his career, del Castillo has served as bond, underwriter’s and disclosure counsel in a broad spectrum of issues throughout Florida and Puerto Rico, including general obligation, infrastructure, electric, water and sewer, health care, education, resource recovery, sports facilities, special assessment, community development districts, and industrial development financings.
“We are delighted that Albert is rejoining Greenberg Traurig, a move that further evidences our commitment to align our firm with the best and brightest minds and provide our attorneys with an environment where they can grow their practices while offering clients the highest-quality legal counsel,” said Matt Gorson, president of Greenberg Traurig.
Rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, del Castillo is a fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel and has been listed in Chambers USA in “Banking and Finance; Public Finance” since 2006 and as a “Band 1” recommended lawyer (the highest level) since 2011. He has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2006, in Florida Super Lawyers since 2007, and in Florida Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite” (Public Finance and Bonds) in 2006, 2007 and 2011.
