Firm Information: AIG Plaza, #1400, 250 Munoz Rivera Ave. San Juan, PR 00918 , Puerto Rico Web Site: www.gaclaw.com Tel: (787) 759-8000 +2341 Fax: (787) 767-9177 Contact: Mr. Carlos A. Rodriguez Vidal Email: crodriguez-vidal@gaclaw.com Attorney Information: AIG Plaza, #1400, 250 Munoz Rivera Ave. San Juan, PR 00918 Tel: (787) 759-4139 Fax: (787) 767-9177 Email: rbarrios@gaclaw.com

Firm Profile: In response to the Commonwealth's increasingly complex business and legal environments, we have organized our firm into four primary practice groups: corporate and banking law, labor and employment law, tax law, and litigation and trial practice. Our lawyers strive to provide every client with an efficient, precisely targeted legal solution designed to protect and promote the client's interests. In order to achieve that objective, each attorney's practice is limited to a few areas of law, while members of varied practice groups routinely coordinate their efforts to provide comprehensive services to clients with issues that involve various areas of law.

Firm Background:

In Business Since: 1959

Serving the Franchising Community Since: 1964

% of Total Billable Hours Billed to Clients in the Franchising Industry: 25%

Full-time Employees: 85

Full-time Professionals: 42

Major Franchising Clients in Past 3 Years: UPS Stores; Play 'N Trade; P.F. Chang's; Little Caesars Pizza; 7-Eleven; Tunex; Inches-A-Weigh; Planet Beach; World Gym; Cold Stone Creamery; Outback Steakhouse; Baskin-Robbins

Attorney Profile: Mr. Barrios handles distribution/franchise, commercial law, intellectual property, antitrust, complex/class action litigation, government procurement, environmental and product liability litigation, dedicating most of his time to Dealers' Contracts Act (Law 75) litigation and counseling.

Year Admitted to the Bar: 1982

Licensed to Practice in: Puerto Rico, District of Columbia

Education/Honors: B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico; J.D., Magna Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico

Professional Associations/Memberships: Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico; American Bar Association

Publications: Effect of Arbitration and Choice of Law Clauses on Act 75, Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1966; State Franchise Relationship Laws on Termination: Issues in Litigation, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, 2001; Getting the Deal Through: Franchise, International Bar Association, 2007 and 2008; Legal Issues Arising from Dealer and Distributor Relationships, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2006

Provide Legal Services in U.S.: Yes, Puerto Rico

Provide Legal Services in Canada: No

Provide Legal Services Internationally: No

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