Douglas K. Aguililla

Associate
305-350-7282
Hablo Español
Area of Focus: Corporate & Finance
Douglas K. Aguililla
Associate
305-350-7282
  • OVERVIEW
  • EXPERIENCE
  • INSIGHTS
  • CREDENTIALS
  • PRACTICES
GET TO KNOW DOUG
As part of the Corporate & Finance Group, Douglas works with clients across a range of industries on governance, securities, joint venture, and fund formation matters. This experience includes advising public companies, from various industries, on public financing, SEC reporting compliance, and capital raises. He has also represented lenders, borrowers, and public companies in high-yield, credit, debt, and equity securities transactions. As part of his joint venture work, he advises sponsors on capital raises with other parties and on the optimum entity structuring to achieve client goals.
Q & A
What are the challenges that attract you to corporate law?
The most challenging, and interesting, aspect of my practice is helping early stage companies with their planning with an eye towards their long-term success. For such promising young companies, the breadth of matters ranges from corporate governance to financing and private placements, and employment issues, among many others. Experiencing how all these moving parts come together to support a successful venture is fascinating and inspiring, but it also adds a level of complexity that requires skilled and prudent counsel.
Is there something unique to practicing corporate law at Bilzin Sumberg?
Based on my personal experience, and from the firm’s reputation in the market, Bilzin Sumberg excels at cross-collaboration across different areas of commercial law. This is important because the Corporate Group works on highly sophisticated matters that frequently go beyond strictly corporate matters. A client may approach with us a matter that requires corporate and tax counsel, while another may need us for a matter that involves corporate and real estate issues. Bilzin Sumberg’s emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration across practice groups thus adds great value for clients with complex matters.
EXPERIENCE
Experience
Representation of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a $2 billion reverse takeover transaction that saw the SPAC merge with a private equity-backed producer of firefighting chemicals. Advised client on relatedreorganization matters, corporate governance, and shareholder agreements.
Experience
Counsel to a Colombia-based healthcare and pharmaceutical company on its mergerwitha special purpose acquisition company, with the post-mergerentity valued at approximately $1.3 billion.
Experience
Representation of a real estate developer in the negotiation of a joint venture for a co-developer relationship with another real estate developer to acquire and develop a mixed-use real estate project on a 10.7 acre site located on city-owned land on Watson Island in Miami, Florida, one of the most...
Experience
Representation of a provider of information technology and enterprise technology services in the sale of all of the capital stock of its subsidiary, which provides cloud-based cyber defense platforms.
Experience
Counsel toaCalifornia agricultural business on a $100 millionrefinancing package that consistedof a $50 million public offering of depositary shares and a $50 million senior secured term loan.
Experience
Representation of CL Hotels in its $26 million acquisition and financing of the Circa 39 Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, which also involved the assumption of a ground lease on a neighboring lot from a third party. Also negotiated a franchise agreement with IHG Hotels & Resorts for the hotel to b...
INSIGHTS
Client Alert January 30, 2025
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Blog October 9, 2022
On September 29, 2022, FinCEN issued a final rule implementing the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership information reporting provisions (“BOI”). This article summarizes the key aspects of the final BOI reporting rules.
CREDENTIALS
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 2018
    University of Miami, B.B.A., 2013
  • Florida
    New York