Luis attended Seton Hall University, School of Law where he obtained his Juris Doctorate in 2000, after having graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in Political Science. Luis is licensed to practice law in the States of New York, California and New Jersey, and is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. From 2000 to 2001, Luis served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Douglas T. Hague, J.S.C. (Retired) in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County. From 2001 to 2004, Luis focused his practice primarily in civil litigation, where he handled complex commercial and tort litigation spanning a wide spectrum of subject matters including corporate and partnership disputes, complex contract disputes, complex insurance coverage issues, land use matters, tort liability defense and premises liability matters. During this period, Luis also gained extensive appellate experience, while regularly appearing in court for motions, conferences and arbitrations.

Corporate & Securities

Luis Carrillo focuses his practice in the areas of corporation finance, corporate and business law, corporate governance, business transactions, and securities. He has significant experience representing buyers and sellers in the structuring and negotiation of complex mergers and acquisitions of both public and privately-held companies. Luis has also worked closely with growth companies raising equity or debt capital in private placements and other transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the federal and state securities laws. These transactions have included the structuring and negotiation of rights, privileges, and preferences of common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt, warrants and other equity or debt arrangements (including preemptive rights, anti-dilution protections, liquidation and dividend preferences, registration rights, rights of first refusal, co-sale rights, puts, calls, voting rights and board representation, capital calls and other rights). Luis has represented companies in structuring and negotiating joint-venture, partnership and other strategic arrangements, licensing and development agreements, distribution and supply agreements, shareholder agreements, option and warrant agreements, employment and consulting agreements, and non-competition, nondisclosure and proprietary rights agreements. Luis has acted as counsel on corporate securities and other business transactions, including acting as lead counsel on initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private placements and a variety of financing, acquisition and restructuring transactions for publicly held and privately held business entities. He has counseled publicly held companies on disclosure obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the preparation of annual reports to stockholders, proxy statements, and annual and quarterly periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Further, Luis has acted as outside counsel to boards of directors and special committees of boards of directors of publicly held and privately held entities.