Ernesto Luciano, Esq.

Ernesto Luciano, Esq.

Ernesto A. Luciano is the managing partner and an attorney with more than 25 years of legal experience, managing complex cross-border commercial & technology transactions, corporate finance, privately held M&A transactions, SEC filings for publicly traded companies, FinTech, advanced licensing, SaaS, Internet, digital, cybersecurity, privacy & data use/protection, regulatory & compliance, employment, higher-education technology solutions, media & entertainment matters.

Practice Areas

Business Law: Corporate finance/governance, M&A, divestitures, venture capital, private equity privately / closely-held corporations (Inc.), limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships, including international buy/sell transactions.

Technology Law: Cybersecurity, privacy, data use, artificial intelligence, (AI), e-commerce, internet law, technology commercial transactions; including a FinTech practice, advising money service businesses, money remitters, banks/credit union/neo-banks, embedded finance/API, cards (pre-paid, debit, & credit), buy now, pay later (BNPL), lease-to-own, private/small consumer micro-loans, cryptocurrency exchange platforms/ ATM businesses, peer to peer, digital custodial wallets, tokens and stable coins.

Intellectual Property Law: Copyrights, trademarks, manage patent filings/ portfolios, trade secrets, IP assignments, software & code license agreements, fair use legal issues, cease & desist demand letters, royalty agreements.

Education

University of Miami School of Law (LL.M.)
New England Law, (J.D.)
University at Albany, State University of New York (B.A.)

Admission to Practice

State of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Languages

Fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and other.