Myrna I Lozada-Guzman is a Shareholder at the Corporate and Banking Law Department of the Firm. She provides legal assistance to foreign institutions in designing business structures for their start up operations in Puerto Rico. Ms. Lozada has experience in government relations, lobbying, professional organization structures, government bids and contracts, commercial and construction contracts, and strategic alliances for public/private partnership transactions. From 1999 to 2009 Ms. Lozada served as Vice President and Financial Advisor at the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB), where she was in charge of the Privatization Department. From 1995 to 1999 Attorney Lozada served as Director of the Venture Capital Initiative Program at the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO), where she also served as Project Manager of Seed Ventures/Puerto Rico, Inc. During her incumbency at PRIDCO, Ms. Lozada also acted as Interim General Counsel in 1995. Attorney Lozada has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where she has offered a course on Advanced Contracts Technology Transfer.