Robert Alex Fleming is a corporate attorney in Puerto Rico and trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience advising businesses and representing clients before state and federal courts.
Robert Alex Fleming is a corporate attorney in Puerto Rico with over 30 years of experience advising businesses and representing clients before state and federal courts. As a corporate lawyer in Puerto Rico, he provides strategic legal services to closely held companies and private-sector organizations of all sizes, focusing on corporate, commercial, and employment matters. Fleming is also a highly experienced labor attorney, serving as legal counsel to firms across Puerto Rico. His legal advice is grounded in both business insight and legal precision. As a trial lawyer, he brings a strong litigation background, with extensive experience and proven record in commercial and employment arbitration and disputes before Puerto Rico and U.S. federal courts — including cases with decisions published in the Federal Register.
Fleming’s industry experience spans hospitals, hotels, insurance companies, banks, oil & gas, manufacturing, distribution, retail, construction, franchising, service sectors, government and non-profit organizations.
Commercial Law/ Contract Lawyer
As a contract attorney and lawyer in Puerto Rico, Fleming assists with designing, structuring, drafting, negotiating, and enforcing contracts, including strategic commercial agreements, day-to-day operational contracts, and risk mitigation clauses tailored to business needs including.
- Puerto Rico Civil Code of 2020.
- Leasing and commercial leases
- Asset purchase
- Licensing.
- Service agreements, procurement and supply contracts
- Procurement and asset purchase/sale agreements
- Distribution agreements under Puerto Rico’s Act 75,
- Agency and sales rep contracts under Act 21,
- Intellectual property Puerto Rico Trademark Law, Lanjam Act.
- Franchising, FTC/FDD, PMPA. Puerto Rico Franchise Lawyer with extensive experience in all legal aspects of franchising single unit, territory and master licenses. Extensive work with regulated branded fuel supply agreements.
- Independent contractor agreements. Contract attorney with extensive contractor agreements (commercial and employment) across various industries, including healthcare (medical professionals), technology (engineers, advisors), consulting, and other specialized sectors in compliance with federal and state laws.
- Confidential Information
- Trade secrets- Industrial and Trade Secret Protection Act of PR, Defend Trade Secrets Act,
- Corporate Transparency Act
- Non-solicitation, non-disclosure and noncompete contracts and provisions- state and federal.
Corporate Attorney/governance
His background in business governance and compliance under the General Corporations Act of 2009 of 2009 ensures proper entity formation, profit and non-profit, legal due diligence, internal controls, trade secret protection, and corporate structuring. He regularly advises on operating agreements, bylaws, shareholder and member agreements, corporate resolutions, letters of intent (LOIs), and asset purchases. Fleming also assists with maintaining corporate records, drafting annual meeting minutes, preparing board and shareholder resolutions, managing corporate compliance filings, and advising on officer and director duties, indemnification provisions, sole propietorship advice, and ownership transfers.
As outsourced in-house counsel, Fleming also provides legal guidance across a broad spectrum of regulatory matters, including the Puerto Rico Civil and Commercial Code, the Commerce Code, the Commercial Transactions Act, the Lanham Act, the Defend Trade Secrets Act, consumer legislation, privacy laws, and environmental regulations.
Labor and Employment Attorney
He provides counsel and representation for firms of all sizes on employment law matters in both state and federal courts, including:
- Employment agreements and workplace compliance
- Manuals, policies, rules of conduct, investigations
- Wrongful termination under under Act 80
- Harassment and bullying
- Wage & hour
- Whistleblower Act
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Discrimination and retaliation under Act 115-1991 and Act 100
- Claims under EEO, ADEA, Title VII and the (ADA)
- Other federal employment and equal opportunity laws such as Warn Act
Fleming also advises and represents clients at all levels on traditional labor law matters, including:
- Union negotiations and collective bargaining.
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) compliance.
- Arbitration in both labor and commercial disputes
Contact us here to work with a trusted business lawyer and corporate attorney in Puerto Rico who can help you build and retain a strong legal foundation for your business.
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