Professionals

Trevor C. Ruff is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Atlanta office and a member of the firm's Corporate Services Team. Mr. Ruff focuses his practice on international and domestic, public and private mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, commercial transactions and general corporate matters. Mr. Ruff also regularly advises global companies on legal and business considerations in corporate and commercial transaction negotiations, operational structuring and management, compliance considerations and governance matters.

Maria Juliana Saa Hoyos is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Bogotá office. Ms. Saa Hoyos focuses her practice on the areas of corporate services, financial law, capital markets and commercial law. Ms. Saa Hoyos advises banks, development finance organizations and non-traditional lenders. She has experience working on credit facilities for multiple clients – including Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional S.A. (FDN), Bancolombia S.A., IDB Invest, CIFI Latam S.A., Newfoundland Capital Management, Partners for Growth, UPI Union para la Infraestructura, Banco Davivienda S.A., Banco de Bogotá S.A., Banco de Occidente S.A., Banco Santander S.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), among others – in Latin American cross-border financings.

Rob Denig is a litigator in Holland & Knight's New York office. Mr. Denig practices in the areas admiralty law, international commercial arbitration and litigation, and maritime arbitration, as well as a broad range of general commercial disputes. Mr. Denig's maritime practice focuses on charter party and contract of affreightment disputes, cargo claims, collisions and other marine casualties, oil spills and environmental damages claims, salvage and general average

Taite R. McDonald is co-chair of the Energy Transition Industry Sector Group and leader of the firm’s the Clean Technology Funding and Finance Team in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office. Ms. McDonald focuses her practice on government clean technology funding and finance loan guarantees and grant programs, with a proven track record of experience on all stages of the process, from initial profile raising and application to execution and ongoing contract management.