Mr. Rolando Anillo holds both law and business degrees. He specializes in U.S.-Cuba Federal Regulations, Cuban Law, International Law and Immigration Law. He coordinates and conducts negotiations as permitted between Cuban and U.S. entities for licensed transactions, including meetings in Washington, D.C. and in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Anillo also represents U.S. companies and related entities before the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the need for and obtainment of all licenses and approvals as required by the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACRs), as well as responds to OFAC audits and investigations. In addition, he conducts permissible investigations for non-U.S. entities doing business with Cuba and developing confiscated properties in Cuba, including researching U.S. and Cuban claimants. Mr. Anillo also acts as a mediator in civil disputes and he is certified in residential mortgage foreclosure mediation.

Mr. Anillo has practiced law in Cuba as well as in the United States. Born in Santiago de Cuba, he graduated cum laude from University of Havana law school in 1988, and received his MBA from Barry University in 1997. He became a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Circuit Court Mediator in 2008.

He is fluent in Spanish.

Recent Publications:

US-Cuba BIT: A Guarantee in Reestablishing Trade Relations. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy – ASCE, 2015.

Reclamaciones por Propiedades Expropiadas en Cuba: Informe de Recomendaciones Legales. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy – ASCE, 2014.

Cuban Real Estate Framework Laws. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy – ASCE, 2012.

Outstanding Claims of Expropiated Properties in Cuba. Association for the Study Cuban Economy – ASCE, 2011.

Arbitration and Mediation: Impartial Forums to Resolve International Commercial Disputes in Cuba. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy – ASCE, 2010

Sales of Mobile Phones to Cuba. Council of Americas – AS/COA, 2010

Cuban Reforms and Foreign Investment Legislation - Knowing your neighbor and future partner. Fowler Rodriguez Valdes Fauli - Cuba Law Updates, 2010.