Julia Isabel Soto Perez, Esq.

Professional Experience

Julia Soto Perez is a Partner in FRB’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group. With 19+ years of experience, Julia advises multinational companies, investors, and startups on cross‑border corporate transactions and the operational steps that follow. Her practice centers on buy‑ and sell‑side mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carve‑outs, and reorganizations, paired with the commercial agreements that sustain international operations (software and data, distribution and manufacturing, and licensing). She coordinates multi‑jurisdictional diligence and sign‑to‑close mechanics, aligns governance across legal systems, and designs practical international structuring—holding‑company and subsidiary architecture, intercompany and IP frameworks, and board‑level governance. Her approach to risk allocation and drafting is business‑first and execution‑driven, preserving deal value from term sheet through integration.

As lead deal counsel, Julia manages the full life cycle: term‑sheet strategy; diligence planning and issue‑spotting; SPA/APA and equity documentation; shareholder and governance arrangements; and Day‑1/Day‑100 integration. She is experienced with carve‑outs and reorganizations requiring parallel entity, intercompany, and contract‑migration tracks, and she coordinates regulatory clearances and third‑party consents with close attention to timing and accountability.

Practice focus: (a) cross‑border transactions—M&A, JVs, carve‑outs, reorganizations; (b) execution of ongoing global business models—software/data, distribution, manufacturing, licensing, and where relevant TSAs/SLAs; and (c) specialty advisory on compliance/verification—privacy, sanctions/export‑control, audit rights, and proportionate third‑party assurance cooperation.

In addition to transactions, Julia serves as outside general counsel to growth‑stage companies and multinational business units, drawing on prior senior/regional in‑house experience. She builds the commercial stack and legal‑ops foundations—playbooks, clause libraries, and intake‑to‑signature workflows—and integrates practical compliance and verification (privacy, sanctions/export controls, audit rights, proportionate third‑party assurance) to reduce friction and support scalable execution.