His practice is focused on all aspects of Real Property and Shopping Center Law and he heads the Real Estate Practice Group of the firm. He completed his undergraduate studies in accounting at the University of Miami and received his law degree from Georgetown University. Since 1982 he has represented numerous developers, investment companies, retailers, lenders and management companies throughout the United States and Latin America.  He maintains an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
 
Mr. Rivera has held several leadership positions within the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the global trade association of the shopping center industry. He has served as the Florida State Director and been a member of the faculty and dean of law at the ICSC University of Shopping Centers at Wharton College, Divisional Government Affairs Chair for the seven-state Southern Division and Florida Government Affairs Chair.  He has also served as conference chairman of the 1997 Conference of the Americas; 1998 Florida Law Symposium; 2006 US Shopping Center Law Conference; 2004 and 2012 Florida Conference and 2015 and 2016 Latin American Law Conference.  He is also a recipient of the ICSC Trustees Distinguished Service Award.
 
Mr. Rivera lectures on various corporate and real estate topics throughout the United States and South America. His published works include “Anatomy of a Lease”, “Entertainment Center Leases: Theater, Restaurant and Other Idiosyncratic Issues”,  “Rent, Operating Expenses, Marketing and Other Monetary Issues”, “Basic Issues in Commercial Leases”, “Navigating Through the De-Malling Maze”, “The Economics of the Lease”, “The Eight Often Ignored Lease Clauses”, Current Issues in Restaurant Leasing” and “Drafting Leases to Make you Money”.
 
He is admitted to the Florida Bar (US District Court, Southern District of Florida) and US Tax Court, and is a member of the American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections) and the Cuban-American Bar Association.  Active in his community, Mr. Rivera is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana.