Shylene De Jesus

Shylene De Jesús

Of Counsel
San Juan
About

Shylene De Jesus has over twenty years of experience in civil and commercial litigation. She has participated in a variety of complex cases over the years in a wide-ranging variety of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, creditor’s rights, and class actions.

Shylene has also acted as lead counsel in intellectual property matters for both US and International companies in cases dealing with trademark infringement, unfair competition and cybersquatting. She has ample experience managing ex parte proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, inter parte proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and alternate dispute resolution procedures before the World Intellectual Property Organization. 

 
Areas of FocusBusiness and Commercial LitigationRestructuringIntellectual PropertyPublic, constitutional, and administrative lawGovernment Affairs
Bar admissionsPuerto Rico
CourtsPuerto Rico state courts and administrative agenciesUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto RicoUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Education

  • J.D., University of Puerto Rico, 2001

    magna cum laude

  • B.S., University of Puerto Rico, 1999

    magna cum laude

Seminars

  • Speaker, UK North American Resiliency and Rebuild Puerto Rico, 2023 
  • Panelist, Getting Creative; How P3s Can Be a Part of the Solution to Deliver America’s Essential Infrastructure, United States P3 Infrastructure Forum, June 2023
  • Panelist, PPPs and Solving Urgent Water Needs, United States P3 Infrastructure Forum, September 2022
     

Clerk Experience

  • Judicial Law Clerk, Judge Baltasar Corrada del Rio, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Shylene acted as Chief Legal Counsel for Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, which acts as the fiscal agency of the Government of Puerto Rico and is the key liaison between the Government and the Financial Oversight and Management Board, the entity in charge of addressing the fiscal debt of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities pursuant to PROMESA Act. Shylene also served as Chief Legal Counsel and Deputy Executive Director for the Puerto Rico Public Private Partnership Authority, which, since its creation, has launched multiple P3 projects to guarantee economic sustainability and improve the island’s infrastructure. 

Additional News

  • Published Opinion, Sylvia M. Bedrosian v. Nestle Purina Pet Care Company, et al, 2020 TSPR 158
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Phone

+1 939 318 2643
(Work, San Juan)