GALEO Board Member at Large

Luis Aguilar, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Luis Aguilar is a partner whose broadly-based practice concerns general corporate and business law, international transactions, investment companies and investment advisors, securities law, and corporate finance. He focuses on corporate governance, public and private offerings (IPOs and secondary offerings), mergers and acquisitions, mutual funds, investment advisors, broker-dealers, and other aspects of federal and state securities laws and regulations. Luis' previous experience includes serving as the general counsel, executive vice president, and corporate secretary of INVESCO and a member of its board of directors and management committee. As such, he had responsibility for all legal and compliance matters regarding INVESCO Institutional. Previously he served as INVESCO's managing director for Latin America. His career also includes tenure as a partner at several prominent national law firms and as a staff attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Luis is named as one of Georgia's Super Lawyers 2004, as published in Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine, March 2004. He is also listed in the 2005-06 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Named the Atlanta Hispanic Businessman of the Year in 1994 by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Luis is active in numerous civic and business associations. He received MALDEF'S (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) "Excellence in Leadership" Award in April 2005. Luis is an original member of the Advisory Council of Hemisphere, Inc., the organization established by the Governor of Georgia to lead the effort of Atlanta to be named the Permanent Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. A graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, Luis also received a master of laws degree in taxation from Emory University. Additionally, he has successfully completed Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 examinations in connection with serving as a director and senior officer of a registered broker-dealer.