Agustin Rodriguez

About Agustin Rodriguez

Agustin is a Partner in the firm’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy, and Enforcement (RISE) practice group and is co-leader of the firm\'s Tobacco + Nicotine team and its Cannabis team. He leverages his extensive background to assist clients in navigating federal, state and local regulation of tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, and other consumer products as well as related capital raising, banking and finance, leasing and anti-money laundering compliance, among other areas. He has unique experience advising on global supply chain risk management issues, specifically in Asia and Latin America. Before joining the firm, Agustin was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Altria Group, Inc, the largest tobacco company in the United States, where he was responsible, among other things, for coordinating the litigation and other legal work related to the multibillion-dollar tobacco settlement agreements, sometimes referred to as the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In addition to his MSA experience, Agustin managed issues related to Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, marketing and advertising and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulation, federal and state excise tax laws and regulations, federal and state licensing, cigarette minimum price laws, cigarette model complementary laws, unfair trade practices, antitrust, anticorruption and antibribery issues, investigations, securities laws, general compliance issues, and other relevant legislative and rule-making issues. Agustin is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese. He has coordinated numerous commercial, merger & acquisition, licensing and joint venture transactions and supply chain compliance programs in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. He has helped build several regulatory compliance systems, including systems designed to mitigate exposure to risks in the areas of antitrust law, anticorruption/antibribery laws and corporate social responsibility.

Experience

1. Partner

   Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

   Jan 2021 — Present · Richmond, VA, US

Education

• Princeton University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

• Princeton University

  Bachelor's degree, International Relations and Affairs

• Harvard Business School

  Executive Education, Corporate Governance/Leadership in the Boardroom

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Executive Education, Mergers and Acquisitions

• University of Chicago Law School

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

Skills

• Antitrust Counseling
• Procurement Contracts
• Strategic Investment
• Corporate Law
• Acquisitions
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Financial Transactions
• Strategy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• International Joint Ventures
• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Sailing
• Corporate Governance
• Commercial Lending
• Compliance
• Business Transactions
• Intercompany Transactions
• Securities Regulation