Oscar R. Rivera, Esq.

Oscar R. Rivera, Esq. specializes in Real Property and Shopping Center Law and heads the Real Estate Practice Group of the Siegfried Rivera law firm in Coral Gables, Florida. He completed his undergraduate studies in accounting at the University of Miami and received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University. Since 1981 he has represented numerous developers, investment companies, retailers and management companies throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. 

Mr. Rivera has held several leadership positions within ICSC and is a recipient of the ICSC Trustees Distinguished Service Award. 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 and the University of Southern California, Divisional Government Affairs Chairman for the seven-state Southern Division and Florida Government Affairs Chairman.  He has also served as conference chairman of the 1997 Conference of the Americas; 1998 Florida Law Symposium; 2006 US Shopping Centers Law Conference; 2004 and 2012 Florida Conference and 2015 and 2016 Latin American Law Conference.

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.”

Available Monday, August 28, 11:00 am - noon