Banking & Finance
Latin America Guide 2025 : Guatemala
Band 3
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+502 2225 7000About
Provided by BLP
The Banking and Finance group represents a wide variety of clients around the region in cutting-edge financing transactions. Our solid capacity to innovate allows BLP to advise the world’s leading multilateral agencies, commercial banks, private equity sponsors and other financing sources.
We provide our clients with sophisticated advice through a combination of experience, an in-depth understanding of the financial markets and a market-leading ability to navigate differences in local law that can have significant impacts on financial aspects of relevant transactions.
Our banking attorneys work seamlessly with our mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructuring, corporate finance and structured finance practices to provide the highest quality advice to our clients in all types of financing transactions.
In addition to the expertise, market knowledge and sophistication of our experts in the field, BLP offers an across-the-board service including into each of our transactions different professionals specialized in relevant practice areas in order to provide a comprehensive outlook on our clients’ endeavors.
In Guatemala BLP is well known for its trajectory of advising local and international banks on a broad spectrum of financial matters.
Chambers Review
Well-regarded regional firm BLP boasts expertise assisting a notable client list of regional and international financial institutions with corporate and acquisition finance mandates in Guatemala. The department is also skilled in advising on the issuance of bonds, fund formation, and credit facilities.
Work Highlights
- BLP advised Evertec on the refinancing of its credit facilities for its acquisition of Sinqia.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"BLP's lawyers have extensive knowledge of capital markets andare sought after by multilateral institutions to structure complex matters."
"BLP's lawyers have extensive knowledge of capital markets andare sought after by multilateral institutions to structure complex matters."
Notable Practitioners
Co-head of department Jorge Arenales remains active in Guatemala advising clientele on a range of banking and finance matters, including project and corporate finance and debt restructuring.
"Jorge Arenales has supported our capital markets matter from the start. His level of service is very strong."
Department co-head María Inés Arenales handles an array of banking and finance matters, including corporate financing and regulatory issues, often with cross-border dimensions. She boasts further expertise in digital wallet-related matters.
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