David Font
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
(502) 2380-2600Share profile
About
Provided by David Font
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A
Administrative Law
Banking Law
Real Estate
Estate Planning
Career
His practice focuses on Administrative Law, specialized on public procurement, government tenders and concessions; infrastructure; Banking Law; commercial transactions and contracts; design, constitution, maintenance and modification of corporate structures, especially for partnerships with disputes among shareholders or with third parties; Corporate Law, mergers and acquisitions; foreign investment; real-estate transactions; Tax Law and estate planning.
His recent experience includes legal support to telephone companies and international companies that include their incorporation and operation in Guatemala. Performance as local expert advisor for an international arbitration in infrastructure and mining matters as the design of the legal and tax strategies for real-estate developments for amounts that exceed US$100 million just in the last year; and credit structuring for more than US$25 million granted by local banks to be used abroad, with mixed guarantees in different countries.
Professional Memberships
Guatemalan Bar Association.
International Bar Association.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Experienced partner David Font enjoys a notable corporate and M&A practice in Guatemala. He remains highly sought after by clients in the financial and agribusiness sectors for his expertise in transaction mandates and related due diligence. He offers further expertise in incorporations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David Font is a good leader with a lot of experience and knowledge of the national legal market."
"David Font is a good leader with a lot of experience and knowledge of the national legal market."