García & Bodán

Firm Details:

Managing Partners Team:

Regional Managing Partner: Terencio J. García Montenegro

García & Bodán Guatemala: Carlos E. Téllez Páramo

García & Bodán El Salvador: Oscar J. Torres Cañas

García & Bodán Honduras: J. Vanessa Oquelí de Riera

García & Bodán Nicaragua: Terencio J. García Montenegro (Managua), Eduardo A. Cabrales Cuadra (San Juan del Sur and Tola)

García & Bodán Costa Rica: Julio C. Vargas Solano

Senior Partner: Federico A. Gurdián Sacasa

Partners: Melvin A. Estrada Canizales (Nicaragua), Godofredo Siercke Núñez (Honduras), Graciela S. Cruz Raudales (Honduras), Edna C. López Toledo (El Salvador) and Mauricio Orellana Caballero (El Salvador).

Firm overview:

García & Bodán ensures uniformity and excellence in its legal services.

It is a full-service law firm with eight offices in Central America, located in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. García & Bodán has a team of highly qualified attorneys, graduated with honours from prestigious national and international universities; recognised for their expertise in complex transactions in a context of rapid change and a competitive business environment and well known for their pragmatic and business-minded approach to the legal issues brought forth by clients.

García & Bodán’s team not only serves and supports its clients in all legal activity required in accordance with their businesses; but also, guides foreign investors when entering a new country.

Its main policies are:

■ Fast response in a maximum of three hours during office hours and not more than 24 hours during non-office hours.

■ Observance of conflict of interests at the regional level, not at an individual office.

■ Answers always well founded in law, making reference to the applicable law or disposition.

Main practice areas:

Corporate and transactional:

García & Bodán has participated in complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and elaboration of due diligences in a variety of industrial sectors.

Tax:

This practice area is one of the supporting pillars to clients in their investments and businesses in Central America. García & Bodán elaborates and develops tax planning services to maximize clients’ profitability, all in accordance with the laws in force in each country.

Banking and finance:

The team provides advice on both unique and complex financial transactions, such as: syndicated bank financing, structured finance, sovereign bond issues, private bond issues, project finance, financing of acquisitions and derivatives, purchase and sale of debt portfolios, trusts, among others; as well as in the area of current regulation of financial markets.

Capital markets:

The team has participated in sovereign bond issues, international private bond issuances, advising on derivative transactions and structuring of debt and preferred stock issues, asset finance, acquisition finance and debt portfolio sales and purchases, among others.

International Trade:

This area is characterized by providing support to national, regional, and international companies in matters arising from their commercial activity, the efficiency of their import, export, and transit processes as well as the relation the firm's clients sustain with different public-private representatives, contributing overall to strengthening their competitiveness and market access.

Intellectual property:

This practice focuses on litigation of patents and actions against trademark infringement, handling of brand portfolios, brand monitoring, health records and legal advice on copyrights and other IP rights.

Litigation and arbitration:

This practice group has the capacity to resolve disputes through the use of dispute resolution mechanisms or, if necessary, through litigation before courts of all the jurisdictions, including specialized courts.

Real estate:

It is characterized by its active participation in the most important tourism-related transactions, especially in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras. It provides advice to real estate developers, hotel operators and condominium developers, among others.

Labour:

García & Bodán provides labor law services in general, including preventive legal advice, ranging from individual to collective issues, and from administrative labor law to full-fledged litigation.

Energy and natural resources: The firm’s expertise covers all areas and activities of the energy and natural resources sectors, including oil and gas.

Clients:

Most of García & Bodán’s clients are multinational companies from the United States, Latin America and Europe, representing them in sophisticated works. The firm also provides services to a wide array of clients in the Central American region.

Offices:

Guatemala City, Guatemala: [email protected]

San Salvador, El Salvador: [email protected]

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: [email protected]

San Pedro Sula, Honduras: [email protected]

Managua, Nicaragua: [email protected]

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua: [email protected]

Tola, Nicaragua: [email protected]

San José, Costa Rica: [email protected]

Website: www.garciabodan.com