Mr Andrés Marroquín > Arias > Guatemala, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile
Arias Offices
6ª. Avenida 12-24 zona 10
Edificio HQ Fontabella, Nivel 8
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. C. A.
Guatemala
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Mr Andrés Marroquín
Work Department
Banking, Finance and Insurance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Securities
Position
Associate
Career
Andres is very active analyzing the structure of loans and complex collateral structures, mainly through security trusts. Moreover, he has been involved in the analysis of the Guatemalan insolvencies’ laws and distribution contracts.
Andrés joined Arias Guatemala in October, 2021 in the legal team overseeing analysis of banking, finance, and capital markets matters. His participation into the work carried out in such areas has consisted in the analysis of the legal possibility of carrying out securities-related transactions in Guatemala, the application of payments systems and collection, and the structure of loans. Since he joined, Andrés has been a part of Arias’ transactional team as a key player.
He is passionate for the academic aspects of law, for which he has been an auxiliary professor at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin’s Law School. Moreover, he is interested in international public law, for which he participated in the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (American champion) and the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition on international criminal law.
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
- Law Degree, as well as Attorney and Notary Public, Cum Laude, from the Faculty of Law of Universidad Francisco Marroquín.
Lawyer Rankings
Guatemala > Banking and finance
Central American firm Arias handles a mix of transactional and regulatory banking and finance matters in Guatemala, with a strong track record in leading the firm’s regional teams on cross-border mandates. The practice is especially adept at advising international lenders, including banks, multilateral institutions and private funds, on granting loans to domestic borrowers, although the team has experience on both sides of transactions. On the regulatory front, the team has marked expertise in fintech matters, and also assists with securities and insurance regulatory issues. Following the departure of former department head Jorge Luis Arenales in March 2023, Luis Pedro del Valle now leads the team, bringing wide-ranging experience in domestic and cross-border transactions to the table. Among the strong cohort of junior team members, key names include senior associate Cindy Arrivillaga (who is noted for international matters) and associates Francisco Zuluaga, Andrés Marroquín and Florencio Gramajo (who recently returned from the foreign lawyer trainee programme at Holland & Knight LLP‘s Miami office).