Mr Francisco Zuluaga > Arias > Guatemala, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile

Arias
6ª. Avenida 12-24 zona 10
Edificio HQ Fontabella, Nivel 8
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. C. A.
Guatemala

Work Department

Banking, Finance and Insurance, Information Technology Law and Data Privacy, Real Estate Law, Capital Markets and Securities Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Francisco is part of the corporate, transactional and mergers and acquisitions team, where he advises clients with various operations and businesses in their commercial activity. His practice areas include corporate law, international transactions, mergers and acquisitions, personal data protection, telecommunications, real estate law, technology law, and electronic commerce.

He joined the law firm in 2017 as an intern, and later as a legal assistant in the corporate, transactional, and M&A team. He was a member of the litigation team during 2018, participating in the international arbitration practice. Since 2019 and to date, he is part of the corporate, transactional and mergers and acquisitions team.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

  • International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

  • Law Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala.
  • Authorized as a practicing Attorney and Notary Public

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).