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El Salvador > Banking and finance

Aguilar Castillo Love draws from the regional bench strength of 11 offices in nine countries across Latin America to advise major financial institutions and household-name multinationals (from sectors including financial services, food and beverages, aviation, automotives, telecoms and tech) involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional financial transactions. The team is headed by office managing partner Esteban Agüero Guier and Flor De María Cortez, who brings to the table experience in structured financings for clients in regulated industries, the financing of energy generation and distribution projects and fintech matters. Associate Bryan Guevara López, who joined from Muddock Legal in May 2022, and of counsel Silvia Nasser, who joined from Dentons in February 2022, provide key support.

El Salvador > Corporate and M&A Tier 3

Aguilar Castillo Love utilises its regional presence (with 11 offices in nine countries across Latin America) to advise prominent multinationals and financial institutions (including Coca-Cola and JP Morgan) involved in high-value, cross-border transactions. The team is well versed in joint ventures, divestments, spin-offs and M&A, as well as related issues such as regulatory compliance, customs tariffs and labour contracts. Sectors of strength include financial services, tech, food and beverages, e-commerce and energy. At the helm are El Salvador managing partner and M&A expert Esteban Agüero Guier and Flor De María Cortez, who has expertise in foreign investment, free trade zone and compliance matters, as well as assisting in the renewable energy and cryptocurrency spheres. The capable pool of junior lawyers includes associate Lorena Madrid, whose practice also covers antitrust, sanitary registrations and intellectual property matters, and new additions Bryan Guevara López (also an associate), who joined in May 2022 from Muddock Legal, and of counsel Silvia Nasser, who joined from Dentons in February 2022.

Central America > Corporate and finance

One of the first law firms to build a region-wide practice, Aguilar Castillo Love has established an extensive platform not only in Central America but also further afield; in addition to its offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, the firm now has a presence in Ecuador, Paraguay and, most recently, Bolivia, where it opened branches in Santa Cruz and La Paz in 2022. Thanks to its in-depth experience of advising international clients (and the strong international profiles of many of its lawyers), the firm is well versed in cross-border financial and corporate transactions, including project finance, debt restructurings, bond issuances and M&A. In the Costa Rica offices (located in central San José and Escazú), the key contacts are banking and finance head Marco Solano Gómez and John Aguilar-Quesada, who leads the corporate team. Juan Carlos Castillo Chacón, a market leader in energy-related deals, and up-and-coming partner Natalia Callejas Aquino oversee the Guatemala practice, while Esteban Agüero Guier and Flor De María Cortez, who has significant experience in foreign investments and free trade zone law, are the names to note in El Salvador, where the firm is commended for its fintech expertise. In Honduras, Enrique Rodríguez-Burchard and Juan José Alcerro Milla lead the corporate and finance teams, where the latter brings complementary strengths in antitrust and fintech issues. M&A expert Thelma Carrión Blandón and finance specialist Violeta Núñez head the corporate and banking departments in Nicaragua.