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Dentons Offices

Dentons
TORRE FUTURA, LOCAL 11-06, 87 AVENIDA NORTE Y CALLE EL MIRADOR
COLONIA ESCALON
SAN SALVADOR
El Salvador
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El Salvador > Corporate and M&A Tier 2

Bolstered by the March 2022 addition of the entire team from domestic practice MCM Legal, Dentons has strengthened both its regional presence and its corporate team in El Salvador. Advising domestic and multinational corporates, including household names such as United Airlines, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Huawei and Telefónica, on high-value, multi-jurisdictional matters, the firm has a strong presence in sectors ranging from telecoms, aviation and automobiles to hospitality, fintech and transport. The practice’s full corporate offering extends to governance issues, market expansion, and complex service and distributorship agreements. Daniel Martinez, who brings to the table over 20 years of experience assisting clients with major transactions in the corporate arena, leads the team. Other notable names are Ricardo Milla, who specialises in restructurings and company formations, and senior associate David Aguilar, who advises on regulatory matters and public procurement processes.

Practice head(s):

Daniel Martinez

Key clients

United Airlines

Huawei Telecommunications

Volante Technologies

Equifax

DEG (Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft)

AGS Protect

Nature’s Sunshine Products

Hamburg Süd

Telefónica

Nikken

Fiat Chrysler

Syscorp

Icards Solutions

Grupo Silkcroft

Grupo Arquero

Medtrition

Preferred Hotel Group

Serdi

Smart Strategic Marketing

Diper Exhibitions

Sysde

Musicar

Work highlights

  • Assisted Puma Energy in a complex corporate restructuring process and with antitrust approvals.
  • Advising Equifax on the acquisition of the share capital portion of the company from one of the shareholders, a regional bank.
  • Advised on the acquisition of a Salvadoran company for German multinational online food-delivery service Delivery Hero.

Central America > Corporate and finance

As the Central American branch of global firm Dentons, Dentons is one of the few firms in the region to have an international presence, making it well equipped to handle multi-jurisdictional transactions. In Costa Rica (where the firm has two offices), real estate and hospitality specialist Eduardo Zúñiga leads the corporate team with Tatiana Reuben. Luis Abundio Maldonado, who also co-chairs the infrastructure practice for Latin America and the Caribbean, is the name to note in Guatemala, while in Honduras Arturo Zacapa heads the team. In Nicaragua, Edgard Torres handles corporate and finance matters, and Daniel Martinez, who has a strong track record in international deals, leads the El Salvador practice. The highly experienced Gisela Álvarez de Porras is the key contact in Panama.

Work highlights

Dentons > Firm Profile

With offices in Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala and El Salvador, Dentons Mu?oz offers rule of law based access to world-class expertise, capital, technology, best practices and decision makers.

Dentons Mu?oz is committed to improving the world for all by activating the rule of law in the pursuit of better institutions, equality, freedom and economic progress.

Dentons Mu?oz lawyers work in close cooperation within Central America and with Dentons lawyers from all over the world.

Dentons Mu?oz handles the most sophisticated and complex transactions in Central America.

On February 27th, 2017, Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announced the completion of its combination with Costa Rica-based Mu?oz Global, making it the first global law firm to have a footprint across Central America. The combined firm is known as Dentons Mu?oz.

On February 12th, 2018 Dentons opened offices in San Salvador, El Salvador and became the first full-service global firm in the country. Dentons Mu?oz expanded its footprint in Central America and covers the entire region from its five offices in four countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, San Jos? and Guanacaste in Costa Rica and Panam?.

Areas of practice

Dispute resolution: the firm provides rule of law-based results in dispute resolution.

Banking and finance: debt financing and loan security packages, debt restructuring, issuance of negotiable instruments, asset securitization, investment funds and trusts.

M&A: the firm has a solid track record of success advising local and foreign clients on mergers, business unit spinoffs, tender and exchange offers, leveraged buyouts, strategic alliances, collaborations, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures.

Real estate: the firm provides ongoing sophisticated advice to residential, commercial or mixed-use developments.

Corporate: the firm provides corporate legal counsel on a permanent basis, corporate governance advice and corporate advice to foreign direct investors arriving or expanding their presence. Provides compliance services, including internal investigations and remediation programs.

Tax: the firm provides tax advice and it feels confident in defending the interests of its clients in court.

Public law: the firm provides rule of law-based government procurement advice. It represents the Inter-American Development Bank in designing the Alliance for Prosperity Fund, the largest mixed-capital fund in the history of Central America to develop strategic infrastructure in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

Employment: through ongoing preventive advice, it balances employer and employee interests, advances the rule of law principle, deals with employee protectionism in Central America, and understands and deals with the particularities of labor law in each Central American jurisdiction.

Intellectual property and technology: the firm links start-ups with investors and potential clients, provides interactive real time technological solutions to its clients to manage their intellectual property, fight piracy and counterfeiting, and provides sensible IT law and privacy advice.

Notary Services: the firm provides necessary support and advice on public deeds, sworn statements, notarial certificates, certified documents, apostille certification and legalization of signatures.

The firm seamlessly validates contracts and legal documents with state-of-the-art technology, experienced personnel, high production capacity and prices established by law. Every document is managed expeditiously to fulfill all legal requirements for the legal security of its clients.

Other central American offices

Guatemala, Panama and El Salvador.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Banking and finance Fabio Molina
Banking and finance Benjamín Rodríguez
M&A Benjamín Rodríguez
Corporate Benjamín Rodríguez
Competition and anti-monopoly Luis Samour
Competition and anti-monopoly Fabio Molina
Anti-corruption Luis Samour
Notary services Luis Samour
Notary services Fabio Molina
Notary services Benjamín Rodríguez
Real estate Benjamín Rodríguez
Public law Luis Samour
Litigation and dispute resolution Luis Samour
Litigation and dispute resolution Fabio Molina
Tax Luis Samour
Intellectual Property Fabio Molina
Employment and Labor Luis Samour

Staff Figures

Other fee-earners : 4

Other

Partners : 3


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