Alfredo Navas > ECIJA > San Salvador, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile
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Alfredo Navas
Work Department
Corporate/M&A, Immigration, Media, Intellectual Property, Health Law, Risk & Compliance, Real Estate
Position
Managing Partner at ECIJA El Salvador
Career
Alfredo is partner in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Distribution and Consumer Law, Immigration, Media, Intellectual and Industrial Property, Health Law, Risk & Compliance and Real Estate at ECIJA El Salvador.
With over a decade of experience practicing law in El Salvador, Alfredo has managed to capitalize business relationships with its clients and he is daily dedicated to the attention of them in the areas of retail, distribution, financing, immigration, intellectual property and contract negotiation.
He has focused his practice on counseling and supporting local corporations that have come to expand their activities in Central America.
He leads the team that deals with regulatory compliance in both food and beverages, medical supplies, hygiene products, veterinary products and pharmaceutical specialties, as well as in city councils and different government offices.
Likewise, he has participated and led real estate structuring processes in both planning and execution of condominium constitution and sale processes.
He is an external notary of local banks and financiers, providing them with legalization services. Also, has participated as an external consultant in the incorporation of companies focused on financing micro, small and medium corporations. He actively participates in Due Diligence, mergers, and acquisitions in the aforementioned areas and has the ability to lead and work along with other professionals who are involved in these processes.
He has participated in the regional restructuring of companies focused on language teaching, in order to create franchise systems. Also, he has experience in the incorporation of companies dedicated to e-commerce.
He is the director of the José Napoleón Duarte Foundation and the Foundation for the Protection of Children at Risk (Fundaniños).
Languages
Alfredo speaks Spanish and English.
Education
He obtained a Postgraduate Degree in International Law, Economics and Finance from the ISEADE-FEPADE, and a JD and Notary Degree from the University Dr. José María Delgado.
Lawyer Rankings
El Salvador > Banking and finance
With offices in 17 countries spanning Central America, Europe and Asia, the experienced team at ECIJA leverages the firm’s global presence to advise local and international clients. The firm’s comprehensive service covers asset and corporate financing, debt restructuring, capital markets matters, bank contracting, due diligence and regulatory compliance. Key contacts include office founder and managing partner Alfredo Navas and Carlos Gil, a specialist in banking sector M&A. The practice was reinforced by the March 2023 arrival of Esmeralda Torres – formerly the managing partner at Torres Lopez y Asociados – and Nathania García-Prieto, the newly appointed chief growth officer for the firm’s Central American operations.
El Salvador > Intellectual property
The intellectual property group at ECIJA benefits from the firm’s extensive regional and international presence (made up of 33 offices in 16 countries across Central America, Europe and Asia and strengthened by the firm’s March 2023 alliance with Anglo-German firm Taylor Wessing LLP) to develop brand protection strategies for major multinationals. With a client base spanning such sectors as consumer goods, manufacturing, and food and beverages, the team offers a comprehensive service covering brand litigation, trade mark oppositions and appeals, copyright matters, and trade mark registrations and management. Drawing on firm-wide expertise in the TMT space, the team also handles the transfer of economic rights, source code and software protection, and confidentiality and non-compete agreements in this area. The group is headed by experienced managing partner Alfredo Navas, a specialist in the legaltech and industrial and audiovisual media areas; Carlos Gil, who has strength in a wide range of TMT-related matters; and associate Alejandra Gómez, who is well versed in blockchain matters.