Mr Uriel Balladares > Arias > Managua, Nicaragua > Lawyer Profile

The powerhouse team at regional firm Arias remains a market leader, bringing strength to advising major financial institutions and multinational corporations on day-to-operations and complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The group’s comprehensive service covers matters ranging from M&A, joint ventures and project finance to antitrust, compliance, concessions and credit agreements. The firm’s broad client base spans such sectors as food and beverages, education, agri-business, telecoms, retail, and oil and gas. The practice is headed by managing partner and foreign investment authority Ana Teresa Rizo; Bertha Argüello, an expert in financial regulatory compliance; Gustavo-Adolfo Vargas, a specialist in advising multilateral institutions on the granting of credits, including the structuring and negotiation of agreements; and Rodrigo Ibarra, who handles matters involving hydrocarbons, telecoms and banking. Key support is provided at the associate level by Maryeling Guevara, who conducts complex due diligence for acquisitions, and Uriel Balladares, who manages horizontal property regimes and real estate regulatory matters.

The powerhouse real estate team at Arias remains a market leader, leveraging its regional strength and the experience of its team to advise development banks and private individuals on domestic property matters and national and multinational corporations on high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With a client base spanning such sectors as energy, manufacturing, retail, agriculture, and food and beverages, the practice’s comprehensive offering extends to due diligence and title verifications, purchases and sales, easements, mortgages, leases and construction contracts, zoning and related permits, title insurance and litigation. The team is led by Róger Pérez, who draws on his role as head of the firm’s disputes and tax practices to provide expertise on acquisitions, tax and investment structuring, the establishment of condominium regimes and tourism projects. At the associate level, Uriel Balladares advises on horizontal property regimes and regulatory matters related to real estate assets, and Douglas Vásquez utilises 15 years of experience in the defence of clients’ interests before municipal tax entities.