David Claros Flores > García & Bodán > San Salvador, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile

García & Bodán
83 Avenida Sur, No 403
segundo Nivel, Colonia Escalón
SAN SALVADOR
El Salvador

Work Department

  • Corporate-Commercial
  • Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Purchases and Contracting of Goods and Services
  • Trusts
  • Anti-Trust
  • Free Zones
  • Banking and Finance
  • Aeronautic
  • Non-governmental Organizations
  • Immigration
  • Social Security
  • Labor

Position

Senior Associate

Career

David Ernesto Claros Flores is Senior Associate of García & Bodán and a member of the Corporate and Transactional, Labor and Banking and Financial practices in El Salvador.

Throughout his career, he has participated in major transactions for recognized companies around the world, focusing on Corporate Law and with vast experience in Labor matters.

He is member and volunteer for various committees and trade associations, in which he participates actively, from where international trade, private companies’ rights, young entrepreneurs’ development, and the study of Law and democracy are promoted, to strengthen the rule of Law.

He has participated in several seminars offered by local and foreign institutions; experiences that helped him develop all the necessary abilities to become an excellent professional.

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Memberships

  • Vice President of the Board of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador.
  • Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Young Entrepreneurs and Professionals Chamber of Commerce and Industry of El Salvador (CCIES).
  • Member of the Young Leadership Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AMCHAM).
  • Member of the Centre for Legal Studies (CEJ) of El Salvador and member of the Committee on Legal Affairs.

Education

  • Admitted to practice as Attorney since October 2011 and as Notary Public since March 2014.
  • Graduated in Law – Universidad “Dr. José Matías Delgado” (UJMD), May 2011.

Lawyer Rankings

El Salvador > Corporate and M&A

With offices in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, the team at García & Bodán benefits from a regional presence when advising domestic and multinational companies from a range of sectors, including aviation, manufacturing, education, retail, telecoms, food and beverages, healthcare and financial services. The team’s experience ranges from day-to-day corporate matters to the incorporation of companies in El Salvador, the expansion of operations, and M&A. The team is overseen by Oscar Torres, who was appointed as the firm’s regional director of labour in April 2022 and has considerable expertise in the labour aspects of corporate matters, in addition to tax, energy and aviation issues. Key support in major transactions is provided by senior associate David Claros Flores and associate Rodrigo Benítez Nassar, who specialises in assisting with the constitution, dissolution and liquidation of companies.