Mr Rodrigo Taboada > Consortium Legal > Managua, Nicaragua > Lawyer Profile
Consortium Legal Offices
DEL ANTIGUO HOSPITAL MILITAR, 1C AL NORTE
10VRS ABAJO, EDIFICIO CONSORTIUM LEGAL
MANAGUA
Nicaragua
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Mr Rodrigo Taboada
Work Department
Corporate Law
Position
Partner
Career
Rodrigo is a partner at Consortium Legal – Nicaragua, with more than 20 years of experience in the banking and financial sectors. He has experience in foreign investment, mergers & acquisitions, banking and securities, and advising in relevant international and local transactions that generate major impacts in the region. He provides ongoing advice to financial institutions in the execution of guaranteed and unsecured credit lines, subordinated agreements, regulatory matters, among other financial issues. He has participated in syndicated loans of more than US$200 million, with the formalization of documentation subject to local laws, including local guarantees. He has also advised on the transfer of financial institutions’ capital holdings to new investors.
He has been a professor of securities markets in Master Programs in Business Administration. Author of several articles and publications related to foreign investments, transparency in financial services and compliance issues for international publications, including the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and Law Business Research of England.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
- Advised the Lenders an incremental revolving facility commitment for B2Gold for US$75 million
- Advice on the increase in credit line granted by The Bank of Nova Scotia to Excell Business Limited originally for US $ 98,400,000 and increased to US $ 114,000,000.
- Financing of acquisition by Lowell Acquisition LLC of a series of companies of New Holland in Central America for US$90,000,000.00.
- Rodrigo Taboada provided legal advice to Credit Suisse (“CS”) as Administrative Agent and Principal Arranger of credit facilities and the IDB.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Member of American Bar Association (ABA)
Member International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
- Mergers and Acquisitions Course, Georgetown Law Center, United States (2009)
- Master of Laws with emphasis in Corporate Law, New York University (NYU), United States (2000)
- Postgraduate in Financial Management (cum laude), Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Empresariales (UCC), Nicaragua (1998)
- Law Degree, (graduate with distinction) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
Nicaragua > Corporate and finance
(Leading individuals)The corporate and finance team at Consortium Legal remains a leader in the marketplace, marshalling deep bench strength and the expertise of its offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua to advise household-name national and multinational corporates and financial institutions on a comprehensive range of matters. The group’s extensive client roster spans the construction, banking and finance, insurance, tech, retail, energy, food and beverages, life sciences and manufacturing sectors. Core areas of expertise include high-value and complex M&A, company incorporations, due diligence and market strategy, project finance, joint ventures, subordinated agreements, and guaranteed and unsecured credit lines, as well as related tax and regulatory compliance issues. Foreign investment authority Rodrigo Taboada and Olga Barreto, a financial and corporate restructuring expert, lead the team. Other senior figures include former General Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of Nicaragua Martha Lorena Icaza, who brings over four decades’ experience to handling M&A. The key names at junior level are senior associates Meyling Sampson (a free trade zone specialist) and Carlos Castrillo (who assists with major transactions and general bidding processes).