Mrs Melissa Morán > Consortium Legal > Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile
Consortium Legal Offices
Diagonal 6 11-10 zona 10
Edificio Diago6
nivel 10. Oficina 1001
Guatemala
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Mrs Melissa Morán
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Senior Associate
Career
She has more than 17 years of professional practice in the banking and financial, agricultural and industrial sectors and has focused her practice in advising local and international clients in banking, corporate and M&A matters, among others. She has participated in syndicated loans, international issues of debt securities, project finance, securitizations, authorizations of financial institutions, administrative procedures before the Superintendency of Banks, acquisitions and corporate restructurings of financial institutions, among others.
Education
- Master in Banking and Finance, Boston University School of Law, United States (2010)
- Business Diploma in International Trade, Escuela de Negocios Loyola, Guatemala (2006)
- Degree in Legal Sciences Lawyer and Notary, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala (2005)
Lawyer Rankings
Guatemala > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Regional firm Consortium Legal houses a comprehensive banking and finance practice in Guatemala, with expertise spanning syndicated and cross-border loans, debt restructuring, and the development and implementation of new financial products. Capital markets transactions are an additional strength, where the team has a strong recent record in assisting on both the lender and borrower side. The ‘attentive‘ department, which offers ‘personalised attention‘ to clients, is particularly adept at advising international banks and multilateral development finance institutions and can leverage the firm’s sizeable network of offices in Central America to handle regional mandates. Other thriving areas of the practice include regulatory and, in particular, fintech matters; the firm offers a dedicated team of practitioners from its regional offices in this space. Firm president Álvaro Castellanos leads the department and is widely recognised for his longstanding practice in the banking, fintech and insurtech spheres, and highly experienced senior associate Melissa Morán has also established an active practice, covering syndicated loans, international debt issuances and project finance.