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Central America Teams 2017

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Cementos Progreso

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Cementos Progreso is a Guatemalan company that specialises in the production and commercialisation of cement, concrete, lime and integral solutions for the construction industry. The Cementos Progreso legal team has a number of high profile and lucrative transactions under their belt, having developed and managed contracts worth more than $500m and leading on an $850m recovery of one of the Group’s companies, helping to remove the subsidiary from a liquidation process in just three months. The distinguished legal team is composed of nine lawyers and three non-lawyers and is led by legal manager, David Hernandez who has been with the company for 35 years and has overseen the industrial area of production and export of lime, as well as all the licensing of the group. ‘All outstanding team members are experts in a wide range of areas’, says Hernandez. Amongst them is legal manager, Carlos Gonzalez, who is an expert attorney on business expansion, real estate and human development management. Assisting on the company’s relations with banks, construction of new plants and distribution chains is legal manager, Hector Goicolea who is a leading attorney on banking law in the region. Legal manager, Cristina Villacorta is another key member of the legal team and serves on all business related matters involving cement, concrete and financial issues. Through their combined effort and skillset, the legal team has contributed to the company’s 94% customer satisfaction index rating. Speaking on the team ethos and source of motivation, corporate legal manager Laura Castañeda says: ‘Our legal responsibility is to support the strategy and change in the country we all want to live in’.

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