BLP

Lauded for its ability to ‘combine legal excellence with business acumen’, corporate heavyweight BLP leverages its full-service model and sizeable footprint in Central America to provide comprehensive support to prominent multinationals on big-ticket domestic and regional M&A, covering all aspects of the transaction from due diligence to antitrust and regulatory matters. Joint ventures, corporate restructurings, spin-offs and compliance issues are also core areas of expertise for the team, which acts for major players in the tech, agribusiness, telecoms and transport sectors, among others. The practice is headed by the ’extremely creative’ David Gutiérrez, who enjoys a strong international profile (and also oversees the Madrid office), and Adriana Castro, who stands out for her expertise in cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on the telecoms, media and tech spheres. The enviably deep bench also includes Eduardo Calderón, a high-profile name for M&A, international transactions expert Luis M. Castro, Adelina Villalobos, a specialist in foreign direct investment projects and free trade zone matters, and directors Adriana Acuña and Elia Naranjo. Clients also benefit from project management and pricing tools introduced by the firm’s Innovation Commission. Since publication, Naranjo has been raised to the partnership and Acuña to special counsel - effective as of January 2026.