The banking and finance practice at regional firm Arias brings strength to advising multinational law firms and local and global banks and financial institutions (including HSBC, JP Morgan, IDB Invest, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Banco Santander) on day-to-day matters and high-value, cross-border transactions. The group’s comprehensive service covers matters ranging from debt restructuring, the structuring of local security documents, debt financing and loan security packages to equity investments, insolvency and bankruptcy law, the issuance of negotiable instruments, regulatory compliance and asset securitisation. The team is headed by Diego Gallegos, an expert in asset and project finance, and Vicente Lines, who brings decades of experience in acquisitions and financing matters in regulated industries. Key support is provided by senior associate Arianne Silva on the financing and refinancing of companies and financial projects.
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Témoignages
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‘The team can manage any requirements and cross-functional projects with colleagues from other specialties.'
‘Diego Gallegos is an outstanding lawyer in banking and finance matters. We switched our business to Arias just for him. He has created outstanding business opportunities thanks to his legal opinions and other work.'
Clients clés
- Enfragen Management Services
- Sustainable Ocean Fund
- Banco Santander
- The Toronto Dominion Bank
- The Prudential Insurance of America
- Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator
- JP Morgan
- Bank of America
- Truist Bank
- Goldman Sachs
Points forts
- Advised EnfraGen, a developer and owner of renewable energy infrastructure, on the financing for the acquisition in Costa Rica of their first wind power asset.
- Acted as Banco Santander’s counsel in the acquisition financing by H.I.G. Capital of several entities engaged in the logistics business in Latin America.
- Advised Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund on a refinancing of $12m provided to Aquacorporación Internacional, which is part of Aquafoods Group, a marine fish processing and mariculture company in Central America.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Vicente Lines; Diego Gallegos