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Arias

Corporate/Commercial

Latin America Guide 2027 : Honduras


Arias

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About

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Arias has over 82 years of experience providing accurate and timely solutions with a great team of professionals, award-winning client service and unparalleled innovation to the region’s legal market.

Arias is a full-service law firm able to provide advice in over 35 practice areas; with a legal team of 39 Partners and around 130 lawyers through their 7 offices across Central America.

Arias Honduras is a well-rounded all-encompassing corporate legal firm in Honduras. We provide a wide range of legal services to our clients and their local entities for all their corporate needs, complementing our corporate services with tax, labour, administrative and others which are very helpful to successfully close deals.

We are a respected player in the local market due to our reputation, work ethics and integrity. We have many clients that have worked with our firm for many years which can attest to our good service.

We have a well-integrated team which additionally to our highly rated corporate work (frequently cross-border), including M&A, has the ability to offer our clients with many legal and business quality solutions.

Chambers Review

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Corporate/Commercial - Honduras

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Arias has a respected corporate team that is supported by a strong regional presence and routinely counsels clients on cross-border acquisition processes, including handling target due diligence, shareholder agreements and antitrust approval. The firm regularly advises investment banks, funds, multilaterals and corporate borrowers on credit agreements, while also serving key international and Honduran players from the real estate, pharmaceutical and technology sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Arias acted as local counsel to International Finance Corporation in connection with a USD50 million loan granted to BANPAIS.

Strengths

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  • Arias demonstrates an excellent level of legal expertise and provides outstanding client service. The team responds promptly, accurately and effectively to all our requests, and we consistently feel well advised across all our operations in Honduras.

    Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America

Notable Practitioners

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  • Eminent PractitionersEvangelina Lardizábal
    Eminent PractitionersEvangelina Lardizábal

    Evangelina Lardizábal

    Managing partner Evangelina Lardizábal is well known in the legal market for her prowess in both Honduran and international corporate and commercial matters, ranging from banking and finance to energy and real estate.
    • Evangelina Lardizábal is exceptionally accurate and professional in her responses. She provides strong client service and demonstrates an outstanding commercial vision.

      Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America
  • Band 3Mario Agüero
    Band 3Mario Agüero

    Mario Agüero

    Co-head of department Mario Agüero is well regarded by interviewees in the Honduran commercial law market. His practice includes project finance, due diligence and antitrust-related legal advice in M&A.

    • Mario Agüero is highly commercial, practical and proactive. He consistently goes beyond a purely legal approach to identify effective solutions.

      Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America

Ranked Individuals at Arias (2)

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