About

Provided by Arias

Arias has over 80 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 43 Partners and around 150 lawyers through their 7 offices across Central America.


 We offer legal advice in the structuring and restructuring of businesses, including:

  • Drafting and filing of charter documents and bylaws for legal entities. Shareholders' agreements.
  • Minority rights
  • Creditors' rights
  • Corporate governance
  • Management agreements
  • Employment relationships
  • Fiscal and tax planning


Our clients, some of the world's and the region's largest private financial and insurance companies including local and international banks, financial institutions, insurance and reinsurance companies-rely on us for sophisticated counsel in transactions such as:

  • Structuring and closing debt financing and loan security packages
  • Debt restructuring
  • Equity investment
  • Issuance of negotiable instruments
  • Project finance
  • Asset securitization
  • Structuring and implementation of investment funds and trusts
  • Chartering of and ongoing legal advice to banks, financial institutions, and insurance companies
  • Advice on financial and insurance regulatory matters
  • Establishment of insurance Companies
  • Counsel to the organization, management and everyday operations of the business
  • The application process with local regulator

Ranked Lawyers at
Arias

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El Salvador

Corporate/Commercial

F Armando Arias
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F Armando Arias
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Eminent Practitioners
Roberta Gallardo
1
Roberta Gallardo
1
Band 1
Lilian Arias
2
Lilian Arias
2
Band 2
Ana Mercedes López
3
Ana Mercedes López
3
Band 3
Luisa Rivas
4
Luisa Rivas
4
Band 4

Members

Provided by Arias

Clients

Provided by Arias

Bladex

Chevron

Citibank

Credit Suisse

Davivienda

Del Sur

EMF Microfinance Fund AGmvK

IDB Invest

IFC

Lifemiles

MRO Holdings

PRB

Procaps

Rodio Swissbording

Strike

Telefonica Centroamerica Inversiones, S.L

The Bank of Nova Scotia

Walmart

Industries

Provided by Arias

Aviation

Banking

Call Centers

Construction

Energy

Financial Institutions

Food and Beverages

Government Institutions

Hospitality

MRO

Maquila

NGO

Oil and Gas

Pharmaceutical

Retail

TMT

Textile and Industrial