About
Provided by Arias
Arias has 82 years of experience providing accurate and timely solutions based on clients’ goals, a great team of professionals, award-winning client service and unparalleled innovation to the region’s legal market. A full-service law firm able to provide advice in over 35 practice areas; with a legal team of 39 Partners and more than 130 lawyers through their 7 offices across all Central American countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Arias has vast experience in local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. We have acted as counsel in the planning, negotiation and execution of many of the largest and most complex M&A deals in the region, representing both buyers and sellers.
Our firm has rendered advice in:
- Mergers
- Tender and exchange offers
- Leveraged buyouts
- Strategic alliances
- Collaborations and joint ventures
- Acquisitions
- Divestitures
The firm has coordinated some of the largest multijurisdictional transactions crossing Latin America; it is the go-to firm for international corporations doing business in the region.
Our Coporate and Commercial Department offers legal advice in the structuring and restructuring of businesses, including, among others, the following:
- 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
