Corporate/Commercial
Latin America Guide 2025 : Nicaragua
Band 1
About
Provided by Consortium Legal
Spanning five countries in Central America, we advise on the largest and most complex corporate transactions, covering your legal needs in Central America with over 40 corporate lawyers, one of the largest teams in the region. Our corporate specialists quickly develop optimal structures for your investment projects, satisfying your needs in the region with flexibility, efficiency, and transparency.
We combine our reach with the previous experience as in-house lawyers of some of our team members, allowing us to overcome practically all your business challenges. We offer the coordination of our regional services through a single office, enabling our clients to obtain unified services with the highest quality standards, creating synergies with our practice groups to provide seamless and integrated services for your business.
In Nicaragua, our corporate department has an experienced team of lawyers that combines comprehensive legal and business solutions for the satisfaction of our national and international clients. We advise companies on their legal needs regarding several industries like: Agroindustrial, Consumer & Retail goods, Energy, Food & Beverage, Health and Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining and Oil, Financial services and Insurance.
Chambers Review
Consortium Legal is a market-leading practice group that has significant cross-border capabilities through its offices throughout Central America. The Nicaraguan team offers expertise in relation to sophisticated financing deals involving bond issuances and syndicated loan facilities, and is routinely called upon to assist clients with establishing corporate and commercial operations in Nicaragua. The department is particularly experienced advising domestic and international clients from the banking and finance sphere, as well as energy companies and NGOs.
Work Highlights
- Consortium Legal assisted Olam Nicaragua with the establishment of its operation in the country, providing continuous corporate and contractual advice for day-to-day operations as well as managing corporate changes, shareholder reorganisations, capitalisation processes and real estate transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We are happy with Consortium Legal's work and responsiveness. They have connected us with potential allies and have gone above and beyond for us."
"Consortium Legal's team has extensive knowledge and experience in the sector, as well as ample knowledge of the corporate arena. The lawyers also fulfil our established deadlines."
"We are happy with Consortium Legal's work and responsiveness. They have connected us with potential allies and have gone above and beyond for us."
"Consortium Legal's team has extensive knowledge and experience in the sector, as well as ample knowledge of the corporate arena. The lawyers also fulfil our established deadlines."
Notable Practitioners
Senior statesperson José Evenor Taboada continues to be recognised as an authority in the Nicaraguan corporate and commercial market.
"José Evenor Taboada is a permanent adviser on all complex issues. He is a high-profile, highly respected lawyer in the profession."
Senior statesperson Martha Lorena Icaza continues to be praised by market commentators, particularly for her work in banking and finance matters. She is highly experienced and well regarded among Nicaraguan corporate lawyers.
"Martha Lorena Icaza provides excellent support and a holistic vision of projects. She looks after us and foresees risks."
Department co-head Rodrigo Taboada is held in high regard by market onlookers within the Nicaraguan corporate and commercial sphere. He is well known for his capabilities in handling major banking and finance mandates, such as credit agreements and syndicated loans.
"We always receive effective and successfulsupport from Rodrigo Taboada."
"Rodrigo Taboada is a great lawyer when it comes to his knowledge and service. He knows the region well and is open to change; I would certainly work with him again."
Co-head of department Olga Barreto is experienced in representing clients from the energy and finance sectors in their corporate and commercial issues in Nicaragua.
"Olga Barreto has ample knowledge and experience in Nicaragua's corporate sphere; her client attention is also excellent."
Ranked Lawyers at
Consortium Legal
Nicaragua
Members
Provided by Consortium Legal
Meyling Sampson
Head of Department
Clients
Provided by Consortium Legal
Asociación FDL
Fundación León 2000
Fundenuse
Olam Nicaragua, Sociedad Anónima
Pro Mujer
Productive Business Solutions (Nicaragua), Sociedad Anónima
Promerica Financial Corporation
Industries
Provided by Consortium Legal
Agroindustrial
Consumer & Retail goods
Energy
Financial services
Food & Beverage
Health and Life Sciences
Insurance
Manufacturing
Mining and Oil