Department profile
Consortium Legal

Corporate/Commercial

Latin America Guide 2027 : Nicaragua


Consortium Legal

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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.

Clients (7)

  • Promerica Financial Corporation
  • Fundación León 2000
  • Fundenuse
  • Asociación FDL
  • Pro Mujer
  • Productive Business Solutions (Nicaragua), Sociedad Anónima
  • Olam Nicaragua, Sociedad Anónima

Industries (9)

  • Agroindustrial
  • Consumer & Retail goods
  • Energy
  • Food & Beverage
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Manufacturing
  • Mining and Oil
  • Financial services
  • Insurance

Chambers Review

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Corporate/Commercial - Nicaragua

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

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 in advising domestic and international clients from the banking and finance sphere, as well as energy companies and NGOs.

Work Highlights

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  • Consortium Legal advised CBC on a syndicated loan financing arranged by Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, valued at USD450 million.

Strengths

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  • Consortium Legal has deep domain expertise and communicates transparently. They are helpful in guiding us through complex matters and have the expertise to manage all of our questions.

    Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America
  • Consortium Legal is very well established in the market and is one of the largest law firms in Nicaragua. The legal team provides an excellent service.

    Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America

Notable Practitioners

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  • Senior StatespeopleMartha Lorena Icaza
    Senior StatespeopleMartha Lorena Icaza

    Martha Lorena Icaza

    Senior statesperson Martha Lorena Icaza continues to be praised by market commentators, particularly for her work on banking and finance matters. She is highly experienced and well regarded among Nicaraguan corporate lawyers.

    • Martha Lorena Icaza has been a key figure in the firm's presence and development and is a lawyer with a great deal of experience in the Nicaraguan corporate arena.

      Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America
  • Band 1Rodrigo Taboada
    Band 1Rodrigo Taboada

    Rodrigo Taboada

    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.

    • Rodrigo Taboada is top of the line. He is a knowledgeable, responsive and committed lawyer who provides great help.

      Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America
    • I have a high professional opinion of Rodrigo Taboada. He is proactive, always contributes, looks for solutions and works to keep matters moving.

      Corporate/Commercial respondentLatin America
  • Band 3Olga Barreto
    Band 3Olga Barreto

    Olga Barreto

    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.
  • Band 4Carlos Taboada
    Band 4Carlos Taboada

    Carlos Taboada

    Partner Carlos Taboada is present in the corporate field in Nicaragua, advising domestic clients on entity issues and acquisitions.

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Nicaragua

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