About

Provided by Lexvalor Abogados

Financial Law. - The professional team is specialized in providing advice and guidance on financial structure planning of various sorts to domestic and international financial and insurance institutions, multilateral credit agencies, auxiliary financial entities, and securities market entities.

The team has extensive experience in structuring and carrying out multilateral credit operations, as well as syndicated loan operations to finance major projects in Ecuador, representing multilateral lending institutions, domestic and international financial institutions and project promoters. 

Capital Market. -The firm has a strong presence in the capital market area. The members have participated in structuring capital market transactions for domestic and international investors, including corporate bond issues, commercial paper and securities issues, securities registration, securitisations, and other financial products for company financing.

Fiduciary Law. - In Ecuador, the forming of a commercial trust is the most efficient mechanism to ensure compliance with obligations between lender and borrower. Large lenders, both international and domestic, regard the trust as a sine qua non requirement for the conferment of large loans. The firm represents the largest and most important trust funds in Ecuador, Lexvalor is responsible for the preparation of all legal documents related to the granting of the most important and largest loans for the completion of works of national interest.

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Banking & Finance - Ecuador

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Lexvalor Abogados is a full-service firm with a significant banking and finance offering in Ecuador. The legal team is experienced in advising lenders and corporate borrowers on bilateral and syndicated credit facilities to finance projects and corporate acquisitions. The law firm boasts further expertise in capital markets, with notable activity advising on bond issuances. Lexvalor Abogados advises a diverse client base including multinational corporations, commercial banks and asset managers.

Work Highlights

  • Lexvalor Abogados provided legal counsel to Nestlé Ecuador on structuring a financing operation through the securities market, securing authorisation for a short-term debt issuance programme (commercial paper) for an amount of up to USD20 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Daniela Irigoyen
3
Daniela Irigoyen
3
Band 3

Well-regarded partner and co-head of the department Daniela Irigoyen receives praise from clients for her advice on an array of banking and finance transactions in Ecuador, including security packages and trust structures.

Daniela Irigoyen is a very thorough lawyer with good legal knowledge and a lot of business sense, which is key in giving holistic advice on trusts.

Margoth Chiriboga
3
Margoth Chiriboga
3
Band 3
Lexvalor's founding partner and co-head of department Margoth Chiriboga draws on her vast experience to advise brokerage firms in the Ecuadorian banking and finance sphere.

Margoth Chiriboga provides her clients with clear legal judgements and financial analysis, and she makes sure all is correct, so our issues don't turn into much bigger problems.

Ranked Lawyers at
Lexvalor Abogados

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Ecuador

Banking & Finance

Daniela Irigoyen
3
Daniela Irigoyen
3
Band 3
Margoth Chiriboga
3
Margoth Chiriboga
3
Band 3

Members

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Daniela Irigoyen

Gabriela Guzmán

Héctor Barahona

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