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Olmedo Abogados

Banking & Finance

2 ranked lawyers

Band 2

Paraguay

Latin America 2022 View ranking table

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What the team is known for

Highly regarded banking and finance department with a longstanding presence assisting local and international financial institutions and corporations. Olmedo Abogados enjoys wide-ranging expertise in debt restructuring, project finance and regulatory banking matters. Team is adept at advising on both bilateral and syndicated loan agreements, revolving credit facilities and debt capital markets transactions. Banco de Occidente Panamá is a new client win.

Strengths

"Olmedo Abogados offer pragmatic business advice, which allows them to provide practical and effective legal advice," according to a client, who adds: "Their lawyers show ample knowledge and extensive experience to adequately tackle our requests."

Work highlights

Olmedo Abogados assisted Banco Continental, as lender, with a USD27 million loan granted to a sanitary company to extend the potable water supply in Paraguay.

Notable practitioners

Graciela Royg comes highly recommended for her strong banking and finance practice, with one interviewee reporting: "She provides very good opinions, understands the local laws and knows about commercial issues." Another observer states: "Graciela Royg has a strong practice advising clients on collateral trusts."

Gifted partner Gustavo Olmedo is held in high esteem by an interviewee who highlights his longstanding presence in the market. Gustavo Olmedo boasts significant expertise advising local and international financial institutions on securities transactions, long-term financing deals and regulatory banking mandates.

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Overview

We distinguish ourselves in this area by our ability to handle large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. Our professionals are highly regarded for their excellence, broad experience and versatility ensuring comprehensive advice in a full range of banking and finance transactions. We actively assist commercial banks, investment funds and financial entities in structuring their operations, negotiating contract’s conditions and obtaining of government entities’ approvals. Our deep knowledge in capital markets allow us to develop trend setting operations such as exchange of shares between high valued corporations in the national and international market. Please find below a few services that we provide in this practice area with no limitation:

- Assistance in project finance and financial leases.
- Single bank and syndicated loans.
- Opening of banks, subsidiaries or branches and acquisitions of existing entities.
- Project Finance.
- Setting up of bank’s representative offices.
- Public share offer and public debt securities.
- Mutual Funds.
- Pension Funds.
- Restructuration of Debts.
- Banks and capital markets’ regulatory matters.
- Trust Funds.
- Securitization.