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Corporate/M&A
6 Years Ranked
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Provided by David Font

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Practice Areas

Corporate/M&A

Administrative Law

Banking Law

Real Estate

Estate Planning

Career

His practice focuses on Administrative Law, specialized on public procurement, government tenders and concessions; infrastructure; Banking Law; commercial transactions and contracts; design, constitution, maintenance and modification of corporate structures, especially for partnerships with disputes among shareholders or with third parties; Corporate Law, mergers and acquisitions; foreign investment; real-estate transactions; Tax Law and estate planning.

His recent experience includes legal support to telephone companies and international companies that include their incorporation and operation in Guatemala. Performance as local expert advisor for an international arbitration in infrastructure and mining matters as the design of the legal and tax strategies for real-estate developments for amounts that exceed US$100 million just in the last year; and credit structuring for more than US$25 million granted by local banks to be used abroad, with mixed guarantees in different countries.

Professional Memberships

Guatemalan Bar Association.

International Bar Association.

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Corporate/M&A - Guatemala
2
Band 2

Head of department and partner David Font garners praise from interviewees for his corporate and M&A practice in Guatemala, with one respondent noting: "David Font knows the Guatemalan legal market very well. He is a trustworthy and reliable lawyer, and has worked in multiple cross-border deals." A client says: "He gives excellent service, is quick to act, and is understanding."

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