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Latin America Guide 2023

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Corporate/Commercial
15 Years Ranked
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Provided by F Armando Arias

Latin America

Practice Areas

Banking, Finance and Insurance

International Trade, Foreign Investments and Free Trade Zones

Corporate and Commercial law

Mergers and Acquisitions

Taxes and Fiscal Planning

Career

Doctorate degree in Law, Universidad de El Salvador .

Economics, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas.

Program of Instructions for Lawyers at Harvard University

Finance Certificate Diploma, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Professional Memberships

Admitted as Higher Member of the Interamerican Bar Association since 1995.

International Bar Association (IBA).

Past President of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AmCham) and current member of the board.

President of the Salvadoran Banking Association (ABANSA) from 2008 to 2016.

Former board member of the Latin- American Banking Federation (FELABAN).

Personal

-Chambers & Partners recognized him in 2018 with the "Lifetime Achievement Award".

-Chambers Latin America commends him as “one of the most prestigious experts in the country”.

Education

Universidad de El Salvador

Doctorate degree in Law

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas

Economics

The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania

Finance Certificate Diploma

Harvard University

Attended the Program of Instructions for Lawyers

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English

Experience

Armando has experience in several practice areas in which he has led the Banking and Corporate Departments, specializing in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Commerce and Contracting, Banking Law, Fiscal Planning and Project Finance. His participation in leading numerous litigations and arbitrations which have been successfully concluded has been relevant.

He has also partaken in local and multinational transactions, such as joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and project finance, including some of the biggest and most complex transactions in the region in recent times.

He advised business groups in the negotiations of the free trade agreement (CAFTA) between the United States and Central America (2005) and the Association Agreement, a free trade agreement with the European Union (2008/2009).

His leadership and strategic vision have been fundamental in the firms growth.

Among his contributions to the legal profession in El Salvador, it is worth mentioning his role as a professor of Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law at Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado (1982-1993).

Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Chambers and Partners

2018

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Latin America

Corporate/Commercial - El Salvador
E
Eminent Practitioners

Regional managing partner and eminent practitioner Armando Arias continues to be recognised within El Salvador's corporate and commercial market. One peer notes: "Armando Arias is well known in the local Salvadoran market."Another respondent adds: "He is very well respected in the legal industry and is a highly knowledgeable lawyer."

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