
F Armando Arias
About
Provided by F Armando Arias
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
Latin America
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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