Latin America
Practice Areas
Federico Gurdián is Senior Partner of García & Bodán Managua (Nicaragua) and Regional Director of the Corporate and Transactional practice area of the firm.
With great technical strength and extensive experience in corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions, he has led a significant number of lawyers in notorious transactions have taken place in recent years in the Central American region, providing high quality legal counsel to national and foreign companies in a variety of industrial sectors.
Clients value his vast expertise; as well as his extensive knowledge and deep analysis of legislation and legal dispositions applicable to any particular case, that allows him to foresee problems before they occur, using a meticulous and responsible approach.
His professional practice includes corporate-commercial, mergers and acquisitions, tax, labor, real estate, banking and finance, trusts, antitrust, consumer protection, data privacy, free zones and non-governmental organizations.
Practice areas:
- Corporate-Commercial
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Labor
- Real Estate
- Banking & Finance
- Antitrust
- Consumers Law
- Free Zones
- Non-governmental Organizations and Foundations
- Capital Markets
Professional Memberships
- International Bar Association (IBA).
- Co Chair of the Latin America & Caribbean Membership Committee of the of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua (CAMACOES).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Nicaragua (EUROCAM).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Nicaraguan Costa Rican Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CADICONIC).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua (AmCham).
Publications
- Contribution in Annual Report of World Bank and the International Finance Corporation “Doing Business”, 2011, 2013-2019.
- Speaker on public–private partnership conferences in Nicaragua, 2017.
- Speaker on “Legal landmarks for selling, investing and doing business in Nicaragua” – Live and Invest Conference, Nicaragua, 2015.
- Legal Co-author “The Notorious Trademark in Comparative Law”.
- Speaker on Investment Forum, Official Investment and Export Promotion Agency of Nicaragua (PRONicaragua), 2008.
- Speaker on tax issues, PRONicaragua, 2008.
- Legal Co-Author “The America’s Restructuring and Insolvency Guide” with PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2004-2005.