J Vanessa Oquelí de Riera
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Vanessa Oquelí is Managing Partner of García & Bodán Honduras and leader of the capital markets practice area of the firm.
Her practice specializes in capital markets, corporate-commercial, finance, aeronautics, energy, tax, and dispute resolution. Throughout the years, she has participated in unprecedented transactions in the country, such as sovereign bonds issues, corporate bond issuance in international markets, credit guarantees for the Republic of Honduras. Her experience also includes structuring the purchase of companies and solar energy projects implemented in Honduras.
Vanessa has been the leading legal adviser to major companies such as United Airlines and Aerovías de Mexico. She has been prominent in major transactions in the country and also participated as counsel in syndicated loans with multinational banks. She has acted as the primary legal advisor to international companies that include specific areas such as aeronautic and finance industry.
She has experience in advising both national and multinational clients in complex corporate transactions that include supervising and conducting due diligences, creating business and tax structures that satisfy clients’ needs and comply with local legislation, among other services related to M&As and corporate work.
Practice areas:
Corporate-Commercial
Mergers and Acquisitions
Banking and Finance
Aeronautic
Renewable Energy
Tax
Capital Markets
Professional Memberships
IBA
NYSBA
Member of the Legal Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham).
Member of the Supervisory Board of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham).
Work Highlights
-Counseled rendered to the Finance Secretariat of the Government of Honduras in the third issuance of sovereign bonds for the amount of USD 700 million.
-Counseled in due diligence of various renewable energy generation companies in Honduras in order to set the legal basis and feasibility of a purchase option.
-Legal advisor on syndicated loans; legal representative of the lender in a number of syndicated loans for more than USD 200 million each. Counseled to Mexican dairy company Grupo Lala in their acquisition of Eskimo, S.A., Nicaragua’s largest dairy producer. Counsel consisted on the elaboration of a due diligence of Eskimo and its Honduran subsidiary, and legal advice on issues of corporate, commercial, customs, tax, real estate, environmental, antitrust and intellectual property, as well as food safety legislation.
-Counseled to the borrower, Finance Secretariat of Government of Honduras, in a USD 100 million syndicated loan to be granted by several international banks.
-Represented a technology company in contract with the Government of Honduras for the implementation of a system to be issued for confidential state matters.
-Counseled rendered to the Finance Secretariat of the Government of Honduras in the first and second issuance of sovereign bonds for the amount of USD 1 billion.
-Advised the world leader company in the provision of public security and communications systems for military and civil use for clients around the world, in contract with the Government of Honduras.
-Advised Hoteles Hilton Princess de Centroamérica in the granting of important credits from lender Scotiabank El Salvador for infrastructure expansion to consolidate and expand its operations in Central America.
-Counseled United Continental Holdings, Inc. in the merger of the companies United Airlines Inc. and Continental Airlines Inc. in Nicaragua and Honduras, by which United Airlines Inc. was absorbed by Continental Airlines, Inc., and adopted the name United Airlines, Inc.
-Assisted and represented GE Capital, owner of 75% of the Bank of Central America (BAC) in the region for the sale of its participation by USD 1.92 billion. The firm advised General Electric in all local law issues and strategy, including the requirements for the approval of the Superintendent of Banks, corporate structure, time limit for the approval of the transaction and other issues related to credit card issuers regulations.
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by García & Bodán
García & Bodán advises Grupo GIA on a refinance structure in Honduras
García & Bodán advises Groupo GIA on the refinance structure for the construction and operation of the Governmet Civic Center (GCC), the main government buildings in the Central District of the Republic of Honduras.
García & Bodán launches capital markets practice
As part of the firm's growth strategy and to continue providing quality services, García & Bodán launches the Capital Markets practice. A practice focused on advising public and private companies that seek to obtain capital in order to guide them in the structuring of alternative forms of financing,
Redwood Capital Investments acquires VF’s Occupational Workwear business
García & Bodán Honduras recently advised Redwood Capital Investments, LLC, a private US holding company, in the purchase of two Honduran companies, subsidiaries of VF Corporation.
García & Bodán advises Grupo GIA on a refinance structure in Honduras
García & Bodán advises Groupo GIA on the refinance structure for the construction and operation of the Governmet Civic Center (GCC), the main government buildings in the Central District of the Republic of Honduras.
García & Bodán launches capital markets practice
As part of the firm's growth strategy and to continue providing quality services, García & Bodán launches the Capital Markets practice. A practice focused on advising public and private companies that seek to obtain capital in order to guide them in the structuring of alternative forms of financing,
Redwood Capital Investments acquires VF’s Occupational Workwear business
García & Bodán Honduras recently advised Redwood Capital Investments, LLC, a private US holding company, in the purchase of two Honduran companies, subsidiaries of VF Corporation.