Melissa Moran
Latin America Guide 2025
Associates to watch : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Melissa Moran
Practice Areas
Banking and Finance
Career
Melissa is a senior associate at Consortium Legal - Guatemala. She has more than 19 years of professional practice in the banking and financial, agricultural and industrial sectors and has focused her practice in advising local and international clients in banking, corporate and M&A matters, among others.
She has participated in syndicated loans, international issues of debt securities, project finance, securitizations, authorizations of financial institutions, administrative procedures before the Superintendency of Banks, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings of financial institutions, among others.
Professional Memberships
Member, Guatemalan Bar Association, Guatemala
Languages Spoken
Spanish, English
Work Highlights
- Participation in the drafting of the regulations for the issuance of hybrid bonds in Guatemala.
- Purchase and sale of 100% of the shares of a bank by one of the largest financial groups in the country.
- Participation in the securitization of payment rights of a Guatemalan bank under the laws of NYC.
- Participation in the issuance of private debt under NYC law and its registration in the New York Stock Exchange for US$ 800mm.
- Preparation of security agreements under local law for the financing granted under NY law to one of the largest industrial power generation plants in Guatemala.
- Negotiation, structuring and formalization of syndicated loan for US$ 408,000,000.00 and its guarantees as external legal counsel of the syndicate of banks.
- External legal counsel to a Luxembourg investment fund for the negotiation and formalization of a financing agreement under NY law with local guarantees.
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Latin America
Associate-to-watch Melissa Moran is often involved in eye-catching banking and finance deals in Guatemala, including loan facility agreements and bond and note issuances.
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"Melissa Moran is a dedicated professional who is attentive to the needs of her clients. She is approachable and seeks to give us the best solution."
"Melissa Moran is a dedicated professional who is attentive to the needs of her clients. She is approachable and seeks to give us the best solution."