Pablo Debuchy

Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking Law, Private international Law, Contracts, Public Procurements, Foreign Investments, Insurance Law, Infrastructure, Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Procedural Law and Arbitration.

International Bar Association (IBA). Paraguayan Banking Association (ASOBAN). Club de Ejecutivos del Paraguay. Advisory Board of the Catholic University of Asunción Law Review

"Extensión de la autonomía de la voluntad en la elección del derecho aplicable en materia de contratos internacionales: la experiencia en el ordenamiento jurídico paraguayo”. Contratos Internacionales - Biblioteca de Derecho de la Globalizaciòn. OEA-ASADIP. (2016)

•“La Convención de Viena sobre Contratos de Compraventa Internacional de mercaderías en el contexto del mercosur: ¿herramienta para una mayor integración?” Revista del Tribunal Permanente de Revisión del Mercosur Nº 9 (2017)

• “Dinámicas entre el control de constitucionalidad y la jurisdicción arbitral en el ordenamiento jurídico paraguayo: dos escenarios”. Revista Argentina de Arbitraje de la Universidad Austral. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018)

• “Current Cybersecurity Practices in Latin American International Arbitration: A Comparative Analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico”. Transnational Dispute Management Journal No. 3 (2019)

• “Public Private Partnership Dispute Resolution in Latin America: The Balance Between Attracting Foreign Investment and Pursuing Public Policy”. Transnational Dispute Management Journal No. 4 (2020)

• National Rapporteur for the Paraguay Chapter in “Soft Law in International Trade Finance – A comparative Analysis of the Harmonizing Effects of the UCP” – Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha et. al. (editors). Koninklijke Brill (2025)

Recent experience includes advising:

• Banco Itaú Paraguay S.A. and Itaú Invest, in the corporate bond issuance of Telecel S.A.E. amounting to G. 512,000,000,000, for a subsequent Global Depository Notes (GDNs) structuring and placement in international markets (2025).

• FMO Investment Management, in a senior unsecured A/B syndicated loan of USD 370,000,000 to Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A. (2025).

• Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. (Bladex) as arranger and lender, in syndicated loan of USD 120,000,000 to Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A. (2025).

• Banco Itaú Paraguay, and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., as arrangers and placement agents, in an international syndicated financing for USD 125,000,0000 (2024);

• Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A. in the merger by absorption with Banco Regional S.A.E.C.A., thus creating the largest and most important banking institution in Paraguay (2023);

• Sudameris Bank S.A. in the shareholder restructuring of Bebidas del Paraguay S.A. and Distribuidora del Paraguay S.A., negotiated and agreed with Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) (2023);

• Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A., as arranger, in the structuring and execution of a syndicated loan of USD 80,000,000 for the construction of the Project “Distrito La Perseverancia” in the city of Asunción (2023).

• The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) as lender, Citibank N.A. as MIGA Credit Agent, arranger and lender, and COMMERBANK AG as lender, in a USD 100,000,000 loan for the National Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Fomento) of the Republic of Paraguay (2021) and in a USD 100,000,000 loan for the Financial Development Agency (Agencia Financiera de Desarrollo) (2022).

• Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A. as lender in the financing operation of USD 30 million in favor of Rutas del Este S.A. for the construction of the new route of Itacurubí de la Cordillera within the framework of the Public-Private Alliance for the design, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of national routes No. 2 and 7 (2022).

• Itaú BBA as arranger and lender in a USD 130,000,000 financing for the design and construction of the Avenida Costanera Sur of the city of Asunción under the Turnkey Project Law Nr. 5,074/13 (2021).

• BBVA in the sale of its local branch to GNB Paraguay S.A. for an amount of USD 270,000,000 (2021).

Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción"

Law Degree

2005 - 2010

Instituto de Empresa (Madrid)

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal Practice

2011 - 2012

National University of Asunción

Public Translator

2008 - 2008

Spanish. English. Portuguese