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Band 4

Corporate/M&A

Guatemala

3 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Sofía Escribá

Latin America

Practice Areas

Corporate

Mergers & Adquisitions

Career

Sofía is partner at Consortium Legal - Guatemala. She has more than 17 years of experience in corporate law. She specializes in mergers and acquisitions. She has experience in contract negotiation and shareholder agreements, foreign investment, and legal advice in the regulated sector with emphasis in mining. She is an expert in corporate governance, reorganization of businesses, and family businesses. She is one of the Guatemalan lawyers admitted to the New York Bar.

Currently, she is the President of the Board of Directors of Transforma, the local chapter of Women in the Profession of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice. During her career, she has been Director of Corporate Affairs for a transnational company in the mining sector. She has also given a seminar on Strategic Resources and has been an Assistant Professor of Tax Law.

Professional Memberships

Member, College of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala

Member, New York Bar

President, Board of Directors of Transforma

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English

Work Highlights

• Local counsel to Millicom in the acquisition of the remaining 45% equity interest in its joint venture businesses in Guatemala from the local partner for $2.2 billion in cash.

• Lead counsel to Grupo PDC in the acquisition of the Australian brand in Guatemala and El Salvador.

• Lead counsel to CMI in the acquisition of La Cantonesa brand.

• Lead counsel to Inchcape in the purchase of the shares to operate the Mercedes Benz brand in Guatemala.

• Local counsel to Faes Farma in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Global Farma.

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Latin America

Corporate/M&A - Guatemala
4
Band 4

Partner Sofía Escribá continues to grow her practice in the Guatemalan corporate/M&A arena, leading domestic and cross-border M&A transactions in the food and beverage, advertising and telecommunications industries.

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