Vanessa Oquelí de Riera

Vanessa Oquelí is Managing Partner of GarciaBodan Honduras and Regional Director 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

- International Bar Association (IBA).

- Member of the Latin American Council of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA).

- Member of the Legal Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Honduras).

- Member of the Supervisory Board of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Honduras).

- Editor of ”IBDF European” Publication in the Honduran Corporate and Tax Chapter.

- Contribution in Annual Report of World Bank and the International Finance Corporation “Doing Business”, 2009-2014.

- Contribution in Report of World Bank and the International Finance Corporation “Women, Business and the Law”, 2014.