FIRM OVERVIEW

 

NICARAGUA

Managing Partner: Terencio J. García Montenegro.

Senior Partners: Gladys Bodán Cañas, Federico Gurdián Sacasa, Carlos Téllez Páramo, Sergio Corrales Montenegro.

Senior Attorneys: Hugo Beltrand Blandón, Guillermo Estrada, Harry Bodán Shields.

 

HONDURAS

Managing Partner: Jazna Vanessa Oquelí Juárez.

Senior Attorneys: Jennifer  González García, Heidi Luna, Godofredo Siercke, Ricardo Duarte.

 

EL SALVADOR

Managing Partner: Daniel Martínez.

Senior Attorneys: Giancarlo de la Gasca, Julio Vargas, Rodolfo Abrego

 

Areas of Practice:

General Corporate Services/M&A/Tax …..     30%

Real Estate, Tourism & Title Insurance .....   30%

Litigation and ADR  ..……………...............   20%

Banking & Finance .……………………….     10%

Intellectual Property ……………................   10%

 

THE FIRM: García & Bodán is a prestigious law firm founded in Nicaragua in the year 2000 with the desire to provide to their clients, both foreign and national, comprehensive general legal services, mainly in the areas of law related to corporate services and foreign investment. García & Bodán is the fastest growing Nicaraguan law firm regarding clientele and it has been praised by its clients as the best law firm in terms of quality, efficiency and personalized service. García & Bodán has proven to be an excellent choice when requiring expert legal counsel on Mergers & Acquisitions, real estate transactions, intellectual property and commercial litigation; not only because of the ample experience of it’s fully-bilingual attorneys; but also due, among others, to the following:

 

• The firm has a presence in 4 out of the 5 Central American countries. Additionally, it has  correspondent offices in Guatemala and Costa Rica, which allows it to work regional projects efficiently and without any problems. The firm always perform a thorough check for any actual or potential conflict of interest as defined in any applicable code of professional responsibility or rules of professional conduct, which may arise from our representation of a new client. The firm is convinced that regular and effective communication is one of the most important expectations the client has of local counsel; thereby, the Firm designates a relationship partner or senior associate to provide overall supervision of client’s matters and to be the principal contact at the firm. Additionally, as a matter of policy, the Firm has strict “reply within 24 hours”, “weekly update for clients” and “opinions well founded in law” rules, and administrative and financial matters of the Firm are handled by qualified administrative personnel (non- attorneys). The firm knows that controlling costs is essential for clients’ business; thereby it monitor all expenses to ensure that every dollar spent is necessary to client’s operation. Estimated fees/expenses for projects may be provided at the onset of each matter, if requested. Providing such an estimate will help client to budget and prevent surprises when the fees are presented after the fact. The firm is committed with keeping clients apprised of material developments as they occur.  Likewise, the firm is always alert to circumstances under which it acquire material, non-public, material, confidential or proprietary information during the course of its services and have developed appropriate procedures to ensure the protection of all such information; taking appropriate measures to ensure that all legal and non-legal personnel are familiarized with this requirement and are effectively supervised in this regard. The firm constantly evaluate its performance so as to guarantee that the team, made up of attorneys recruited from best universities and who have been at top of their class, is performing assigned legal work in an expert, efficient, cost effective and timely manner.

 

ALLIANCE/ASSOCIATIONS: IBA, ABA, IABA, AMCHAM, INTA, ASIPI.

 

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: GARCÍA & BODAN has advised on several relevant transactions in the Central American region, such as:  García & Bodán acted as the MKJ International Explorations, S.A’s legal adviser along the negotiations between this company and the Nicaraguan Government in the acquisition of a Nicaraguan Government’s franchise for oil exploration and explotationin two oil deposits located in the Caribbean Sea of this country; Counseling in the acquisition of McDonald’s International operations in Nicaragua and Honduras made by McDonald’s Guatemala; Counseling and due diligence related to acquisition of important retail operations by WAL MART (NIC); Purchase of Poma Group in Vehicle distribution companies including Honda, Ford and Wolkswagen (NIC and HON); Obtaining permits and authorizations for the operation of the airline company Aerovías de México, S.A de C.V (NIC and  HON); Due diligence and counseling in attempted privatization of the largest hydroelectric plant of Nicaragua; Purchase of Assa Group in BDF Bank (NIC); Counseling in international bidding processes for construction of roads in Nicaragua by MULTIPAV, S.A. DE CV. – SIMAN S.A. DE C.V., as well as construction of a plant for elaboration of asphalt and grinding of construction materials; Counseling in acquisition of geothermal concession; whereby Enel Italy, through its subsidiary in Nicaragua, Geotermica Nicaraguense, successfully negotiated two concession contracts for exploration of geothermal resources in Nicaragua; Acquisition of assets of Ingenio San Francisco, one of the largest sugar mills in El Salvador, by an investment group from Ecuador; Due diligence and counseling in attempted privatization of state owned lottery company in Nicaragua; Purchase by American Movil in Telecommunications companies Enitel and Megatel (NIC and HON); Counseling in the acquisition of Hotel Camino Real in Nicaragua; whereby the Firm acted as the attorneys for the sellers and carried out the successful sale of the Hotel to a Spaniard group; Counseling for the establishment and operation of representation offices of Banco Salvadoreño, S.A in Honduras and Nicaragua..

 

It is also important to mention that the Department of Litigation of the firm in Nicaragua has an impressive record of trials won and/or settled in terms meeting and/or exceeding clients’ expectations.

 

 

Today, the Firm is well recognized all over Central America as one of the leading corporate firms in the region.

The facts speak for themselves, GARCÍA & BODÁN has been recognized as:

LANGUAGES: English and Spanish.