With one of Central America’s leading banking and finance practices, Dentons has managed some of the region's largest, most complex, and most significant domestic and international transactions.

Local and foreign banks, major borrowers, insurance companies and other financial institutions come to us for advice on a broad spectrum of transactions. This includes structuring and closing debt financing, creating loan security packages, helping with equity investment, and guiding issuance of negotiable instruments. We structure and help implement investment funds and trusts, charter new institutions and provide counsel on financial and insurance regulatory matters.

Key services include:

• Debt financing and loan security packages
• Debt restructuring
• Issuance of negotiable instruments
• Asset securitization
• Investment funds and trusts
• Structuring and negotiating complex financial transactions
• Structuring and documenting mortgage credits
• Documentary credits
• Syndicated loan contracts
• Trusts and security trusts
• Leasing operations and factoring
• Project finance
• Asset financing
• Financial and insurance regulatory work
• Corporate governance
• Ensuring compliance with banking regulations and rules
• Tax matters for both banking and non-banking businesses
• Performance bonds and guarantees

Insights

Costa Rica: New law on electronic bills of exchange and promissory notes will facilitate procedures

December 22, 2021

Costa Rica: On December 9, the new Law on Electronic Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes (Law 10069) came into force. This legislation is aligned with the worldwide digitization for the management of these two types of documents and will allow to speed up procedures.

Panama: Economic and financial measures to counteract the effects of COVID-19

July 3, 2020

Panama: Law 156 of June 30, 2020, dictates economic and financial measures to counteract the effects of COVID-19.

Guatemala: Financial measures during COVID-19

April 28, 2020

Guatemala: The Monetary Board´s Resolution JM-32-2020 issued special temporary measures to address the situation arising from COVID-19, instructing the institutions supervised by the Superintendence of Banks, to grant financing so that they can implement the temporary measures that will be in force for 180 calendar days, subject to further revision.

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Dentons launches new office in El Salvador as part of its continued Latin America expansion

February 12, 2018

Dentons, the world's largest law firm, has opened a new office in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, in Central America. Dentons is the first global law firm to open an office in El Salvador.