EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRM
 
 


• Advice to the U.S. Transnational Cargill to purchase the Corporation Pipasa. (June 2011)

• Advice in syndicated credit granting and regional coordination of legal advisors for syndicated credit in favor of Grupo Monge in Central America for the amount of $175 million. LLM participated as advisor to the debtors. (May 2011)

• Advice in structuring and negociation of the acquisition of shares from Interbolsa Sociedad Administradora de Fondos de Inversión S.A. (Investment Fund Manager). LLM participates as attorney of the structuring party and all the parties involved. (Abril 2011)

• Constitution of a Trustfund to use as collateral to the credit granted by DEG - DEUTSCHE INVESTITIONS - UND ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSHAFT MBH in favor of Scotiabank Costa Rica S.A. for the amount of $30.000.000,oo. LLM participates as attorney of the fiduciary (Abril 2011)

• Advice in structuring and granting of credit to be converted into shares of Comercial Digital S.A. (Aló Prepago). LLM participates as attorney of the structuring party and the creditor. (December 2010)

• Advice in the acquisition of IBP Pensiones by Banco Popular. LLM participates as attorney to the selling parties (November 2010)

• Leader in advising various Investment Banks in the issue of República de Costa Rica Notes in the international markets for over US $1,400,000,000 (one thousand four hundred million U.S. dollars) during the past years.

• Advised seller in the acquisition by Fondo Inmobiliario de Desarrollo Improsa Dos of Hotel Cala Luna in the amount of US$19.5 million. (2008)

• Advised Credit Suisse, Sydney Branch in relation to the US $1.6 billion credit facility provided to the Rank Group in New Zealand to purchase the packaging and consumer businesses of Alcoa around the world. Advised was made regarding the assets purchased in Costa Rica. (2008)

• Processed the deregistration of the initial public offering of Corporación Fischel S.A. (2008)

• Processed the deregistration of the initial public offering of Corporación UBCI Internacional S.A. (2008)

• Counsel in the negotiation and formalization of syndicated credit, led by Citibank and Nederlandse Financierings Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO) in the amount of $100 million to Grupo M and its subsidiary companies in Central America. (2008)

• Counsel in the negotiation and formalization of credit offered by International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the amount of $50 million dollars to Grupo M and its subsidiary companies in Central America. (2008)

• Counsel in the sale of Farmacias Fischel to Corporación CEFA. (2007)

• Counsel in the sale of Servicios Directos de Satélite, S.A. and Galaxy de Nicaragua (DirecTV franchisees in Costa Rica and Nicaragua) to Corporación Novavisión S.A. (owners of the rights to Sky for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean). Also in the granting of the Central American distribution license as part of the sale of Sky services by Comunicaciones inalámbricas de Centroamérica (Grupo Coinca). (2007)

• Credit Agreement between Citibank N.A. for Distribuidora La Florida S.A. for  US$35,000,000,00. (2007)

• Acquisition of Corporación UBC Internacional (Holder of the Cuscatlán Financial Group) by Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation for the amount of $1,500,000,000. (2007)

• Counsel to Aliaxis Latinoamerica Coöperatief, V.A. of Brussels, Belgium in the acquisition of Durman Esquivel, Inc. and it subsidiaries in Costa Rica and Central America (US$215 million). (2006)

• Counsel to Florida Ice and Farm Company, Inc. in the indirect acquisition of the companies Embotelladora Centroamericana S.A. and Distribuidora Centroamericana de Bebidas S.A. (2006)

• Counsel to Florida Ice and Farm Company S.A in the acquisition of  the commercial establishment Alimentos Kerns de Guatemala. (2006)

• Processed the deregistration of the initial public offering of Universidad Latina Trust. (2005)

• Counsel to Florida Ice and Farm Company S.A. in the sale to Heineken International of a 25% share in Florida Bebidas S.A. (2004)

• Counsel to Banco Bantec in the sale of stock to Banco Improsa. (2004)

• Counsel in the merger of  Complementary Pension Plan Operators Interfín OPC and Banex OPC. (2003)

• Counsel to Banco Banex (now HSBC) in the merger and acquisition of Banco Metropolitano. (2001)

• Counsel in the merger and acquisition of Banco Continental and Banco Banex S.A. (HSBC). (1998)

• Counsel to Banco Cuscatlán in the merger and acquisition of Banco Cofisa. (1998)

 

 
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