F.A. Arias & Mu�oz Lawyers

  • Contact Person Name : F.Armando Arias
  • Establishment year : 1942
  • Attorney in main Office : -
  • All Attorney : 1
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Arias & Muñoz is unique in Central America, for it operates as a single firm rather than as an alliance of firms and currently has eight, fully-integrated offices in six countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. It has become, today, not only a solid, but also an innovative legal firm that continues to spread its influence throughout the region.

For clients, choosing the right legal partner is the key. Arias & Muñoz and its dedicated lawyers, with their core experience over a broad range of practice areas and industries, unlock the region’s intricacies and subtle differences in laws for them. The firm is truly a one-step, one-stop law firm offering clients the benefits and demonstrated advantages that come from having all their regional businesses served from one, fully integrated base.

 

Area of Practice

Administrative
Antitrust and Unfair Competition
Arbitration
Aviation
Banking
Bankruptcy
Capital Markets
Civil Law
Commercial and Contract
Commercial Litigation
Corporate and Business
Corporate Litigation
Employment and Labor
Energy
Environmental
Finance
Financial Services
Foreign Investment
Franchising
Immigration
Import/Export
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International
International Trade
Joint Ventures
Labor Law
Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Oil and Gas Law
Patents
Practice Management
Project Financing
Property and Real Estate
Real
Estate
Securities
Taxation
Technology
Telecommunications
Trade
Investment
Trademarks
Unfair Competition

Lawyer's Profile

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Name: F.Armando Arias, Founding Partner

Education:

He has a Doctorate degree from the Universidad of El Salvador (1978), and he studied Economics at the Universidad José Simeón Cañas (UCA) El Salvador. He attended the Program of Instruction for Lawyers (PIL) at University of Harvard, 2001

Specialization:

Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Commerce, International Contracts, Banking Law and Fiscal Planning

Experience :

A Partner at Arias & Muñoz
He heads the Corporate Department of the firm
In the past two years, he has participated in mergers, acquisitions, transactions in an amount totaling more than US $6 billion. In 2004/2005, he acted as advisor to several business groups for the negotiations of the free trade agreement (CAFTA) between the United States and the Central American countries
In the academic field, Armando was a Professor of Commercial Law at the Law School of Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado, El Salvador (1982-1993). He has actively participated in many local and international conferences and seminars, as an invited speaker or commentator. In 1995, he was admitted as Higher Member to the Interamerican Bar Association
He is an active member of several associations, local and international bar associations He is Chairman of the Salvadorean Association of Banking Law and also of the Amcham

Languages
He is fluent in Spanish and English


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