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Lilian Arias

Lilian Arias

Arias, El Salvador

Work Department

Banking, Finance and Insurance

International Trade, Foreign Investments and Free Trade Zones

Corporate and Commercial law

Mergers and Acquisitions

Taxes and Fiscal Planning

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Position

Co-Managing Partner.

Career

Lilian has more than 30 years of experience with some of the largest national and international companies in the region by assisting them in mergers, acquisitions, privatizations, financing and tax planning transactions.

She has advised international financial institutions in the structuring of loans and guarantees, as well as multinational companies.

Lilian advises companies on their corporate structures, corporate governance, as well as regulatory and restructuring issues, accompanying them in their expansion process inside and outside the country. She has advised boards in different areas, including corporate, financial and fiscal areas of practice and has coordinated acquisition and expansion projects in Central America and Mexico. ​

Lilian advises companies on their corporate structures, corporate governance, as well as regulatory and restructuring issues, accompanying them in their expansion process inside and outside the country. She has advised boards in different areas, including corporate, financial and fiscal areas of practice and has coordinated acquisition and expansion projects in Central America and Mexico. Lilian has been part of teams of attorneys of different and diverse nationalities and cultures in the structuring of large scale and complex projects.

Additionally, she is Aspen Institute´s Fellow and President of Fundación Lidera that promotes ethics.​

Languages

Spanish English

Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA) Salvadoran Banking Law Association. Inter-American Intellectual Property Association. Center for Legal Studies of El Salvador. Salvadoran Intellectual Property Association. Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Fellow of the Central American Leadership Initiative (CALI) of the Aspen Institute.

Education

Juris Doctor degree from the Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado. Practicing Attorney and Notary Public authorized by The Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador. Postgraduate studies in Corporate and Commercial Law from the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. Program of Instruction for Lawyers, (PIL) at Harvard Law School.

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