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Senior Partner

Federico Gurdián is Senior Partner of García & Bodán Managua (Nicaragua), Head of the Corporate and Transactional practice.

He has been part of the firm since its inception in 2000, in 2005 was promoted to Partner and in 2009 moved for a period of two years to García & Bodán in El Salvador as Managing Partner.

With great technical strength and extensive experience in Corporate and administrative matters, mergers and acquisitions, financial matters, advising NGOs, loan structuring, capital markets, and regulatory issues in the financial, banking, and insurance sectors. He has led a significant number of lawyers in notorious transactions in recent years in the Central American region, serving national and foreign companies in a variety of industrial sectors.

Clients value his vast expertise; as well as his extensive knowledge and deep analysis of legislation and legal dispositions applicable to any particular case, that allows him to foresee problems before they occur, using a meticulous and responsible approach.

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Vice Chair of the M&A Joint Venture Committee of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), August 2021-August 2022. Vice Chair of the Latin America & Caribbean Membership Committee of the of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), August 2021-August 2022. Member of the Board of Directors of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua (CAMACOES), 2018-2022. Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Nicaragua (EUROCAM), 2021-2023. Member of the Board of Directors of the Nicaraguan Costa Rican Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CADICONIC), 2021-2023. Member of the Board of Directors (First Vice President) of the American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua (AmCham), 2022-2023.

Executive Program “U.S. Legal Methods: Introduction to U.S. Law” – Institute for U.S. Law (IUSALAW), Washington D.C., 2002. Executive Program, “Legal Aspects of International Business” – Georgetown University Law Center and INCAE, 2000. “General Course on Intellectual Property” – World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Wide Academy. Graduated with honors – Universidad Americana (UAM), 1999. Admitted to practice as Attorney since 1999 and as Notary Public since 2000.