García & Bodán

Corporate-Commercial Mergers and Acquisitions Transactional Renewable Energy Oil and Gas Free Zones

Regional Managing Partner

Terencio García is the Regional Managing Partner of García & Bodán, Managing Partner of García & Bodán in Managua (Nicaragua), founder of the firm in 2000 and Regional Director of the Energy and Natural Resources practice of the firm.

Recognized as leading lawyer in Nicaragua, leading the first Nicaraguan law firm that has expanded to other countries of Central America.

He has participated in major corporate transactions in Nicaragua and in the region, such as the biggest privatizations in telecoms, international bidding for hydroelectric, geothermal, wind energy companies, etc. and corporate structuring of the country’s largest companies and subsidiaries of foreign companies in Nicaragua. His participation in great transactions has allowed him exposure to shares, boards of directors, shareholders, quorum of attendance and decision-making, commercial brokers, commercial contracts, commercial registers, shareholder agreements issues, among others.

He is considered one of the lawyers with a relentless impetus and has been working over the last decade towards attracting foreign direct investment to our Central American region; palpable proof it’s his permanent and active participation as a member of various trade chambers and associations. He has also worked on a number of projects, being probably the latter the largest project in what the attraction and promotion of investments and exports concerns, the project named “Defining the Legal Figure of Investment Promotion Agencies Network (APIs) of Central America (CA)”.

His deep knowledge of energy regulations has allowed him to advice foreign leading companies, assisted them in their entry to the region, which has translate in several of the biggest energy projects in the region, as well as his participation in some of the major mergers & acquisitions in Central America.

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International Bar Association (IBA). Louisiana Bar Association. Order of the Knights of Malta. Former Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Panamanian Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce (CACOPANIC). Former member of the Board of Directors of the Nicaraguan Chinese Association in Nicaragua. Former member of the Board of Directors of Fabretto Foundation (Nicaragua). Director of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua (AMCHAM), 2021 – 2022. Director of the Board of Directors of the Mexican-Nicaraguan Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CAMEXNIC) period 2021-2023.

Admitted to practice as Attorney in the State of Louisiana, United States, since 1993. Admitted to practice as Attorney in Nicaragua since 1995 and as Notary Public since 1997. LLM in International Business and Financial Law – Georgetown University Law Center, 1993. Juris Doctor – Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, United States, 1991. B.A. in Political Science and Business Administration – Loyola University, New Orleans, United States, 1988.