Diego Villarroel
FERREREFERRERE is well-versed in advising international financial institutions and multilaterals on a full range of banking and finance matters. The firm's workload includes advice on the structuring of complex financial instruments with Bolivian companies and securing guarantees in Bolivia. The firm provides regulatory advice to investment funds, insurers, and credit rating agencies, and also has significant experience advising clients on their interactions with the Bolivian government. Throughout 2022, the firm was active in the insurance and reinsurance sector, advising Lockton Specialties on its expansion into Bolivia as a foreign reinsurance broker. The team is led by Diego Villarroel, who specialises in project finance, regulatory banking matters and capital markets. He regularly advises clients on cross-border transactions and handles queries from banks and financial services providers. At the associate level, José Rivero supports on capital markets, banking regulatory matters and project finance transactions.
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‘Responsibility and timely attention to service requirements.’
‘Diego Villarroel - Solvency in the knowledge of banking and financial law.’
'Ferrere is making inroads into relationships with startups. This not only contributes to us as a business, but also to the country's innovation ecosystem. The openness of the partners to learn and always be available in a new market, where there are many legal gaps in Bolivia, has been vital and very important.'
'Diego Villarroel seeks a more personal and non-transactional relationship. He is very open to having conversations when required and can be accessed.'
Key clients
- UBS Business Solutions
- BlackRock
- Commerzbank
- Banco Ganadero
- Morgan Stanley
- MasterCard
- Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden
- Cargill Financial Services International
- New Development Bank
- Macquire
- Lockton Specialties
- Cargill Americas
- Bunge
- PaySafe
- Banco Santander Perú
- tuGerente
- CNH Industrial
Work highlights
- Advised Cargill Americas on the granting of loans to several local agricultural producers, with ongoing operations in Bolivia.
- Advised Banco Ganadero on the structuring of its main prize money programs for its clients in Bolivia.
- Advised Bunge in the review of a derivative purchase and export agreement with Alicorp in Bolivia.
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Diego Villarroel