Aguilar Castillo Love leverages the bench strength of 11 offices in nine countries across Latin America to advise a client roster of financial institutions and household-name multinationals (including Amazon, Meta and JP Morgan) involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions, across sectors ranging from tech and telecoms to cryptocurrency and financial services. The practice is headed by office managing partner Esteban Agüero Guier and Flor De María Cortez, who brings expertise to fintech and structuring financing for clients in regulated industries, including for energy generation projects. Key support is provided by of counsel Lorena Madrid, who draws on experience in corporate, finance and compliance matters, and associate Bryan Guevara López.

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Key clients

  • Torrecom
  • Paxos Trust Company
  • Banco Ficohsa
  • Banco de América Central
  • Glas Americas
  • JP Morgan
  • Softys
  • Meta Platforms
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Digital Asset Services Limited (Coincover)

Work highlights

  • Advised Torrecom on the execution of the facilities agreements for a total of $70m granted by Proparco, DEG and IDB Invest to finance a new development plan.
  • Advising US company Paxos in relation to the legal framework to provide Bitcoin services, according to the new Bitcoin regulations in El Salvador.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Esteban Agüero Guier, Flor de María Cortez