Aguilar Castillo Love
More informationAguilar Castillo Love draws from the regional bench strength of 11 offices in nine countries across Latin America to advise major financial institutions and household-name multinationals (from sectors including financial services, food and beverages, aviation, automotives, telecoms and tech) involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional financial transactions. The team is headed by office managing partner Esteban Agüero Guier and Flor De María Cortez, who brings to the table experience in structured financings for clients in regulated industries, the financing of energy generation and distribution projects and fintech matters. Associate Bryan Guevara López, who joined from Muddock Legal in May 2022, and of counsel Silvia Nasser, who joined from Dentons in February 2022, provide key support.
Testimonials
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- 'They have an orderly structure to enable them to meet clients' needs and are agile in their responses - faster than most.'
- 'The team has the ability to understand the client's needs and adapt to them, while showing empathy. They have a good attitude to dealing with the client, going beyond market issues. Flor De María Cortez oversees matters and provides timely feedback.'
Key clients
- Glas Americas
- Apollo Global Funding/Wilmington Trust
- JP Morgan
- Torrecom
- Ingram Micro
- Paxos Trust Company
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Banco Ficohsa
- Banco de América Central
- Diebold Nixdorf
- Airbus
- Dell
- CPPIB Credit Investments
- COSAPI
- Softys
Work highlights
- Advised Torrecom on the execution of a facility agreement for $30m granted by French development institution Proparco.
- Advised Apollo Global Funding, as lead arranger, and Wilmington Trust, as administrative agent, on the execution of a term loan agreement worth $650m.
- Advised JP Morgan, acting as administrative agent, on the refinancing of the super-priority debtor in-possession term loan granted to Colombian airline Avianca and its subsidiaries.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Esteban Agüero Guier, Flor De María Cortez