Consortium Legal
More informationRegional heavyweight Consortium Legal houses a comprehensive corporate practice in Honduras, based in offices in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, with wide-ranging expertise spanning M&A, corporate reorganisations and commercial issues. Taking advantage of the firm’s presence throughout Central America, the team is particularly active in advising multinational clients across sectors including retail, finance, technology and manufacturing, and is also well versed in multi-jurisdictional M&A, acting on both the buyer and seller side. Further strengths include advising on compliance with anti-money laundering regulations and the structuring of cross-border agency, franchise and distribution agreements. The team is led by José Rafael Rivera, whose broad practice encompasses the acquisition of companies in Honduras and Central America more widely, and José Ramón Paz Morales, who is commended for his experience in cross-border M&A, corporate reorganisations and capital markets transactions. José Ramón Paz Padilla, the managing partner and co-founder of the Honduras office, lends further expertise to the practice. As a member of the Central American Network for Corporate Social Responsibility (INTEGRARSE), the firm also promotes various sustainability programmes in the region.
Key clients
- Financiera Credi Q
- Fyffes Banana International
- Caterpillar Financial Services
- Bella Canvas
Work highlights
- Advised Credi Q on the structuring and execution of a $15m initial public offering on the local stock exchange.
- Advised Bella Canvas on the purchase and sale of assets of two local entities whose operations focus on exporting goods from a free trade zone.
- Advised Fyffes Banana International on a complex subsidiary liquidation process in Honduras.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
José Rafael Rivera, José Ramón Paz Morales