Boasting a varied client roster of financial institutions and household-name technology companies, Aguilar Castillo Love excels in credit agreements and is involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions across sectors ranging from telecoms to aviation. On the fintech side of banking, the team remains a leader and advises leading clients in the cryptocurrency spaces, and businesses in bitcoin custody services. At the associate level, Bryan Guevara López is a key name for such fintech matters. Flor De María Cortez is a notable figure for credit finance mandates, including credit agreements, particularly in the aviation industry, leading the team alongside firm managing partner Esteban Agüero Guier.

Arias offers both a strong regional presence and a nationwide practice, with practitioners advising on major domestic and multinational banks and financial institutions such as Citibank. A point of distinction for the group is its work in asset securitisation and in the obtainment of Digital Asset Service Provider licences, as well as large-scale banking transactions. Within capital markets, the group also stands out for sovereign debt transactions, and particularly loan and bond issuance. Its deep bench consists of Ana Mercedes López, who is a key reference for structuring within corporate refinancing. A further standout team member is senior counsel Rafael Burgos, who is key for loan financing, and debt restructuring, key areas of work for the wider group. Co-managing partner Roberta Gallardo is key for intricate financing structures with a cross-border impact. Expertise spans to fintech, and Mario Lozano specialises in the fintech and cryptocurrency fields, heading up this practice at the firm.

BLP counsels a range of leading financial services clients, ranging from local banks to large international development banks, on high-profile cross-border capital markets transactions. This includes a significant sovereign debt management transaction in 2024, the largest in the nation’s history. Practice head Zygmunt Brett is a versatile capital markets practitioner, who regularly engages in loan transactions and debt transactions. Director José Góchez is key for loan financing in the telecoms and aviation sectors, particularly project finance. Additionally, Mariana Nóchez is key for loan financing assistance, for which the wider group is well known, including assistance with documentation and associate Andrea Melara is a multidisciplinary practitioner who is key for regulatory matters, and due diligence of financial transactions in compliance with local regulation.

Consortium Legal is at the forefront of corporate restructuring and the structuring of credit facilities, operating throughout the Latin American region in countries such as Colombia, Panama and Nicaragua, advising on a range of cross-border financings, often for international banks looking to set up operations in El Salvador. Senior associate Roberto Castro has direct experience of employment in the banking sector, and since his addition in 2023 has bolstered the group’s representation of clients in cross-border financings. Practice head Oscar Samour is experienced in multi-jurisdictional banking transactions, and acquisitions, as well as syndicated loans and loans for corporate restructuring. Felipe Aragón specialises in financing structures and regulated sector matters.

Consulted by a varied client base of technology, financial services and cryptocurrency companies, Lexincorp is a go-to firm for local and international financial institutions requiring banking regulation advice stemming from international transactions. Practice head Enrique Escobar is significant in this regard due to a strength in loan agreements, and is knowledgeable in local banking regulation, having acted as local counsel for local banking entities previously in his career. Adriana Portillo and Erick Huezo also spearhead the team, the latter of whom joined the team in December 2024. Antonio Guirola departed from the firm in September 2024.

Showcasing a strength in credit operations and local guarantees advice, Mayora & Mayora, S.C. leverages its office locations in Guatemala and Honduras to represent clients in multi-jurisdictional matters in these countries, often acting in cross-border transactions between El Salvador and Panama. The group’s client base is formed of local financial services institutions, as well as international financiers and corporate borrowers. Manuel Telles is at the helm, a seasoned banking and capital markets lawyer who often handles securitisations and local guarantees, a strength of the wider group. Telles is supported at senior associate level by Jennifer Rodríguez, who is skilled in credit agreements.

Torres Legal, a group which stands out for a dedicated fintech offering and new-technologies expertise, is a popular contact for multinational corporates, cryptocurrency exchanges, banks, stock exchanges and insurance companies. Among those clients are cryptocurrency exchange Binance and similar companies looking to access a variety of cryptocurrency advice, such as blockchain technology and digital assets regulatory advice. Additionally, the group provides capital markets advice, relating to the structure of the syndicated loans, with the practice also extending to acquisition finance advice and advice on equity and debt securities. Daniel Leiva leads the team jointly with Héctor Torres and Annette Herrera. The pair often lead the group’s structured finance matters. Elsewhere, associate Paola Ávila is key for the preparation of financing documents.