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Key contacts
Partner: Rodrigo Taboada
Partner: Olga Barreto
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

26

Network memberships

Cámara de Comercio e Industria alemana (AHK), Cámara Americana de Comercio de Nicaragua (Amcham), State Capital Group (SCG), World Services Group (WSG), International Bar Association (IBA), Anti-Bribery Compliance Solutions – TRACE, World Compliance Association, International Trademark Association (INTA), Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI), Miami International Arbitration Society

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Firm overview

We provide legal solutions for your business in Central America.

We are the only law firm with specialized lawyers dedicated exclusively to their practice areas in the five countries of the Central American region, guaranteeing the highest standard of technical quality for our clients. We have the largest team in the Central American region with +200 lawyers located in 9 offices in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica; which gives us the ability to offer personalized attention in high volume regional matters through a single point of contact for your regional needs, providing you with an agile and efficient coordination that results in a standardized and effective final product.
Discover more on our website.

Client feedback

Private equity
Experienced and prestigious on a national and international level with a qualified team.

Mario Lizeth Prado
Excellent experience in the legal area, efficient, kind and accessible.”

Carlos Taboada
Kind, accessible, ample knowledge in the legal area.”

Key transactional practices
Key practice contacts and recent transactional highlights

Banking and Finance
Rodrigo Taboada
rtaboada@consortiumlegal.com

Martha Lorena Icaza
Mlicaza@consortiumlegal.com
 

  • Advice to BANPRO, BANCO PROMERICA COSTA RICA, ST. GEORGES BANK & COMPANY INC. and BAC in syndicated loans consisting of credit and line of credit granted to the wind generators CASUR and EGERSA, guaranteed with real guarantees (mortgages and movable guarantees with and without delivery of possession) and other types of guarantees where the structuring of the same, the different strategies proposed were discussed and the various documents related to the operation with a value of US$ 97,301,840.81 were prepared and discussed.
  • Issuance and sale by CBC of an additional principal amount of 5.250% Senior Guaranteed Sustainability linked Notes due 2029 for an amount of US$1,100,000,000.00, a transaction that had the intervention and financing of CITIBANK and JP MORGAN acting as Global Coordinators, Joint Book-Running Managers and Sustainability-Linked Bond Structuring Agents.

Corporate
Olga Barreto
obarreto@consortiumlegal.com
 

  • Legal advice in the preparation of the all legal documents for the first case in the country of a merger of one retail Nicaraguan company and a foreign company. The Nicaraguan law does not regulate this legal figure, and we had to create the process for this kind of transactions, promote a change of the system of the Public Register in order to be able to register this transaction. From now on there is a precedent in Nicaragua for similar cases.
  • Legal assistance to Rio Tinto first investments into the country. We provided legal advice on a variety of local law issues including corporate law, commercial regulations, mining, environmental, etc. We assisted with the negotiation of an Option Joint Venture Agreement with Calibre in order to perform exploration activities in the country. We had to coordinate with Canadian lawyers and explain the similarities and differences of the two different jurisdictions: Canada and Nicaragua. We also performed due diligence on the 2 operating companies that Calibre has in Nicaragua, including corporate matters, mining regulations, environmental law, tax matters, etc.
Sector expertise
Other offices

Guatemala
Diagonal 6 10-01 zona 10. Centro Gerencial Las Margaritas Torre II, Oficina 1402
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
T: +502 2279 3939
E: guatemala@consortiumlegal.com
 
El Salvador
Edificio Avante Local 313, Urb. Madre Selva III.
Calle Llama del Bosque Poniente.
La Libertad, El Salvador
T: +503 2209 1600
E: elsalvador@consortiumlegal.com
 
Honduras
Primera Calle # 304 – Torre Consortium I.
Colonia La Estancia, Final del Bulevar Morazán
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
T: +504 2221 1002
E: honduras@consortiumlegal.com
 
Edificio Banco de Occidente, Local #5
Frente a la Plaza Pedregal Bulevar hacía Banco del País, Sector Noroeste.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
T: +504 2566 0840
E: honduras@consortiumlegal.com
 
Nicaragua
Del antiguo Hospital Militar, 1 cuadra al Norte.
Edificio Consortium Legal.
Managua, Nicaragua
T: +505 2254 5454
E: nicaragua@consortiumlegal.com
 
Costa Rica
150mts oeste de la entrada principal de Oficentro El Cedral, Escazú.
Edificio Banco General 6º piso
Escazú, Costa Rica
T: +506 2289 0750
E: costarica@consortiumlegal.com
 
Liberia, Centro Comercial Plaza Futura, Local #35
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
T: +506 8345 4548 / 8346 9465
E: costarica@consortiumlegal.com

Paseo Colón, Edificio Torre Mercedes, piso 2
San José
E: costarica@consortiumlegal.com
T:+506 2257 3005

Plaza Tamarindo, Local 16
Tamarindo
E: costarica@consortiumlegal.com
T:+506 8346 9465

Address:
1 Antiguo Hospital Militar, 1 cuadra al Norte
2 Edificio Consortium Legal
Managua
Tel:+505 2254 5454 Fax:+505 2254 5295 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://consortiumlegal.com/en/
Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate
Tier 1
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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Tier 3

Aguilar Castillo Love
1 practice area
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Bellucci Méndez Rücker (BMR Legal)
2 practice areas
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Tier 4

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Dentons Muñoz
1 practice area
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Notable

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Project development
Tier 1
6 firms ranked
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Arias
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Consortium Legal
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Central Law Nicaragua
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GarcíaBodan
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Full service Central American firm Consortium Legal has offices in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The Nicaraguan branch is in Managua. In the financial and corporate practice area, the firm advises local and international clients across all industries on M&A matters. It also regularly works on capital markets transactions including capital increases, bond issuances and investment fund matters. In the project development practice area, the firm represents developers and sponsors in a wide array of industries, especially construction.  
  

Highlights  

During the research period, some of the firm’s most notable work was in the capital markets space. In one matter, it advised Promerica Financial Corporation as issuer in a cross-border bond issuance. This matter was especially challenging due to the involvement of several intermediaries. 

The firm also provided counsel to Olam Group regarding establishing operations in Nicaragua. The firm has specifically been assisting with the client’s capital restructuring process.  

 

Key clients  

Promerica Financial Corporation, Pro Mujer, AHP Holdings, Grupo Monge and Rabobank

 

Testimonials 

Expertise and comprehensive legal team.” (Financial services regulatory client) 

Deal Highlights
1 results1 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Industrial Comercial San Martín - Financing
2020-03-01
Consortium Legal
Nicaragua
Financing
Martha Lorena Icaza
Industrial Comercial San Martín
Lender
M&A
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