OTHER JURISDICTIONS FIRM BRIEFINGS Consortium - Centro América Abogados
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Equipment/asset finance, Investment funds, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Competition, Employment, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key partners Alfredo Rodríguez M, Alvaro Castellanos H, Mario Archila C, Rafael Alvarado R
On an ongoing basis, Consortium - Centro América Abogados is pro- viding Energy Resources Capital Corporation with legal advice on the participation of the public tender launched by the electricity distribu- tion companies EEGSA, DEORSA, and DEOCSA (PEG-1-20100). The PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) started in April 2012 and is worth $10 million. Energy Resources Capital has also secured Consor- tium’s legal expertise to advise on the construction and financing of a hydro-electrical plant in Raaxha. The value of the project has not yet been determined, and completion of the transaction is pending the ex- ecution of the PPA. In September 2012, the firm advised Hidroeléctrica Santa Rita on the sale of a 15MW hydro-electrical project. The value of the project is confidential.
Moller
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border experience
Nicaragua
Most active disciplines Disputes: Financial and corporate, Public, Tax Financial and corporate:M&A Public: Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors Power networks and distribution, Renewables
Key partners
Rocio Belteton, Enrique Moller, Alma Mejia, Oscar Pineda, Fernando Rosales
Moller has nearly 20 years of experience operation in the Guatemalan legal market and has offices in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Dominic Republic. Not all of the firm’s deals may be publicly disclosed. In March 2012,
name partner Enrique Moller advised on the construction of a tunnel for a major hydroelectric project with components in both Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Qil Abogados–Quiñones Ibargüen Luján & Mata
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate Public, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, Equipment/asset finance, Investment funds, M&A, Project finance Public: Competition, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Ports and shipping, Water and sewage
Key partners Jose Quiñones, Marcos Ibargüen, Maria Isabel Luján
Qil has been operating in the Guatemalan market since 1999. In 2012, the firm represented Pantaleón in a general electricity bidding process. In July 2011, the firm counseled Glencore on the purchase of a minor- ity partner in Guatemala. Complicating the transaction was the possi- bility of litigation between the parties, because the minority partner threatened to file a lawsuit. The transaction ended in the successful res- olution of the matter through purchase of the shares of the contentious local partner, by Glencore and its other local partner. The settlement value is confidential.
HONDURAS
Central Law – Medina Rosenthal & Asociados
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border experience
Nicaragua
Most active disciplines Disputes: Financial and corporate, Public, Tax Financial and corporate:M&A Public: Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors Power networks and distribution, Renewables
Key partners
Rocio Belteton, Enrique Moller, Alma Mejia, Oscar Pineda, Fernando Rosales
Central Law Medina Rosenthal & Asociados is a full-practice law firm with regional offices in seven countries. Its Honduras office opened in 1989 and advises companies on renewable energy projects and execu- tion of contracts with the National Electric Company. Central Law Honduras-Medina Rosenthal has been advising a local client for the construction of a new hydroelectric project in Honduras worth more than $500,000. The firm counseled the client on all the environmental processes necessary to obtain a license with the Environmental Author- ity. After obtaining the license, there will be a subscription of the agree- ment with the Natural Resources Environmental Authority, to begin operations, expected to take place in 2014.
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