Guatemala

Firm overview

Arias is the leading global business law firm in Central America and the firm of choice in the region. The firm stands out for providing innovative and effective solutions that help clients achieve their business goals, while enjoying the benefits of working with an integrated firm, with presence in six countries through seven offices, 41 partners, and 130 highly trained and experienced attorneys and offices in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

Since 1942, Arias has been setting the standards in the region by combining its global reach with local expertise, and providing a visionary outlook on the world’s business environment.

Our team: Among our staff, we have attorneys with many years of experience in several practice areas combined with young lawyers. This means our firm is constantly innovating and adapting to the needs of today’s world, which ensures we are able to offer our clients the best legal talent in the region.

Areas of practice: Arias is a full-service firm, providing advice in over 35 practice areas, with renowned specialists in each jurisdiction. Some of the firm’s main practice areas include: corporate, antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, tax, arbitration and litigation, compliance, banking and finance, intellectual property, labor law, energy, oil and gas, real estate, immigration, and general counsel services, among others.

Our focus: We make things happen. We provide creative and innovative legal solutions that add value to our clients, taking the time to know and understand their business goals, while always focused on providing reliable and accurate legal services, with their best interests in mind.

International reach: The firm advises on local and cross-border transactions, assisting some of the major international corporations doing business in the region, and also providing legal support to local clients going abroad.

Recognitions and awards: Consistently, we have been honored with important recognitions and awards such as “Firm of the Year in Central America”, “Firm of the year” in the countries we operate, “Client Service Award”, “Best Regional Firm for Women in Business Law”, “Deal of the Year”, among other relevant regional and local awards for the firm and our members.

Equal opportunities: We promote diversity within the firm, professional growth is based on each individual’s merit regardless of gender or ethnics.

• 47% of our partners are women
• 48% of our associates are women
• 57% of our management positions are held by women
• 100% of our managing partners are women
• 2,000 Pro-bono hours per year: Corporate social responsibility and Pro-bono work have always been an important part of our DNA. We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to inspire and generate positive changes in our environment in order to achieve and ensure a better future for the next generations.

Firm overview

Mayora & Mayora is a leading law firm in Central America that has existed for more than fifty-five years with five offices in the region in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras (Tegucigalpa,San Pedro Sula and Roatán). Eduardo Mayora Dawe founded the firm in Guatemala City in 1966, with a vision to create the first institutionalized firm in the country, a legacy carried on to this day.

At Mayora & Mayora, there is a team of over 35 legal specialists ready to assist clients in a wide-spectrum of legal matters. Renowned for its excellence and ethical approach, the firm offers legal assistance in administrative, banking, civil, corporate, finance, immigration, labor, litigation and tax matters, among others. The firm is also the exclusive member for Guatemala of the largest network of private law firms in the world, Lex Mundi, since its inception in the early eighties.

Mayora & Mayora offers its clients what many regional firms do not: a fully integrated firm that provides seamless, efficient and robust legal services. Regional integration is at the core of Mayora & Mayora’s mission and a direct response to clients wanting exceptional legal support across multiple jurisdictions. The firm’s goal is to be the first choice of clients for their most challenging and significant transactions and disputes.

Firm overview

Alta QIL+4 ABOGADOS is a Central American multidisciplinary firm offering exceptional client experience based on a deep understanding of its client’s business. The firm's purpose is to accelerate the success of its clients. The firm has a wide practice offering, a respected partnership and an outstanding reputation among clients, who praise lawyers for their business approach, professionality, and knowledge. It is best known for its transactional, M&A, banking and finance practices, but strength in labour, real state and litigation help it stand out from many of its competitors. Compliance and criminal law, as well as competition law, are all growing in demand. ALTA-QIL+4 is targeting fintech clients too. ALTA´s weighty set of international connections provides plenty of opportunities.

The firm provides top legal advice for a wide range of practice areas working under the highest global standards through its extremely engaged and experienced team. The firm is committed to being the top choice for complex and comprehensive legal services in all of its practice areas.

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.