F. Armando Arias R

Armando has vast experience in various practice areas, among which he has led the Banking and Corporate Department of the firm, specializing in Banking Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade and International Contracting. He has had relevant participation leading several successfully concluded litigations and arbitrations.

He has participated in numerous local and multinational transactions, such as joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and project financing, including some of the largest and most complex transactions in the region in recent times.

Advised business groups in the negotiations of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Central America (2005) and the Association Agreement, a free trade agreement with the European Union (2008/2009).

His leadership and strategic vision have been fundamental in the growth of the firm from its incorporation to the present.

Among his contributions to the legal profession in El Salvador, his performance as professor of Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law of the Dr. José Matías Delgado University (1982-1993) stands out.

Armando Arias provides strategic direction and plays a crucial role in the administrations of the firm throughout the region. Aditionally advises clients in the most complex and sophisticated matters in El Salvador in areas such as Banking, Corporate, Taxes, Dispute Resolution among others. He is still involved in the most challenging work as leader and guidance for the team and clients seek his advice regularly.

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• Sector expertise
• Banking
• Financial services
• Energy
• Tech and telecoms

• Admitted as Senior Member of the Inter-American Bar Association since 1995
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• He served as President of the Salvadoran Banking Association (ABANSA) from 2008 to 2016
• President of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AmCham) and current member of its Board of Directors
• Participation as a member of the board of directors of the Latin American Federation of Banks (FELABAN) in 2010 - 2012

• Doctorate in Jurisprudence and Social Sciences from the University of El Salvador
• He studied Economics at the José Simeón Cañas Central American University, El Salvador
• He attended the Lawyers Training program at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• He completed a course in Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania