Mayora & Mayora SC

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Mayora & Mayora is one of the leading law firms in Guatemala for international business transactions. The firm has been in existence for more than 40 years and founding partner Eduardo Mayora Dawe is a veteran of intellectual property law. Managing partner Eduardo A Mayora is one of the most respected lawyers in his field and has remarkable international experience and an exceptional network. Mayora & Mayora covers different areas of practice such as banking and finance, including secured and syndicated loan transactions and guarantees, structured and project finance, leasing and tax-based finance. The firm also deals with all aspects of general corporate law, including international contracts and transactions. The lawyers coordinate and advise global companies on acquisitions and the due diligence process.

Mayora & Mayora has been in international practice for over four decades. The firm and its members belong to various international lawyers’ associations and networks, such as the IBA, the Bomchil Group and Lex Mundi. Through the years it has intervened in various significant international legal cases or matters including foreign investment, franchising, privatisation, acquisitions and international finance.

The partners and associates of Mayora & Mayora are firmly committed to providing the highest quality legal services within strict rules of ethics, in the pursuit of justice.

Mayora & Mayora supports the professional development of all its attorneys. Partner Claudia Pereira participated in the INCAE ‘Legal Issues of International Transactions’ programme and in the Lex Mundi Institute. Partners Claudia Pereira and Rafael Briz were included in Latin Lawyer Magazine’s ‘40 under 40’, a review of Central America’s leading lawyers under 40 years of age. Partner Rafael Briz has been acknowledged by his colleagues as an expert in electric energy matters in the region. He is also very active in the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala, of which he is president.

Main international areas of practice

Banking & finance: Mayora & Mayora covers different areas of banking and finance, including secured and syndicated loan transactions and guarantees, structured and project finance, leasing and tax-based finance.

Corporate: The firm deals with all aspects of general corporate law, including international contracts and transactions. The lawyers coordinate and advise global companies on acquisitions and the due diligence process.

Securities and financial markets: Mayora & Mayora advises clients on Guatemalan law pertaining to investment funds, securities and derivatives. It also assists investment firms in structuring and licensing their operations.

Litigation & arbitration: Mayora & Mayora’s lawyers deal continuously with commercial litigation, national and international arbitration matters. They are frequently involved in cases before the Guatemala courts, including the Supreme Court and have participated in matters under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce and ICSID.

Energy: The firm represents national and international companies in the areas of transportation, commercialisation, distribution and generation of energy.

Telecoms: The firm advises on all aspects of this area of law and represents significant players in the telecoms industry.

Labour and immigration: The firm routinely handles matters for its clients in these two fields of practice.

Intellectual property: The IP department of Mayora & Mayora is headed by the founding partner Eduardo Mayora Dawe, who has exceptional experience with trademarks, patents, and all other aspects of intellectual property law, including industrial rights and copyrights. He is one of the founders of the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property and the firm is also a member of the International Trademark Association. The firm has a broad base of intellectual property clients from all over the world. In 2010 Mayora IP will also focus on domain registration and management, in addition to their significant amount of trademark and patent work.

Languages

English, French, German, Spanish

Representative clients

The firms client base includes local companies such as Bolsa de Valores Nacional SA and GBM de Guatemala SA, the banks Banco Industrial SA, Banco Cuscatlan de Guatemala, and Citibank Sucursal Guatemala; insurance company Seguros Alianza and branches or subsidiaries of foreign corporations such as Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala, SA (TELGUA), Chevron Guatemala Inc, Beiersdorf de Centroamérica SA, Unión Fenosa Internacional, Schering Plough Inc, The Coca Cola Company, Philip Morris Inc, theKellogg Company, Payless ShoeSource Guatemala, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, and Cervecería Río – AmBev and the Monsanto Group.

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