San José, October 2, 2025.
Recognized for Legal Excellence and Transformative Project Structuring in the Region
BLP has received two prestigious awards from the 2025 LatinFinance Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards:
- Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year – Central America
- Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Central America, for the San Cristóbal Green Academics and Sports Campus in Guatemala.
These recognitions highlight BLP’s leadership in delivering high-impact, sustainable, and innovative legal solutions for infrastructure development across the region.
BLP served as lead legal counsel to IDB Invest and CABEI, guiding the full legal structuring of this first-of-its-kind transaction in Central America, which earned Fast-Infra label verification—a globally recognized sustainability standard.
A Pioneering Project in Sustainability, Inclusion, and Development
The campus represents a US$60 million investment and will offer over 29,000 m² of facilities for preschool to university students, along with Olympic-level sports infrastructure. It also incorporates measures to support gender inclusion in STEM, indigenous students, scholarship programs, and a strong corporate governance framework.
“This project showcases our ability to lead complex legal transactions with high social impact. Our involvement highlights BLP’s deep expertise in structuring ESG-focused financings and delivering legal solutions that enable transformative projects,” said Pablo Umaña, Partner at BLP.
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Second LatinFinance Award for BLP
This marks the second time BLP has been recognized by LatinFinance. In 2022, the firm was awarded for its role in financing the Generadora Gatún energy project in Panama, another landmark infrastructure deal in the region.
📌 Read about our previous LatinFinance award
The Legal Team Behind the Transaction
The transaction was led by Partners Pablo Umaña, Julio Castellanos, Jorge Arenales, and Rodolfo Salazar, with the support of Adriana Acuña, Anneliss Wohlers, Ana Gabriel Ávila, Alejandro Fallas, Javier Figueroa, Adrián Urbina, and Paola Fernández.