Category Archives: At BLP

BLP advises Empresas AquaChile on the sale of Grupo ACI in Costa Rica

BLP has advised Chilean company Agrosuper and its subsidiary Empresas Aquachile S.A., the world’s second-largest salmon farmer, on the sale of Grupo ACI S.A., a leading Costa Rican company in the tilapia aquaculture industry, to Industrias Martec (one of the largest marine fish processing and mariculture companies of Central America). The sale of Grupo ACI…

Business Opportunity: International Biding for the inter-departmental rail transport of El Salvador

Name of the project “Feasibility study, basic engineering and technical structure project for the inter-departmental rail transport of El Salvador”. Bid solicitor Road Conservation Fund (FOVIAL). Tender terms download/purchase From February 22 to March 31, 2022. Receipt of bids April 22, 2022, from 8:00 to 11:00 am. The Road Conservation Fund (FOVIAL) has announced the…

GUATEMALA: Insuralex covers another jurisdiction in Latin America

Prestigious Guatemala´s law firm BLP has been chosen by Insuralex Global Insurance Lawyers Group, a worldwide association of independent insurance and reinsurance lawyers, as its exclusive member firm in Guatemala. For more than ten years, BLP has provided legal counsel to both emerging and established companies on the best way to conduct business in Central…

BLP advises Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L on the acquisition of CEMEX in Costa Rica and El Salvador

BLP has advised Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L. on the $335 million acquisition of assets from Cemex, S.A.B of C.V. in Costa Rica and El Salvador. Our international teams performed due diligence and provided local legal advice on the signing of an agreement by Cementos Progreso Holdings S.L. (“Cementos Progreso”) to acquire the Costa Rican and…

BLP has advised IDB Invest on a US$23 million loan to Grupo Desarrollador de Parques Industriales S.A in Costa Rica

BLP has advised IDB Invest on its combined long-term and medium-term loan of up to US$23 million to Grupo Desarrollador de Parques Industriales S.A to develop the Green Park Industrial Park in the Coyol area on the outskirts of Alajuela. The financing will be used for the construction of several industrial buildings within the Green…

BLP advises IDB Invest on its senior loan for up to $25 million to American Industrial Park S.A. de C.V. (AIP)

BLP has advised IDB Invest on its senior loan for up to $25 million to American Industrial Park S.A. de C.V. (AIP). AIP is one of the leading companies in El Salvador in the construction and administration of free trade zones and industrial parks, with more than 25 years of experience in the market. It…

David Gutierrez, Partner at BLP, Elected to the World Services Group 2021-2022 Board of Directors

BLP is pleased to announce that David Gutierrez, co-founding Partner based in Madrid, has been elected to the World Services Group (WSG) 2021-2022 Board of Directors. Mr. Gutierrez will serve a four-year term where he will work collaboratively with WSG leadership in assessing the strategic future and progress of the WSG mission and objectives. Mr. Gutierrez…

BLP: 5 years of transforming the legal profession in Guatemala.

Five years ago, the BLP law firm completed its regionalization process by arriving in Guatemala with a multidisciplinary team committed to the firm’s vision: to become true business partners of its clients. BLP’s success story began in 2003 in Costa Rica. The regionalization process of the firm began in 2014 with offices in Nicaragua and…

BLP establishes a new office in the Pacific coastal area of Costa Rica.

To provide the timeliest service to clients with business operations in the coastal area of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, BLP opens a new office in the beach community of Las Catalinas. The new location will focus on real estate transactions under the direction of BLP’s renowned Real Estate & Hospitality practice, made up of specialists in…