Practice Expertise
- Banking & Finance Law
- Corporate Law
Areas of Practice
- Banking & Finance Law
- Corporate Law
Profile
Jose Ramon is co-founder of Consortium Legal - Honduras where he is Executive Director and partner of the firm. His specialties are Banking and Finance, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Finance, International Financial Transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions.
During his experience he has participated in large financial transactions, involved with both national and international multinational banks. He was a substitute judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras, has participated in cross-border financial transactions for amounts ranging from US$ 30.0 Million to US$ 1,700.0 Million, involving international banks and local and regional borrowers, and has structured guarantees through trusts within some of those transactions, also in has participated in cross-border mergers and acquisitions for amounts ranging from US$ 50.0 Million to US$ 650.0 Million between foreign acquirers and local sellers.
During his experience he has participated in large financial transactions, involved with both national and international multinational banks. He was a substitute judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras, has participated in cross-border financial transactions for amounts ranging from US$ 30.0 Million to US$ 1,700.0 Million, involving international banks and local and regional borrowers, and has structured guarantees through trusts within some of those transactions, also in has participated in cross-border mergers and acquisitions for amounts ranging from US$ 50.0 Million to US$ 650.0 Million between foreign acquirers and local sellers.
Bar Admissions
Honduran Bar Association (CAH)
American Bar Association, International Associate (ABA)
Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
LLM with Orientation in Financial Institutions and Transactions, University of Pennsylvania Law School, United States (1982)
Juris Doctor with Specialization in Commercial Law and Banking Law, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras (UNAH), Honduras (1978)
Areas of Practice
- Banking & Finance Law
- Corporate Law
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
He has advised the largest private hydro-energy project in Honduras, Energias Limpias de Yaguala, this is the largest loan transaction ever funded 100 solely by Honduran financial entities.
Assisted Banco Lafise Honduras in connection with the negotiation and preparation of guarantee and administration trusts in two loan and real estate development transactions. Banco Lafise Honduras belongs to a financial group with operations in several jurisdictions.
Participated in the corporate restructuring of Grupo Karim's, a Honduras-based multinational entity which is the largest industrial parks operator in the country.
Participated in the Compania Azucarera Tres Valles, S.A. (CATV) expansion, handling the negotiation of a long-term lease of a substantial amount of land for the production of sugar cane. CATV is one of the largest sugar mills in Honduras.
Professional Associations
He has advised the largest private hydro-energy project in Honduras, Energias Limpias de Yaguala, this is the largest loan transaction ever funded 100 solely by Honduran financial entities.
Assisted Banco Lafise Honduras in connection with the negotiation and preparation of guarantee and administration trusts in two loan and real estate development transactions. Banco Lafise Honduras belongs to a financial group with operations in several jurisdictions.
Participated in the corporate restructuring of Grupo Karim's, a Honduras-based multinational entity which is the largest industrial parks operator in the country.
Participated in the Compania Azucarera Tres Valles, S.A. (CATV) expansion, handling the negotiation of a long-term lease of a substantial amount of land for the production of sugar cane. CATV is one of the largest sugar mills in Honduras.
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- World Jurist Association (WJA)
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