GUATEMALA
DUE DILIGENCE AND CORPORATE GOOD STANDING 
The Guatemalan Commerce Code established legal requirements that have to be complied with by all the local mercantile companies, for being the most frequently used legal vehicle for the promotion and development...
  EL SALVADOR
RULING ON ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FREQUENCIES
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice declared unconstitutional the omission of the Telecommunications Act to regulate alternative mechanisms to the public auction...
  HONDURAS
MID-YEAR ECONOMIC GROWTH OF 3.6 % IN HONDURAS
The Honduran Central Bank reported that according to the original series of the Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE) in June 2015, Honduran economy grew by 3.6%, higher than in the same period in 2014 (2.7%)...
  NICARAGUA
POSITIVE CHANGES IN NICARAGUAN ECONOMY RAISE THE COUNTRY´S CREDITWORTHINESS BEFORE MOODY’S
Moody’s raised the qualification of Nicaraguan debt from “B3” to “B2”. Among the reasons why Moody’s considered raising the credit are strong financial growth, close relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
 

COSTA RICA
REGULATING INTANGIBLES IN THE NEW MOVABLE SECURED COLLATERAL LAW
The Movable Secured Collateral Law creates a new legal framework that increases access to credit in Costa Rica by broadening the categories of goods that can be pledged and the range of rights over these...

 

PANAMA
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES BID FOR PORT TERMINAL IN PANAMA’S PACIFIC COAST
The Panamanian Government, through Panama Maritime Authority [AMP], launched a public bid for selecting the concessionaire in charge of designing, constructing, operating and providing maintenance...

Arias & Muñoz nominated in 6 categories by Chambers Latin America 2015

Gisela Porras and her compromise with women Arias & Muñoz nominated by International Tax Review