With offices in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala, the team at BLP leverages regional strength to advise multilateral banks, development finance agencies and major multinationals on high-value energy and infrastructure projects, including solar power plants, battery energy storage systems, hydro facilities and wind farms. Energy finance expert Luis M Castro; David Gutiérrez, who specialises in multi-jurisdictional purchases and credit operations; Julio Castellanos, who brings experience in the negotiation of public works concession contracts; and Pablo Umaña, who assists with project finance matters, are the key contacts.

Aguilar Castillo Love employs the full regional bench strength of 11 offices in nine countries across Latin America when advising national and international energy generators and distributors on renewable energy and infrastructure projects over the course of their lifecycle. In addition, the team brings experience in the transport and mining sectors. Rubén Zamora Castro and associate María Cristina Corrales are the key contacts.

Growing in force since its 2021 merger with firms in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, Alta Batalla employs an integrated approach to energy matters, leveraging the bench strength of its environmental, public law, corporate and tax offerings to advise generators, financiers and contractors on major energy and infrastructure projects, in addition to assisting corporates in the mining sector. The firm’s comprehensive service extends to energy regulatory matters, including tariffs and regulatory accounting, as well as bidding processes, judicial procedures, power purchase agreements and environment permits. The team is headed by Raúl Guevara, who brings experience in waste management, air emissions, soil pollution, urban planning and international arbitration procedures; Marvin Carvajal, who utilises a background as a clerk of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica, director of the Judicial Training School and general legal counsel of the Presidency of Costa Rica; and energy finance specialist Rodrigo Zelaya. Key support is provided by Marco Ureña, who handles matters involving government procurement and competition law, and associates Krisly Hidalgo and Luis Salazar.

The energy team at regional firm Arias provides advice on major energy generation projects at every phase – from initial investment to operations. The group’s comprehensive service extends to assistance with bidding processes, regulatory compliance issues and advisory services to large energy consumers in the development and support of contracts of sale or supply. The team is led by project finance expert Carlos Ubico, who brings strength to administrative procedures and litigation proceedings, the creation of public-private partnerships, public works concessions and challenges before the Constitutional Court. Ubico is supported by senior counsel Luis Diego Obando, an administrative law specialist with experience litigating at both the national and international levels.