MELISSA ECHEVERRIA DE LA ROCA
Email: mecheverria@altalegal.com
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ESPAÑOL
ADMITTED
Guatemala
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English and French
Melissa has extensive experience in commercial and private banking, advising local and foreign financial institutions in syndicated loan structures, bond issuance, guarantee structures, cross-border transactions and other types of financing structures and mechanisms.
Melissa has participated in a wide variety of advisory and due diligence assignments, including buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, project finance, structured finance and debt and equity financings.
She also has expertise in representing clients in complex dispute resolutions and arbitration proceedings, including strategies to create solutions to complex and entrenched litigation.
Melissa is also an active member of the civil association for the Center of Antitrust Studies (Centro de Estudios de la Competencia).
EXPERIENCE
Legal advice with due diligence process of a hydroelectric project financing
Legal Advice in industrial draw-back Joint Venture restructuring including corporate governance issues and related documents
Coordinated credit financing for foreign lenders in a syndicated loan for an industrial group
Corporate restructuring of large family agribusiness conglomerate
Legal assistance for business planning, mergers and acquisitions and related contracts of corporate matters
Negotiation and drafting of a wide variety of commercial agreements, international trade and distribution agreements
Antitrust compliance counseling
Counseling in settlement proceedings
EDUCATION
Masters in Law (LL.M.), Boston University School of Law, MA, EEUU (2014)
Attorney and Notary Public, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, cum laude, Guatemala (2009)
Member
Guatemalan Bar Association
Center for Antitrust Studies (Centro de Estudios de la Competencia)