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Partner of QIL+4 Abogados, Marcos Ibargüen, was recognized by the 2019 edition of Who’s Who Legal as one of the best practitioners in the field of M&A and Governance for Guatemala.
Last week our partner María Isabel Luján attended the "Keep Families Together" initiative, which aims to connect the families' legal representatives in the US to local pro bono counsel in the client's home countries. This is a reaction to the "Zero Tolerance" Policy in the US, which causes undocumented children being separated from their families.
Our partner Gabriela ROCA, in charge of the Energy and Infrastructure department, was chosen to contribute to the Guatemalan Chapter of the Seventh Edition of the Energy Chapter 2019 of Global Legal Insights.
QIL+4 Abogados, with the participation of José Quiñones and Santiago Granados, acted as local counsel representing the Republic of Guatemala as issuer on the US$500,000,000 4.900% Notes Due 2030 and on the US$700,000,000 6.125% Notes Due 2050.
Our partner, Alejandro Cofiño, was recently appointed as the IBA (International Bar Association) Young Lawyers Committee National Representative for Guatemala.
We are pleased to announce that José Quiñones and Evelyn Rebuli were nominated by members of The Latin American Corporate Counsel Association as among the best private practice lawyers to work with in the region respectively in the M&A and Labour practice areas.
QIL+4 Abogados in Guatemala acted as local counsel to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as underwriters and initial purchasers on the US$500,000,000.00 5.75% debt international notes offering by The Central America Bottling Corporation (CBC), a beverage producer and distributor with operations in Central America, the Caribbean and South America headquartered in Guatemala.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and theCommission on Arbitration and ADR constituted the task force on “Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence. Estuardo Mata Palmieri, Partner of QIL + 4 Abogados, in charge of the Dispute Resolution pratice, has been selected to participate and contribute on the discussion.
The event Chambers Diversity Latin America Summit: Inclusion, Diversity and Leadership recently took place in Miami, Florida. Gabriela Roca, Partner of QIL + 4 Abogados, participated as group leader in one of the discussion panels.
Two highly talented Associates Attorneys from QIL+4 Abogados are among the chosen few recognized by Guatefuturo through its scholarship program which promotes, orientates and finances professionals with academic excellence to pursue a master’s or Ph.D studies in the best universities abroad.
Alejandro Del Valle, associate in charge of the intellectual property area of QIL + 4 Abogados, will be the speaker at a conference about the unfair competition in the intellectual property sector.