Ana Teresa Rizo

She has advised international financial institutions in the review and structuring of guarantees of all types as well as in the preparation of contracts. Likewise, she has advised foreign investors on the corporate organization to be used in Nicaragua as well as on regulatory issues.

Ana Teresa has participated in complex transactions, including the due diligence process and transaction structuring to acquire companies that operate in different areas, such as retail, distribution, telecommunications and financial institutions, among others. She also serves as legal advisor to different local companies, dealing with day-to-day operations in tax, labor and contractual matters.

Ana Teresa was also involved in the preparation and review of the draft “Movable Collateral Law” and “Leasing Law”, which were reviewed and approved by the National Assembly, as well as in the discussions of the “Competition Promotion Law”.

• Ana Teresa advised on a Financial restructuring for financing a project for $70,000,000.00 to a leading provider of wireless telecommunications infrastructure in Latin America.
• Banco Santander and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex) granted a loan of up to $54,375,000.00, in favour of RANSA CORP S.L. to acquire a group of corporations in the logistics business in Latin America. Ana Teresa Rizo and our team of experts in the region advised in the acquisition financing by H.I.G. Capital of several entities engaged in the logistics business in Latin America
• Ana Teresa adviced in a transaction of cross-border nature, where our client granted an unsecured loan of up to ten million Dollars (US$10,000,000), involving coordination across multiple jurisdictions and compliance with diverse legal systems. The complexity was heightened as the lender was based in Panama, the loan agreement was under Panamanian law, and more than 10 borrowers domiciled in different countries, necessitating a nuanced approach to international finance law.
• Ana Teresa advised the law firm King & Wood Mallesons, who represented China Communications Construction Company (a Chinese entity with a branch in Nicaragua). The advice focused on a potential financing arrangement for Nicaragua's Ministry of Finance. This financing was intended to cover the design and construction costs of a Photovoltaic power plant located in San Isidro, Matagalpa, which would support the Nicaraguan Water and Sewage Company System's operations.

• Banking
• M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

• Banking
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Oil and gas

• International Bar Association (IBA)

• Degree in law at the Universidad Centroamericana de Nicaragua
• Authorized to practice as a lawyer and notary public by the Supreme Court of Nicaragua.
• Master of Economic Law at the University of Chile and Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Cornell University.