Andrés Cofiño

Senior Associate

Description

Andrés Cofiño Guzmán is Senior Associate of GarciaBodan in Guatemala.

His professional experience includes serving as director of a housing development company legal area for 10 years, providing constant advice in the areas of commercial, civil, labor, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, tax, real estate and notarial law; as well as having been part of the local firm legal team, being directly involved with the practical aspect of the profession in the areas of civil law, commercial law, civil and commercial procedural law.

Practice Areas

Corporate-Commercial
Finance
Labor
Immigration
Fiscal
Tourism Investments
Construction and Infrastructure
Real Estate
Mediation

Recognitions

Special recognition for being one of five members of the winning team of the annual academic contest of the Faculty of Law – Universidad Francisco Marroquín (School of Law), 2002.
Graduated with a vote of distinction in Master of Business Administration (MBA) – University of Barcelona Business School (UB), 2018.

Remarkable Experience

Counseled First Cash, a U.S. multinational pawnshop and loan group, in the merger of its five companies in Guatemala.

Incorporation of foreign entities branches in Guatemala.
Management of the corporate legal area of foreign entities in Guatemala and of corporate governance.
Participation in the development of multiple due diligence processes, which included detailed analysis of registry, judicial and corporate operations.
Labor demand representation to a corporate group made up of 9 local entities for the sum of US $175,000.00.
Tax advice to foreign companies settling in Guatemala and entering the urban project development market.
Representation of a tourism multinational company starting operations in Guatemala.

Publications & Lectures

Volunteer professor teaching micro-entrepreneurs the basic areas of law (tax law, commercial law and labor law).

Memberships

Member of the Fiscal and Investment and Foreign Trade Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala. (AmCham Guatemala).
Guatemalan Bar and Notaries Association (CANG).

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Universidad de Barcelona Business School (UB), 2018.
Master in Business Law (LLM) – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Escuela de Derecho), 2010.
Authorized to practice as a lawyer and notary since 2007.
Graduated in Law – Universidad Francisco Marroquín, 2007.

Languages

Spanish
English

Latest news

Guatemala launches tender for the construction of the Jutiapa Hospital

10th Jul 2025

Congress of Guatemala Approves Road Infrastructure Law

26th Dec 2024