Our Firm

López Rodezno & Asociados is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in Honduras. Founded in 1955 by Guillermo López Rodezno, its offices are located in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, with activities ranging across the country’s major cities.

Throughout its tenured history, the firm has strived to maintain the highest ethical and professional standards. We are characterized for our consistent work in the most sophisticated, innovative and unprecedented legal transactions in Honduras.

Our lawyers are dedicated to active professional development and collaboration within the firm’s areas of expertise, allowing us to serve our clients and provide solutions, attending the most complex transactions efficiently and effectively through our strategic approach.

The partners of the firm have a long history serving international and national clients in their respective areas of practice, establishing a practice accustomed to constant changes and evolving business needs. Most of our members have obtained specializations in foreign universities and regularly participate in national and international updating seminars

We are a proud member of the Club de Abogados, an organization that unites independent legal firms across Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Our History

1955

Guillermo López Rodezno establishes the López Rodezno law firm with its offices at the Bancahsa building in downtown Tegucigalpa.

1955-1970

The firm gains a reputation for its advice to business entities, having among its initial clients the Azucarera Hondureña, S.A., the Tabacalera Hondureña, S.A., Jorge J. Larach y Cía., the Escuela Agrícola El Zamorano, Banco Atlántida, S.A., the airline SAHSA, and the Industria Confitera Hondureña, S.A.

1972

The founder of the firm, Guillermo López Rodezno, prepares the draft of the Horizontal property Law for the Government’s Housing Institute which later became the first condominium law enacted by the National Congress.

1992

Advised a Guatemalan investor in the acquisition of a sugar mill owned by a Honduran government investment company, which later became one of the most important sugar mill businesses in Honduras.

1993

Incorporation of Grupo Granjas Marinas, S.A. and advised in its expansion through the structuring and incorporation of subsidiaries and affiliates, and through acquisitions and mergers with other corporations, becoming at such time the second largest shrimp producer in Latin America.

1993

The firm assisted in the incorporation as well as in the approval from the financial regulator of the banking license for the banking institution Banco de la Producción, S.A. (BANPRO).

1997

Provided external advice to the Privatization Consultant Committee of the Honduran government for the preparation of the legal framework for capitalizing the Honduran Telecommunications Company ((HONDUTEL).

1999-2000

The firm assisted in local law matters for the concession process of the International Airports that conform the Airport National System (SNA) of Honduras.

2000

The firm acted as local counsel to UNILEVER in the acquisition of certain entities which were part of Grupo Cressida, the largest agroindustrial group in Honduras.

2000

Advised South African Breweries on Honduran law matters in the acquisition process of Cervecería Hondureña S.A., the only existing brewery company in Honduras at the time.

2003

Our firm lawyers participated in the preparation of the draft of the Master Law for the Postal Subsector, in support of the Presidential Committee for Modernization of the Country.

2003

Advised in the “Ports Reform” which included the preparation of the Ports General Law as well as the preparation of the legal framework for the bidding guidelines of the main commercial Honduran Port, Puerto Cortés.

2004

Provided legal consultancy on local law matters to the Telecommunications Regulator for the liberation of the Telecommunications Sector (National Telecommunications Commission-Strategic Policy Research)

2004

Legal advice on Corporate-Commercial and Administrative law matters to transform the Port of Roatán into a Cruise Ship dock, preparing the legal framework for the public – private participation in the expansion and operation of such port.

2005

The firm advised Banistmo Securities in the structuring and execution of one of the most important syndicated loan transactions at the time in the manufacturing (maquila) sector for a project located in the area of Potrerillos.

2006

We successfully filed the first ever economic concentration notice to the antitrust regulator in the history of Honduras during our representation as Honduran counsel to Citibank N.A. in the acquisition of Banco Uno, S.A. and Inversiones Aval Card, S.A, the largest credit card issuer in Honduras at the time.

2007-2008

Local advice to Citigroup in the acquisition of certain subsidiaries and affiliates of UBC, including Banco Cuscatlán de Honduras, S.A. and Seguros Cuscatlán de Honduras, S.A., also assisting in the merger of such acquired bank subsidiary with Banco Uno, S.A.

2007

Advice to certain majority shareholders of Banco Mercantil, S.A. in the sale of their shares in said banking entity to BAC Credomatic GECF, Inc.

2008

Advice to certain majority shareholders of Banco Mercantil, S.A. in the sale of their shares in said banking entity to BAC Credomatic GECF, Inc.

2008

Structured the first share acquisition transaction in Honduras subject to Honduran law but based on international acquisition practice, during our participation as legal counsel to Bicapital Corporation and others in the acquisition of Banco del País, S.A. and Seguros del País, S.A.

2008

Advise as Honduran counsel to Citibank, N.A. DEG, OPIC, FMO and others, in one of the most important financings at the time to a telecommunications sector company, Digicel de Honduras in the amount of US$ 214 MM.

2010

Acted as Honduran counsel to the US Ex-Im Bank and CABEI in the financing under a project finance structure to Energía Eólica de Honduras, S.A., the first and largest wind power project at the time in Honduras, which to date continues to be a landmark transaction.

2012

Advised HSBC on the sale of their shares in Banco HSBC Honduras, S.A. and Seguros HSBC Honduras, S.A. to Banco Davivienda.

2012

Our partner, René López Rodezno, participated in the elaboration of the currently standing Condominium Property Law and its presentation before Congress for its discussion and approval.

2013

Local legal advice to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in the first ever Sovereign Bond issuance by the Republic of Honduras on international markets, which in the aggregate with a second Sovereign Bond issuance later in the year among the same parties, represented a one billion US$ dollars issuance.

2013

Advised on the Indura, Beach and Golf Resort, one of the most important tourism projects in the country, under which our firm lawyers introduced and implemented the use of a master condominium and several residential sub-condominiums.

2013

LRA represented a sugar mill business in the process through which the first ever approval for ownership of land above the agrarian law property ceilings granted by the National Agrarian Institute (Instituto Nacional Agrario).

2013

Advised a Guatemalan controlling shareholder on local law matters in connection to the sale of Azucarera La Grecia, S.A and other affiliates to Grupo Pantaleón.

2014

Assisted IFC, CABEI and the Opec Fund for International Development (OFID) in a project finance transaction for the development, construction and operation of one of the most important solar energy projects in the southern region of Honduras consisting of three photovoltaic energy plants with a capacity of 70 MW.

2015

Legal structuring of a project finance transaction for the financing of the first Public – Private Partnership for infrastructure works and improvement of roads for the city of San Pedro Sula.

2016-2017

LRA advises Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in the issuance of a new Republic of Honduras Sovereign Bond for U.S.$ 700,000,000.00.

2017

The first ever successful note issuance on international markets by a Honduran private issuer, Inversiones Atlántida, S.A., which we represented as local counsel.

2020

The firm advised Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Banco Atlántida, S.A. in the first bond issuance on international markets during the COVID-19 pandemic consisting on a Sovereign Bond issued by the Republic of Honduras for $600MM.

Offices

Edificio Palmira, Piso 5, #1701
Avenida República de Chile
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
Honduras
Tel. +(504) 2239-4523 ; +(504) 2239-4493

Edificio Nuevos Horizontes Business Center
Piso 19, #1917
Rancho El Coco, San Pedro Sula, Cortés
Honduras
Tel. +(504) 2239-4523 ; +(504) 2239-4493

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