
José Luis Villalta
Head of the Corporate, Banking and Finance Department
PARTNER
Recognitions
-
2018 Chevening Scholar
-
2017 Designated Officer of ORSATEC
-
2017 Public Notary of El Salvador
- 2016-2018 President of the EXABRIT Association
-
2008 EXABRIT Association Award
EXPERIENCE
José Luis has over ten years of experience advising several of the largest national and international companies in the region. He has assisted them in various large-scale corporate and transactional matters. His comprehensive service focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing with Banks and with National or International Financial Organizations, Corporate Governance and in the Improvement of the Administration and Management of Companies.
Since the beginning of his career, he has worked with the Top Tier Law Firms in El Salvador and has given his legal advice in the sales of the most important Banks of the country. He has also managed the establishment of Foreign Branches of International Banks and has participated in numerous Financial and Insurance Transactions in the Region.
He has worked as a team with different Legal Offices and Law Firms around the world to structure Large and Complex Projects in the Region. Specializing in Risk Mitigation Management in Transactions and their Cost-Benefit Analysis Solutions. Not only from a Legal stance but also from a Commercial and Business point of view. Likewise, he advises companies within the Industry, Agriculture and Services Sectors. Providing them with a comprehensive service focused on their Corporate Structures, Restructuring, Regulatory Issues, Labor, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment, Real Estate, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Compliance, and Anti-money Laundering Officers.
Through the years, he has advised clients in their expansion processes within and outside the country, achieving various Successful Transactions and pleased Shareholders. Additionally, he specializes in seeking to resolve disputes outside of the courts and to date has achieved Mutual Benefit Agreements for the parties in values that amount to Millions of Dollars.
For three years and before starting his second Master’s Degree, he served as the Lawyer of the company that currently develops the Largest Investment Project in El Salvador and which in turn will have the Largest Power Generation in the country. Having specialized in the Energy Industry, he has achieved the granting of numerous Tenders to his clients for the Generation, Distribution and Commercialization of it; being these Renewable or Non-Renewable Energies.
EDUCATION:
- 2018-2019 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW- Master in International Commercial Law (LLM):
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW- Master in International Commercial Law (LLM): Mergers &
Acquisitions, International Trade, International Investment, Debt, Finance and Security.
Graduated with Honors
- 2018 UNIVERSITY CENTROAMERICANA JOSE SIMEON CAÑAS- Postgraduate in
“Project Management- PMI”.
- 2016-2017 ESI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT- Master in Business Administration:
Administration and Management of Companies.
Graduated with Honors
- 2009-2015 UNIVERSITY DR. JOSÉ MATÍAS DELGADO- Bachelor in Law
Graduated with Honors
- 2014 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER- Diploma Course in “Fundamentals of Global
Energy Business”
- 1994-2008 ACADEMIA BRITANICA CUSCATLECA- International Baccalaureate
Graduated with Honors

José Luis Villalta
Head of the Corporate, Banking and Finance Department
PARTNER
Recognitions
-
2018 Chevening Scholar
-
2017 Designated Officer of ORSATEC
-
2017 Public Notary of El Salvador
- 2016-2018 President of the EXABRIT Association
-
2008 EXABRIT Association Award
EXPERIENCE
José Luis has over ten years of experience advising several of the largest national and international companies in the region. He has assisted them in various large-scale corporate and transactional matters. His comprehensive service focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing with Banks and with National or International Financial Organizations, Corporate Governance and in the Improvement of the Administration and Management of Companies.
Since the beginning of his career, he has worked with the Top Tier Law Firms in El Salvador and has given his legal advice in the sales of the most important Banks of the country. He has also managed the establishment of Foreign Branches of International Banks and has participated in numerous Financial and Insurance Transactions in the Region.
He has worked as a team with different Legal Offices and Law Firms around the world to structure Large and Complex Projects in the Region. Specializing in Risk Mitigation Management in Transactions and their Cost-Benefit Analysis Solutions. Not only from a Legal stance but also from a Commercial and Business point of view. Likewise, he advises companies within the Industry, Agriculture and Services Sectors. Providing them with a comprehensive service focused on their Corporate Structures, Restructuring, Regulatory Issues, Labor, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment, Real Estate, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Compliance, and Anti-money Laundering Officers.
Through the years, he has advised clients in their expansion processes within and outside the country, achieving various Successful Transactions and pleased Shareholders. Additionally, he specializes in seeking to resolve disputes outside of the courts and to date has achieved Mutual Benefit Agreements for the parties in values that amount to Millions of Dollars.
For three years and before starting his second Master’s Degree, he served as the Lawyer of the company that currently develops the Largest Investment Project in El Salvador and which in turn will have the Largest Power Generation in the country. Having specialized in the Energy Industry, he has achieved the granting of numerous Tenders to his clients for the Generation, Distribution and Commercialization of it; being these Renewable or Non-Renewable Energies.
EDUCATION:
- 2018-2019 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW- Master in International Commercial Law
(LLM):
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW- Master in International Commercial Law (LLM):
Mergers & Acquisitions, International Trade, International Investment, Debt,
Finance and Security.
Graduated with Honors
- 2018 UNIVERSITY CENTROAMERICANA JOSE SIMEON CAÑAS- Postgraduate
in“Project Management- PMI”.
- 2016-2017 ESI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT- Master in Business Administration:
Administration and Management of Companies.
Graduated with Honors
- 2009-2015 UNIVERSITY DR. JOSÉ MATÍAS DELGADO- Bachelor in Law
Graduated with Honors
- 2014 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER- Diploma Course in
“Fundamentals of Global Energy Business”
- 1994-2008 ACADEMIA BRITANICA CUSCATLECA- International Baccalaureate
Graduated with Honors

José Luis Villalta
Head of the Corporate, Banking and Finance Department
PARTNER
Recognitions
-
2018 Chevening Scholar
-
2017 Designated Officer of ORSATEC
-
2017 Public Notary of El Salvador
- 2016-2018 President of the EXABRIT Association
-
2008 EXABRIT Association Award
EXPERIENCE
José Luis has over ten years of experience advising several of the largest national and international companies in the region. He has assisted them in various large-scale corporate and transactional matters. His comprehensive service focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing with Banks and with National or International Financial Organizations, Corporate Governance and in the Improvement of the Administration and Management of Companies.
Since the beginning of his career, he has worked with the Top Tier Law Firms in El Salvador and has given his legal advice in the sales of the most important Banks of the country. He has also managed the establishment of Foreign Branches of International Banks and has participated in numerous Financial and Insurance Transactions in the Region.
He has worked as a team with different Legal Offices and Law Firms around the world to structure Large and Complex Projects in the Region. Specializing in Risk Mitigation Management in Transactions and their Cost-Benefit Analysis Solutions. Not only from a Legal stance but also from a Commercial and Business point of view. Likewise, he advises companies within the Industry, Agriculture and Services Sectors. Providing them with a comprehensive service focused on their Corporate Structures, Restructuring, Regulatory Issues, Labor, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment, Real Estate, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Compliance, and Anti-money Laundering Officers.
Through the years, he has advised clients in their expansion processes within and outside the country, achieving various Successful Transactions and pleased Shareholders. Additionally, he specializes in seeking to resolve disputes outside of the courts and to date has achieved Mutual Benefit Agreements for the parties in values that amount to Millions of Dollars.
For three years and before starting his second Master’s Degree, he served as the Lawyer of the company that currently develops the Largest Investment Project in El Salvador and which in turn will have the Largest Power Generation in the country. Having specialized in the Energy Industry, he has achieved the granting of numerous Tenders to his clients for the Generation, Distribution and Commercialization of it; being these Renewable or Non-Renewable Energies.
EDUCATION:
- 2018-2019 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW-
Master in International
Commercial Law (LLM):
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW-
Master in International
Commercial Law (LLM): Mergers &
Acquisitions, International Trade,
International Investment, Debt,
Finance and Security.
Graduated with Honors
- 2018 UNIVERSITY
CENTROAMERICANA JOSE
SIMEON CAÑAS- Postgraduate
in “Project Management- PMI”.
- 2016-2017 ESI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT-
Master in Business
Administration:
Administration and Management
of Companies.
Graduated with Honors
- 2009-2015 UNIVERSITY DR. JOSÉ MATÍAS
DELGADO- Bachelor in Law
Graduated with Honors
- 2014 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
BOULDER- Diploma Course in
“Fundamentals of Global Energy
Business”
- 1994-2008 ACADEMIA BRITANICA
CUSCATLECA- International
Baccalaureate
Graduated with Honors