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Walther Sandino Rocha

Understanding the client's business before the legal problem: strategic planning, risk prevention and attention to detail.

Managing Partner · Attorney and Notary Public Sandino Law
Professional profile

Legal judgment connected to the business.

AgribusinessRegulatoryInfrastructureCompanies y grupos corporativosReal EstateInvestment

Walther Sandino Rocha is the Managing Partner of Sandino Law. A lawyer and notary public, he advises companies in agribusiness, construction, real estate development, mining and banking on corporate law, financing, contract negotiation and intellectual property.

He has led the structuring of financing for local companies and international lenders, with a focus on sound corporate practices and business continuity. He has served as corporate counsel to Nicaraguan companies and as the local representative of foreign companies, and has sat on the boards of foreign-owned companies as their representative. He also manages trademark portfolios for food distributors, laboratories and veterinary companies.

He holds a law degree from Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) and a Master's in Corporate Business Law from Universidad Americana (UAM), specializations in Civil and Civil Procedure Law (INDEP) and Intellectual Property (WIPO), and is completing a Master's in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration at the University of Alcalá and CIMA (Spain). He was nominated by The Legal 500 among Latin America's top senior in-house counsel and is the Nicaragua international associate of i.Ley (Spain).

Experiencia

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  • Acquisition of an operating coffee farm for USD 1.3 million: negotiation, due diligence, financing structure and notarial and registry closing.
  • Legal counsel to a 6-million-tree reforestation project: due diligence on more than 800 rural farms and standardized grower contracts.
  • Registration and management of nearly 100 trademarks for an Indian-origin laboratory, with coordination of its sanitary registrations.
  • Outside counsel to the first VOCCO hotel in Central America, from launch through day-to-day operations.
  • Structuring of financing for local companies and international lenders.
Credentials

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Education

  • Master's candidate in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, University of Alcalá and Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA), Spain.
  • Master's in Corporate Business Law, Universidad Americana (UAM).
  • Specialization in Civil and Civil Procedure Law, Nicaraguan Institute of Procedural Law (INDEP).
  • Specialization in Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
  • Law degree, Universidad Centroamericana (UCA).
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Credentials

  • Attorney and Notary Public of the Republic of Nicaragua (Supreme Court No. 30,999).
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Associations

  • International associate of i.Ley (Spain) for Nicaraguan matters.
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Recognition

  • Nominated by The Legal 500 among Latin America's top Senior In-House Legal Advisors.
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Languages

Spanish, English

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