a guide to our firm Who we are Our Firm was formed by the merger of John Aguilar & Asociados, Ltd., and Bufete Castillo Love, two firms with a long history of serving major national and international businesses in complex commercial transactions and dispute resolution in Central America. Today the firm is a totally integrated Central American law firm with offices in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. We also manage our clients' legal affairs with the same high levels of legal excellence and service quality throughout the Caribbean, through our structured affiliations with top quality law firms in all the major civil law and common law jurisdictions in the region. Our roots Aguilar Castillo Love is the product of business and legal traditions that reach back for more than three centuries in Central America. At the time of independence, almost 200 years ago, members of the Aguilar family had already achieved prominence in the practice of law in Costa Rica and El Salvador. The Castillo Love family has practiced law and been business leaders in Guatemala for more than 120 years. What we do Aguilar Castillo Love is a single firm, with offices across Central America, that offers a single point of contact for anyone wishing to conduct business in Central America, Panama and the Caribbean. As the first integrated law firm in region, we have accumulated a wealth of international experience. Our goal is to make dealing with legal issues in Central America, Panama and the Caribbean as simple as possible. How we do it We set out from the beginning to define an Aguilar Castillo Love way of doing things that is reflected in the way we present ourselves to clients, both actual and potential, to the world at large - and even to each other. When our clients think about Aguilar Castillo Love, we want them to think of us as: • Honest, with integrity • Expert, knowledgeable • Highly professional, solid experience • Helpful, service oriented • Forward-looking Who we work for Because of our rich history of business leadership in the region, we understand the challenges and opportunities confronting senior decision makers in today's fastchanging business world. Our job is to make general counsels and other in-house lawyers look good. We not only do our best to deliver cost-effective external legal services when our clients need them, but also to add practical value to our in-house colleagues' management of their companies' legal affairs. What makes us different We offer genuine Central American coverage and comprehensive coordination services in the Caribbean region for our clients. While our competitors have local offices with local attorneys that think locally and work locally; we have local offices but have attorneys who also think regionally and work and move regionally: our concept is the Central American practitioner vs. the local practitioner. Our commitment to quality The firm invests heavily in a quality assurance program designed to meet and satisfy our clients' requirements through the standardization and continuous improvement of all the internal processes. Our program is unique among law firms in Central America, Panama and the Caribbean. The firm strongly believes that in order to excel and truly satisfy its clients, it must implement policies and procedures that ensure that every client, every case, and every transaction receive a consistently high level of professional excellence and service quality - regardless of which professional delivers the service or where it is delivered. Costa Rica Nicaragua San José, Downtown: Calle 7, Avenidas 7 y 9, Edificio #751 Barrio Amón, San José, Costa Rica. Kilómetro 4.5 Carretera a Masaya Costado Este Centro BAC Tel: +506 222-3838 Fax: +506 222-9653 Our offices San José, Escazú: Centro Corporativo Plaza Roble Edificio El Pórtico III Nivel Escazú, San José, Costa Rica Tel: +506 222-5959 Fax: +506 222-9653 Managua, Nicaragua Tel: +505 267-1035 Fax: +505 267-0758 Contact Partner: Thelma Carrión-Blandón [email protected] Honduras 1820 Colonia Elvel Calle Retorno Kovec Tegucigalpa, Honduras Contact Partner: John Aguilar-Quesada Tel: +504 263-9424 [email protected] Fax: +504 235-8801 Guatemala 7a. Avenida 5-10, Zona 4 Centro Financiero, Torre II, Nivel 11, Oficina No. 1, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Contact Partner: Enrique Rodríguez-Burchard [email protected] El Salvador Contact Partner: Calle Cuscatlán No. 133, Entre 81 y 83 Avenida Sur, Colonia Escalón, San Salvador, El Salvador Juan Carlos Castillo-Chacón, [email protected] Tel: (503) 2263-8250 Fax: (503) 2263-8254 Tel: +502 2331-2219 Fax: +502 2331-2239 Contact Partner: Francisco José Barrientos [email protected] Panama Altos de Panamá, III Etapa Ave. Federico G. Guardia, N° 170 Panamá, Panamá Our offices Tel: + 507 230-2193 Fax: + 507 230-2193 Contact Partner: Yadira I. Moreno-Cedeño, [email protected] Regional Management Kathleen Nanne, General Manager [email protected] Tel: +506 222-3838 Cecilia Barrero, Marketing Manager [email protected] Tel: +502 5510-2590 Tel: +502 2331-2219 Claudia Albarracin de Sandoval, Regional Director, IP Services [email protected] Tel: +502 2331-2219 Aguilar Castillo Love is the law firm of choice for corporate legal departments and other decision makers who need consistently high levels of sophisticated legal services throughout Central America and the Caribbean. aguilarcastillolove.com ©2007 Aguilar Castillo Love,S.A.