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Torres Legal contributes to the Blockchain & Crypto-Assets Global Practice Guide 2026 by Chambers and Partners
The 2026 edition of the Blockchain & Crypto-Assets Global Practice Guide by Chambers and Partners includes the contribution of Torres Legal as the author of the El Salvador chapter.
Our Managing Partner, Héctor Torres, along with our Partners Annette Herrera and Daniel Leiva, analyze the evolution of the regulatory framework for digital assets in El Salvador and its relationship with private capital, highlighting the development achieved by the jurisdiction in recent years and its positioning in the regional and international context, where they point out that "what seemed impossible five years ago — a Latin American jurisdiction capable of competing with the Cayman Islands or Luxembourg in financial and wealth architecture — is now a legal and operational reality," they indicated in the article.
An opportunity to provide El Salvador's perspective to a reference publication for the international legal and business community.
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