Transaction partner

The neutral third party behind the transaction.

Stratos Escrow holds the money in a transaction until every condition in the contract has been met. When capital moves into El Salvador — for a company, an asset or a property — this is how we minimize the risk, whatever the transaction.

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What Stratos does.

Stratos works in three kinds of transaction.

  • Real Estate escrowThe buyer’s funds wait in escrow until the deed is signed or, when the parties agree, until the property is registered in the buyer’s name. Accounts in El Salvador and in the United States, for local buyers, Salvadorans living abroad and foreign investors.
  • Corporate and M&A escrowThe purchase price in mergers and acquisitions, holdbacks for labour and tax contingencies after closing, foreign direct investment and project finance.
  • Document escrowContracts, securities, share certificates and corporate books, released at the milestones the parties agree, in physical or digital custody.

How an escrow runs with us.

The protection is in the order of things. The conditions are written before the money moves, and the money moves only when the conditions are true.

  1. The conditions are written first.What has to be true, who confirms it and in what order goes into the contract before anyone wires anything. Counsel writes it; on a property purchase, ownelsalvador.com turns its due diligence into those conditions.
  2. Know your customer, then the escrow agreement.Stratos verifies the parties and the origin of the funds, and the escrow agreement is signed on the basis of the purchase agreement.
  3. The money goes to Stratos.Not to the seller, not to a broker and not to us. The funds enter the escrow account through the banking system.
  4. Each condition is checked.When the contract’s conditions are met, the parties sign the release instructions.
  5. Stratos releases the funds.The money moves to the seller, and the fees owed at closing are paid from escrow. If a condition fails, the contract says what happens to the money.

Who they are.

We chose to work with an independent escrow agent for the same reason we never hold client funds ourselves: the party holding the money should have no stake in the deal.

Where Stratos fits in the trifecta.

Capital, Real Estate and legal each have a moment where money has to wait. That is where Stratos comes in.

Talk to us before the money moves.

Thirty minutes with a principal to map the route, the counsel and the escrow for your transaction. In English or Spanish.

We start with the end in mind.

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