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Edmundo Castillo

Managing Partner ECIJA Nicaragua · Ecija Castillo & Fiallos

NicaraguaBanking & Finance, Corporate / M&ASpanish, English

About

Managing Partner at Ecija Castillo & Fiallos in Nicaragua with more than 20 years' experience advising major banking and financial institutions and practising in banking & finance, corporate/M&A, dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration), intellectual property and notarial law. He has served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and as agent and legal counsel for Nicaragua in regional and international courts, sits as an arbitrator on multiple panels, and has been a professor at the Autonomous American University since 2011.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceCorporate / M&ADispute ResolutionIntellectual PropertyNotarial LawInternational LawAdministrative LawMedia

Office

Expertise

Banking & Financial InstitutionsInternational ArbitrationLegislative DraftingInternational Litigation & State RepresentationMedia & Intellectual Property

Education

  • Master in Common Law, Georgetown University (Fulbright Scholarship)
  • Juris Doctor, Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica (suma cum laude)

Admissions

  • Arbitrator before the Permanent Court of International Justice (since 1997)
  • Arbitrator before the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (since 2008)
  • Arbitrator at the Arbitration Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Nicaragua
  • Agent of the Republic of Nicaragua before the Central American Court of Justice and Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1998-2002)
  • Legal counsel in proceedings before the International Court of Justice (1998-2007)

Languages

SpanishEnglish