About
Senior Counsel at Arias in Guatemala, who joined the firm's Corporate & Transactional department in 2016. A business-oriented attorney focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, banking and financial services, corporate governance and foreign investment, he has advised on complex domestic and cross-border deals (up to US$2 billion) and has worked as a foreign attorney in Miami and Washington, D.C. as part of U.S. firms' Latin America practice.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&ABanking & FinanceReal EstateCross-Border TransactionsForeign InvestmentCorporate Governance
Office
Expertise
Mergers & acquisitionsJoint venturesInternational financeCross-border transactionsCorporate governanceForeign investmentBanking & financial servicesAdvising multinational clients on establishment and operations in Guatemala/Central America
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Wharton Business & Law Certificate, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Law Degree, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala (Magna Cum Laude)
- Authorized as a practicing Attorney and Notary Public, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala
- Postgraduate studies in International Transactions, Universidad del Istmo de Guatemala
- Program in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center; University of Zagreb Faculty of Law (in cooperation with UNCITRAL)
Admissions
- Authorized to practice as Attorney and Notary Public (Guatemala)
- Guatemala Bar Association (member)
- International Bar Association (member)
Languages
EnglishSpanish