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María Fernanda Morales Pellecer

Partner · Mayora & Mayora, S.C.

El Salvador, GuatemalaBanking & Finance, Project FinanceSpanish, English

About

Partner at Mayora & Mayora, S.C., based in El Salvador and Guatemala, with extensive experience in banking and financial law. She joined the firm in 2008 and was promoted to partner in 2019; previously she served as Director of Special Verification Intendency (IVE) at the Superintendency of Banks of Guatemala and as in-house legal advisor to national and international banks, and has over 20 years as a university professor in commercial, civil and financial institutions law.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceProject FinanceCommercial LawComplianceSecurities LawFinancial Regulation

Offices

Expertise

Banking & financial lawBank supervision (Superintendency of Banks of Guatemala)In-house banking counselAnti-Money Laundering & Counter‑Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT)Financial regulationLegal education / academia

Education

  • Certified evaluator in the 2004 evaluation methodology for assessing a country's structures against money laundering and terrorist financing, GAFI, Costa Rica
  • Diploma of Aptitude in Economic Administrative Law, University of Salamanca, Spain
  • Doctoral candidate in Public and Private Pluralist Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Guatemala
  • Bachelor of Law, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala

Admissions

  • Guatemalan Bar Association

Languages

SpanishEnglish