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Alejandro Penados

Partner · Legalsa

GuatemalaLitigation, ArbitrationEnglish, Spanish

About

Partner at Legalsa in Guatemala focusing on complex litigation across civil, commercial, arbitration and constitutional matters. He also handles regulatory matters (notably in telecommunications and energy), intellectual property enforcement and white-collar criminal defence.

Practice areas

LitigationArbitrationConstitutionalRegulatoryIntellectual PropertyCorporate / M&AWhite Collar Crime

Office

Expertise

Telecommunications regulationEnergy regulationIntellectual property enforcement (piracy, counterfeiting, unfair competition)Inter-corporate disputesSuccession disputesDisputes involving State institutionsTourism licensing disputesDefense in white-collar crime (fraud)

Education

  • JD, Universidad Rafael Landívar
  • LLM in Business Law Consultancy, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid (Spain)
  • Postgraduate studies in Business and Tax Criminal Law, Universidad del Istmo
  • PhD (tesis pending) in Tax and Commercial Law, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Admissions

  • Guatemalan Bar Association

Languages

EnglishSpanish