Team
Experience
He has been in legal practice for 30 years advising local and international companies. He served as Managing Partner of the Guatemala office of a regional firm for 10 years. His training and multidisciplinary experience make him a lawyer with extensive experience in contracts and in local and international banking/financial regulation. He has advised on the highest level of financing for multiple jurisdictions. His practice has expanded to other practice areas, including various real estate projects. José has participated in multiple boards of directors, and has been the owner of different businesses, being a director with a lot of experience with a business vision.
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxes, Real Estate Law.
Education
Magister in Commercial Law and Business Administration, Escuela Superior de Economía y Administración de Empresas (ESEADE), Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM), 2004.
Attorney and Public Notary, Bachelor of Law (J.D equivalent), Universidad Rafael Landívar (URL), (1997)
Teaching Experience
Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala, Guatemala
Assistant Professor in the Civil Law Course II – Personal Law and Family Law, (2000)
Pro-bono & Social Responsibility
José is an attorney recognized for his initiatives to implement the Pro-Bono culture in Guatemala. Proof of this is that he is a founding member of the Pro-Bono Foundation of Guatemala. José has advised Pro-Bono to boards of directors of various non-profit organizations: Board of Directors, Fundación Emprende (the Guatemalan chapter of Junior Achievement Worldwide); Fundación Educativa Guatemala; United Way Guatemala, Genesis Empresarial, among others.
Memberships and Management Positions
Active member of the Guatemalan Bar Association.
Member of the board of directors of the Association of Managers of Guatemala, “AGG”.
Fellow of the Central American Leadership Initiative (CALI), Class of 12.
President of the Board of Trustees of the Educational Foundation of Guatemala, owner of the Inter-American School of Guatemala.
Member of the Board of Directors of Génesis Empresarial.
Recommendations
Books: Principles by Ray Dalio; Remaking Law Firms: Why and How by George Beaton & Imme Kaschner.
Music: Mila Verte – Supernova
The team says about José
“He’s a born leader, he knows how to delegate, he trusts me and brings out my potential. He’s an excellent lawyer, but above all an excellent human being and that’s what I admire most about him.”
