Alejandro has extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration, acting as counsel. He has also been appointed as Secretary of Arbitral Tribunals and Arbitrator in financial and telecommunications disputes. He has acted as lead attorney in arbitrations related to the automotive industry, energy sector, shareholders disputes, distribution agreements, software and technology development and infrastructure projects.

Alejandro’s experience has developed in complex and multi-party international disputes, commercial litigation derived from distribution agreements, insurance and financial disputes, litigation of intellectual property, copyrights and complex cases of debt collection.

He has represented mining projects with investments of more than US $ 2.8 billion in Guatemala and hydroelectric projects (over 430 MW) in constitutional actions related to human rights and compliance with the ILO Convention (No.169).

Alejandro is named in the list of arbitration secretaries in the two arbitration centers of Guatemala (CENAC and CRECIG) and is also part of the CRECIG Arbitrators list.

He is an assistant professor of Procedural Law at Universidad Francisco Marroquin and professor of Civil Procedure and Commercial law at Universidad del Istmo.

 EXPERIENCE

• Litigation attorney with extensive experience in commercial, corporate and shareholder disputes, and also regarding electric, automotive, real estate, financial, oil and mining industries, as well as tec and software agreements. Most recently he has acted as counsel in disputes regarding technical issues in the development of solar, hydro, wind and thermal power projects as well as in the breach of fuel and automotive distribution agreements.

• Alejandro has led the litigation strategy for various hydropower and mining projects in constitutional claims regarding the consultation process of the 169 ILO Convention with investments of aprox US2 Billion

• Counsel for banks and financial institutions in debt collection and insolvency proceedings and for the enforcement of securities, with a high successful rate for our collection cases.

• Counsel in domestic and international arbitration for local and foreign companies in a wide variety of complex and multi-party disputes under ICC, CAM-CCBC, CENAC and CRECIG Rules

• Alejandro has also acted as arbitrator (sole, co arbitrator and President of Tribunal) in commercial, construction, and software disputes.

• Counsel to companies and individuals in criminal cases relating to white collar crimes and infringement of intellectual property rights

EDUCATION

• ICC Online Arbitration Course, 2018

• Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy –FIAA- program, Bogotá, Colombia, 2017

• LLM in International Arbitration, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala (2016)

• Attorney and Notary Public, Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala (2012)

• English Law Program, Guatemala (2010)

 MEMBER

• Guatemalan Bar Association

• Institute of Transnational Arbitration –ITA-Young ITA member

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