Jorge Barrientos
Email: jbarrientos@altalegal.com
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ESPAÑOL
ADMITTED
Guatemala
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English,
Jorge has relevant experience in several law areas, such as infrastructure projects, ports, and operation of public services before different state entities and under different procurement modalities. He has advised local and foreign entities for the execution of various impactful projects.
He has also participated in due diligence projects for the acquisition of local entities in the mining and pharmaceutical sectors by advising foreign entities. Furthermore, he has advised foreign entities with the incorporation of subsidiaries, registration of branches, shareholder conflicts, debt capitalizations, asset purchase agreements and capital increases.
Jorge has knowledge regarding criminal liability of legal entities and criminal procedural law.
His practice is complemented by advising multinational entities in the retail sector on real estate matters and related conflicts.
experience
Infrastructure, construction, ports, and public procurement law
Long-term agreements for the operation of public services
Real estate advice to multinational entities in the retail sector
Due diligence projects for the acquisition of Guatemalan entities
Due diligence projects in anticorruption and anti-money laundering maters
Corporate advice to local entities with foreign capital, shareholder agreements, shareholder conflicts, debt capitalization, capital increase, asset-purchase agreements
EDUCAtion
Studies in International Arbitration from the International University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain (2023)
Postgraduate in Corporate Law from the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala (2021)
Attorney and Notary Public form the Universidad Rafael Landívar, Campus Quetzaltenango, (Cum Laude), Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (2021)
Member
Guatemala Bar Association
Member of the Social Events Commission of Arbitraje Alumni
Young ALDEC (Latin American Association of Construction Law)
Young ICSID