Languages:

  • Spanish and English (advanced)

Academic Studies:

  • 1994 Doctorate Program in Law. Faculty of Law, Francisco Marroquín University. Guatemala, Guatemala.
  • 1990 Master of Laws (LL.M). Columbia University. New York, New York.
  • 1986 Lawyer and Notary, Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences. Faculty of Law, Francisco Marroquín University. Guatemala, Guatemala.

Scholarships and Awards:

  • 1990 Scholarship “Fulbright-Laspau Program” to obtain a Master of Laws at Columbia University.

Academic Distinctions:

  • 1990 Obtaining the title of Lawyer and Notary Public with “MAGNA CUM LAUDE” distinction.
  • 1990 Obtaining the “ANTONIO MACHADO Y PALOMO” award from the Francisco Marroquín University Law School, for having obtained the highest average during the first four years of the degree.
  • 1986 Obtaining the “JOSE VICENTE RODRIGUEZ” award from the Francisco Marroquín University Law School, for having obtained the highest average during the six Civil Law courses.
  • 1981 Certificate of Excellence awarded by the “Open Door Student Exchange” Program to the most outstanding student of the year.

Legal Practice:

  • 2007 to date Founder “Iurisconsulti, Lawyers and Notaries”.
  • 2006-2007 Partner “Mendoza, Asensio & Associates”.
  • 1996-2006 Partner “Mendoza, Arroyo, Montano & Asensio, Lawyers and Notaries”.
  • 1994-1996 Partner “Mendoza y Montano, Lawyers and Notaries”.
  • 1992 Partner “Firm Arenales, González & Szjener”
  • 1990-1991 Junior Partner “Mayora & Mayora, Lawyers and Notaries”.
  • 1988-1991 Director of the Department of Trials “Majority and Majority, Lawyers and Notaries”.

Positions Held:

  • 2014 to date Member of the Editorial Board of Iuristec.
  • 2004-2006 Member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Difoto, Sociedad Anónima and several of its subsidiaries in Central America.
  • 2003-2006 Member of the Board of Directors of Distribuidora Fotográfica, Sociedad Anónima.
  • 2002-2008 Director of the Board of Directors of Banco del Quetzal, Sociedad Anónima.
  • 2002-2008 Director of the Board of Directors Investment & Commerce Bank (Belize).
  • 1998-2006 Member of the Board of Directors of the Railway Development Company, Sociedad Anónima.

Academic Teaching:

  • 2011 to date Speaker at various seminars on companies, industrial property, commercial and international contracts organized by ADEN International Business School.
  • 2010 to date Professor of General Contract Theory at the Francisco Marroquín University Law School.
  • 2001-2004 Director of the “Master’s Degree in Commercial Law and Business Administration” Program. Francisco Marroquin University.
  • 2000-2002 Director of the Area of ??Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Francisco Marroquín.
  • 1998-2000 Secretary of the Faculty of Law of the Francisco Marroquín University.
  • 1997-2009 Professor of Commercial Law IV (Commercial Contracts) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Francisco Marroquín.
  • 1997 to date Professor of International Business Law at the Francisco Marroquín University Law School.
  • 1994-2007 Professor of Civil Law VI (civil contracts) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Francisco Marroquín.
  • 1992-1997 Professor of Practical Civil Procedural Law I and II at the Faculty of Law of the University of Francisco Marroquín.

Practice Areas:

  • Arbitration
  • Corporate Law
  • International Business
  • Corporate Reorganizations
  • Organization of Businesses and Family Wealth
  • Expert Witness in Guatemalan Law
  • Drafting of Bills