Pedro Mendoza Montano

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