Practice Areas - International Law
- Corporate Law
- Commercial Law
- Agency and Distributorship
- Mediation
| - Contracts
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Arbitration
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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| Education | Harvard Law School (PON, 2004); Tulane University (LL.M., International Trade and Finance, with honors, 1993; J.D., cum laude); Central American University (LLB); Certificate in Copyright Law, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland(2004-2005) |
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| Admitted | 1991, El Salvador; 1995, Texas; 2000, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
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| Memberships | International Bar Association (Arbitration & Litigation Section (England)); American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution and International Section (United States)); State Bar of Texas Bar (United States); International Trademark Association (United States); Club Español del Arbitraje (Spain); Institute for Transnational Arbitration (United States); Asociación Latinoamericana of Arbitraje. |
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| Languages | English and Spanish |
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| Biography | Author: A Young Civilian's Perspective of the American Legal System; "The Central American Bank for Economic Integration"; "Globalization of the Legal Profession"; "Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Latin America" El Salvador. Counsel: CAFTA Negotiations; First Eurobond by the Government of El Salvador, first Real Estate Trust. Associate: Legal Affairs/United Nations, New York; David A. Dean & Associates, Texas; Adams & Reese, Louisiana, Central Bank of El Salvador. |
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| ISLN | 900404250 |
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| Transactions | 2001 South African Breweries now Sab-Miller in the acquisition of Industrias La Constancia for $838 Million; 2002 Royal Ahold in the acquisition of a conglomerate of regional grocery stores; 2002 Atlas Eléctrica in the acquisition of Cetron of El Salvador; 2003 SC Johnson in the acquisition of part of Bayer's business of home pest control products in El Salvador; 2003 Banco Cuscatlán (now Citibank) in the acquisition of Panabank in Panamá; 2003 Banco Cuscatlán (now Citibank) in the acquisition of Lloyd's Bank operations in Panama, Honduras and Guatemala for $80.5 Million; 2004 Burns Philp & Co. of Australia in the acquisition of yeast and baking poder of Kraft Foods in El Salvador; 2005 Millicom in the acquisition of Amnet in El Salvador; 2006 Aquisition by Citibank of Grupo Cuscatlán in Central America for $1.5 Billion; 2006 Digicel Group (Ireland) in the acquisition of Digicel El Salvador; 2006 Bancolombia in the acquisition of Banco Agrícola in El Salvador and Panamá for $900 Million; 2007 DS Constructions e Israel Corporation Limited in the acquisition of Globeleq in El Salvador - Nejapa Power; 2007 Grupo Carvajal of Colombia in the acquisition of Grupo Industrial Diversificado and Termoformados Modernos in El Salvador; 2007 Hanesbrands, Inc. in the acquisition of a Inversiones Bonaventure in El Salvador; 2007 HSBC in the acquisition of Banco Salvadoreño; 2007 Saon Group of Ireland in the acquisition of Tecoloco Holding, SA of CV in Central America; 2008 Telus in the acquisition of Transactel in El Salvador; 2010 Shell, acquired by Grupo Terra in El Salvador; 2011 Representing the State of El Salvador through the Ministry of Finance and the Central Reserve Bank, Consortium advised the issue of sovereign debt by the Government of negotiable bonds in the amount of US$653,500,000.00. |
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