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Partner

José is a partner in ALTA Guatemala has extensive experience in finance, tax planning and compliance issues. He has advised foreign financial institutions on structured financial operations, sovereign bond offerings in international capital markets.

He has also advised foreign financial institutions on cross-border transactions and their tax implications, mergers and acquisitions and complex project financing agreements involving local and international banks and financial institutions and/or borrowers. He is often engaged on business and corporate strategy matters and as an advisor to the boards of directors of financial institutions and is frequently appointed as an arbitrator in these matters.

He has acted as a director of insurance and surety companies, and has been retained by insurance companies and reinsurance syndicates to advise on complex claims and reinsurance disputes involving agreements or transactions governed by Guatemalan or foreign laws.

He is an appointed arbitrator for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Member of the ISO Technical Governance Committee (compliance and anti-bribery) and has also served as director of several financial and industrial institutions such as the Center for Social and Corporate Responsibility (CSR), and is actively involved, pro-bono, in organizations that work for the transparency and advancement of the Guatemalan justice system.

He also actively advised corporations on the implementation of effective compliance and governance programs, and leads a team of compliance experts who provide consulting and training to corporations and their officers. José has also worked as a professor of finance and commercial contracts.

Spanish, English, French

College of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA). International Bar Association. International Fiscal Association. International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID): Appointed arbitrator. Center for corporate social responsibility (CENTRARSE).

Master of Business Administration, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, United States, 1995. Bachelor's degree in legal and social sciences, Rafael Landívar University, 1993.