Corporate Law, Regulatory Law, Dispute Resolution; Industries: Infrastructure, Commercial, Banking, Energy, Telecommunications, Concessions, and Public-Private Partnerships.

Managing Partner

Benito primarily specializes in providing legal counsel to businesses, as well as in structuring projects, acquiring companies, arranging financings, structuring trusts, structuring vehicles for specific purposes, establishing corporate governance, compliance, and competition plans. He offers legal advice to companies across various industries.

Benito has extensive experience in dispute resolution. He has been involved in various complex high-value disputes related to commercial contracts, banking, infrastructure projects, energy, real estate development, roads, public-private partnerships, concessions, condominium regimes, distribution contracts, insurance contracts, shareholder conflicts, among others. He acts as legal counsel for companies, as a party's lawyer in arbitration and jurisdictional courts, as well as an arbitrator, conciliator, and secretary.

Benito Zelaya typically serves as a lawyer, national and international arbitrator, and adjudicator. He has held various prominent roles in his legal career. He was a member of the Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce from 2017 to 2022. Currently, he serves as a delegate to the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce since 2022 and is also the representative for Honduras of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation since January 2022. Additionally, he was the founder and president of the Honduran Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club from 2015 to the present day. Benito has demonstrated leadership and commitment to promoting alternative dispute resolution methods. He is a board member of the Latin American International Arbitration (LIA), the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB), among others, highlighting his involvement in international organizations related to alternative dispute resolution methods.

Spanish

Colegio de Abogados de Honduras: Honduran Bar Association

International Bar Association: International Bar Association

Federación Iberoamericana de Abogados (FIA): Ibero-American Federation of Lawyers (FIA)

Cámara de Comercio Internacional: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Latin American and Iberian Chapter of the ICC Institute of World Business Law: Latin American and Iberian Chapter of the ICC Institute of World Business Law

Grupo latinoamericano de Árbitros de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional (CCI): Latin American Group of Arbitrators of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Árbitros (ALARB): Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB)

Latin American International Arbitration (LIA): Latin American International Arbitration (LIA)

Club Español de Arbitraje - Capítulo Hondureño: Spanish Arbitration Club - Honduran Chapter

Dispute Resolution Board Foundation: Dispute Resolution Board Foundation

Asociación Latinoamericana de Derecho de la Construcción: Latin American Construction Law Association

Postgraduate Degree in Civil Procedural Law, Mediation, and Arbitration – University of Salamanca

Candidate for Doctorate in Law - University of San Carlos – Guatemala (Currently preparing for thesis defense)

Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Commercial and Investment Arbitration – University of Alcala (Currently enrolled)

Master's Degree in Business Law (LLM) - Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Master's Degree in Business Management - Central American Technological University, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Bachelor's Degree in Legal Sciences – Dr. José Matías Delgado University, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Benito Zelaya is a passionate Honduran lawyer dedicated to excellence in the legal field. His commitment to legal practice and active involvement in the legal community have made him a respected leader both domestically and internationally. In addition to his professional work, Benito also devotes himself to teaching commercial law at the Autonomous University of Honduras, where he shares his experience and knowledge with future generations of lawyers.

He supports the development of entrepreneurial ventures and social projects