Mayora & Mayora, S.C.

Mayora & Mayora, S.C.

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María Fernanda Morales Pellecer

María Fernanda Morales Pellecer

Work Department

Finance, Banking, Project Finance, Commercial Law, Compliance Law and Securities Law

Position

Partner

Career

María Fernanda has been part of the firm since 2008, as an expert in banking and financial law, where she was promoted to partner in 2019. Prior to joining Mayora & Mayora, she was Director of Special Verification Intendency (IVE) of the Superintendency of Banks of Guatemala, as well as in-house legal advisor to several national and international banks. Her professional experience has provided her with a broad and intimate knowledge of financial and banking regulations.

She has been a university professor for more than twenty years in subjects such as commercial law, civil law and financial institutions, among others. Her postgraduate studies include courses on banking, money laundering, financing of terrorism and administrative law at institutions in Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica and Spain.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

Guatemalan Bar Association

Education

CERTIFIED EVALUATOR IN THE 2004 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING A COUNTRY STRUCTURES AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING GAFI, COSTA RICA

DIPLOMA OF APTITUDE IN ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATIVE LAW UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, SPAIN

DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PLURALIST LAW AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, GUATEMALA

BACHELOR OF LAW UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO MARROQUÍN, GUATEMALA

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