About

Since 2014 Mario Ayala Claros has served as manager of legal affairs at Energía del Pacífico, a company in charge of the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a power plant, a marine terminal for receiving LNG and a transmission line in El Salvador. His work involves the legal assessment of all the company’s affairs in alignment with the applicable legal framework and market conditions, as well as participating in meetings with different government authorities over creating new laws and regulations related to the energy sector. During his time at Energía del Pacífico he has participated in several commercial transactions that the company has carried out, such as the contract for supply of LNG, EPC contracts, acquisition of rights for infrastructure, and in the organisation of social responsibility activities. Prior to this role, when he was authorised as a lawyer by the Supreme Court he was hired as a legal analyst in the Superintendence of the Financial System. Ayala’s work involved advising and assisting all areas under its supervision so that its resolutions and acts were conducted within the regulatory legal framework. ‘I believe that having worked in different areas such as the justice sector, the public administration and a private company, has allowed me to know the way each one works giving me a broader approach as a lawyer to help my clients to comply with the legal frameworks and achieve their goals’, he says.