About

Guatemala-based CENDIS, is a company whose main business has been for more than 40 years the distribution of pharmaceutical and consumer products. They are supported by a legal team that assists the company by overseeing all legal matters of the company and ensuring operations are being conducted and exist in a legally compliant manner, whilst also balancing the needs of the business. The team covers a wide range of sectors which entails being skilled at a plethora corporate law, contracts, intellectual property, sanitary registrations, regulatory, compliance and labour law matters. General counsel Marie Claire Palacios – shortlisted on The Legal 500’s GC Powerlist: Central America in 2016 – joined in 2016 and is the most senior lawyer in the team. She is highly recommended for her high level of legal support and also excellent managerial expertise. Regulatory compliance assistant José Asturias supports Palacios in the legal function by contributing on a range of matters including activities on international tenders and biddings Implementation as well as the application and review of an internal anti-bribery management system.