Alejandro Penados

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

Civil Law

Corporate Law

Constitutional Law

Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition

Regulatory Law

Economic Criminal Law

Career

His professional practice is emphasized on complex litigation in the civil, commercial, arbitration and constitutional areas. He has recently directed cases related to regulatory law in the areas of telecommunications and energy. He has worked on the protection of intellectual property rights, including the prosecution of piracy, counterfeiting and unfair competition. He participated as a litigation attorney in a national dispute between two multinational companies related to the distribution of different trademarks. Likewise, he has experience in inter-corporate and succession disputes. He has practiced litigation against different State institutions, in an adjudication deemed as one of the most important adjudications in the last decade, as well as litigation related to tourism licenses. In the criminal area, he has participated in defense strategies for white collar crimes, such as fraud.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Board of Directors of the Guatemala Institute of Criminal Procedure

Treasurer of the Guatemalan Association of Professionals in Action.

Member of the Western Jurists Association.