(Founder) born Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 23, 1975.

EDUCATION :

American University, Kogod School of Business, Washington, D.C.: Master in Business Administration, (MBA), concentration: International Finance and Entrepreneurship, May 2002

Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, Guatemala: Baccalaureate in Law, March 2000.

Instituto Centromericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), Guatemala City: Negotiation, 2000.

Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina: Regional Trading Blocks: "The Mercosur case", 1999.

Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), Managua, Nicaragua: Managerial Skills, 1999.

Universidad Católica de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Workshop on the Implications of ALCA in Latin America, 1998.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F. The Guatemalan Peace Accords

PRACTICE AREAS :

Corporate; Financial Advisory, Regulatory Filings; Labor Law, including collective bargaining; Intellectual Property; Taxation Planning; General Practice.

LANGUAGES:

Spanish (native), English (fluent, both written and oral).

PUBLICATIONS:

"Regional Assessment of the south Asian economies after the 1998 crisis" 2002
"How Multinational Companies Hedge Against Financial Risk? A study in foreign exchange management techniques" 2001.

E-mail: orantes@ppqlaw.com