PhD in Law from Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Postgraduate studies in Copyright and Related Rights from Universidad de los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela), in Human Rights and Defense of the Constitutional Order and in Commercial Law from Universidad Rafael Landivar. Founding member and Legal Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Finance Guatemala-Brazil (2002). Member of the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property -ASIPI- (2000). Member of the Inter-American Copyright Institute -IIDA- (2000). Member of the Institute for Justice (1999). President of the Board of Directors of the Guatemalan Association for Human Rights (1996). Founding member and President of the Guatemalan Institute of Commercial Law.
Director of Rivera Corporation from 1988 to 2003, advising national and foreign companies. Teacher and author of several articles in Commercial Law among others.

